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Introducing a New Bankruptcy Peer Forum and Bankruptcy Education Series

The Education Pillar has been hard at work planning our 2023 education programming and recognized the numerous requests for more education on bankruptcy related topics for creditors rights attorneys. As a result, we are excited to announce the formation of the Bankruptcy Peer Forum, co-chaired by... Continue Reading

January 2023 Advocacy Update

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Advocacy Update November 2022

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Advocacy Update October 2022

Washington D.C. Update The primary season ended in mid-September, and Congress has now departed Washington until after the midterm elections. Congress was able to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution (CR) late last week that was signed by President Biden. Not only does... Continue Reading

ProVest, an NCBA-Certified Process Serving Vendor, Introduces New Compliance Solution

ProVest offers clients a new level of quality assurance free-of-charge. Continue Reading

Advocacy Update September 2022

Washington D.C. Update The month-long summer recess has officially come to an end as Congress prepares for the final stretch before the November midterm elections. Congressional Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in early August, marking a key legislative victory for the Biden... Continue Reading

CFPB Issues New Debt Collection Rule FAQs

For the first time this year, the CFPB released new Debt Collection Rule FAQs. Continue Reading

CFPB Advisory Opinion Clarifies Applicability of Equal Credit Opportunity Act

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on May 9, 2022 published an advisory opinion that affirms the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) applies to lenders from the application process and extends through the life of the loan. Continue Reading

CFPB Director Testifies Before Congress

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra testified this week before both Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees regarding the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report. Both hearings had contentious moments. Republicans continue to define the Agency as “unaccountable” and accuse Director... Continue Reading

NCBA’s Successful 2022 Virtual Hill Day

On Tuesday of this week, NCBA’s Annual Hill Day included meetings with Members of Congress and their staffs from both sides of the aisle and from both the House and Senate. This event was a great success because of the participation of more than 2 dozen NCBA member attorneys who... Continue Reading

Advocacy Update & Advocacy Support Fund Debrief

We look forward to our upcoming Hill Day 2022 meetings scheduled on March 29, and we appreciate all who are participating this year and our sponsors of the event—AACANet and KnovaOne. As a follow up, we are holding an Advocacy Debrief, exclusively for Advocacy Support Fund (ASF) members, on... Continue Reading