Consumers League been
publishing the CLNJ Newsletter for over sixty years, currently on an irregular schedule.
- August 2008 Newsletter:
Lemon Law Reform; Rent to Own Settlement; 2008 Bill to Legalize Rent to Own; Consumer education for children; Annual Meeting.
- September 2003 Newsletter: (PDF
Format)
Patricia Royer Installed as New CLNJ President
N.J. Predatory Lending Bill Enacted
Federal Agency Says Some Lenders Need Not Obey N.J.'s New Law
re Predatory Mortgage Lending
Looking Back and Forward
- December 2002 Newsletter
N.J.
Predatory Lending Bill A. 75 Flipped to Favor Lenders
Q.
Who benefits most from A75? A. Banks which finance fraud.
U.S.
House Votes To Legalize Rent to Own Abuse
Bad Bankruptcy Bill Defeated in House
- September 2002 Newsletter
House Committee Votes To Legalize Rent to Own Abuse;
Bad Bankruptcy Bill Nears Passage; Unbalanced Bankruptcy Bill
Is Wish List for Banks; Five Billion Credit Card Offers Refute
Industry Claims; Consumer Groups Denounce Bankruptcy Bill; Microsoft
Is Selling Your Private Data;
N.J.Predatory Lending Bill Advances
Consumer Litigation Conference: Atlanta, Oct. 25-28
- May 2002 Newsletter
No Action on New Jersey Predatory Lending Bills
Is Congress for Sale? Bankruptcy Bill Deadlock?
US Attorney Convicts Two More Re Land Flips Financed by Mortgages
from Walsh Securities
New Book: STOP Predatory Lending
Judgment for $228,000 in Predatory Lending Case
State Sues Land-flippers in Essex County
Bill S.1200 to Stop Predatory Lending
Gail Chester Wins Appeal
Rent to Own Cy Pres Award
CLNJ Joins American Congress of Consumer Organizations
- December 2001 Newsletter
US House subcommittee votes to legalize unlimited interest while
prohibiting discloure of interest rate!
Federal Reserve improves Regulation on Predatory Lending
Arbitration- Threat to Justice System, You Can't Go to Court
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Consumer Tips
Interesting Internet Sites
- September 2001 Newsletter
U.S. House Committee to Vote on Legalizing Loanshark Interest
for Rent to own stores; Predatory Mortgage Lending Hearing in
U.S. Senate; Consumer Litigation Conference Coming to Baltimore.
- April 2001 Newsletter
Senate Passes Bad Bankruptcy Bill, Senator Corzine a Hero, Sen.
Torricelli a zero; CLNJ Annual Meeting Notice; Predatory lending
update; Credit Card Update; PIRG Report details credit card traps;
PIRG pamphlet on credit cards available
- January 2001 Newsletter
Banks pay us 0.25% Interest, While we pay them 25%
Greed Ratio: Chart Shows 66 to 1 Markup ; President Clinton Vetoes
Senator Torricelli's Disgraceful Bankruptcy Bill; Bank Dirty
Trick: Charging for Depositing Money!! Bank Dirty Trick: Poisoned
Check; RENT TO OWN RAP NOW AVAILABLE ON
INTERNET AS FREE MP3 FILE:
- November 2000 Newsletter
Electronic Signature Law: New Traps for Consumers; Consumer Conference
Spotlight On Auto Fraud- Dealers Inflate Interest Other Auto
Dealer Dirty Tricks; Required Disclosures in Car Sales NCLC Suggests
Model Home Loan Protection Act; Governor Whitman Signs A.298
Despite Consumer Protest; New York Telemarketing Law Has Promise
- August 2000 Newsletter
Suggestions for New Jersey State Government on Predatory Lending:
Mortgages, Licensed Lenders, Unlicensed lenders: Rent to Own,
Pay day loans, Auto Pawns, "Who sues First??"
Thank you to those who made CLNJ Centennial Dinner a Success;
- April 2000 Newsletter
Rent to Own Industry Loses in N.J. Legislature;
CLNJ Centennial Dinner - a reunion of consumer advocates;
CLNJ Accomplishments, 1985-2000
- December 1999 Newsletter
Rent to Own Votes in N.J. Legislature
Congress Allows Banks-Insurance Companies-Stock Brokers to Merge:
Upshot will be higher fees, fewer choices, no privacy
- October 1999 Newsletter
Confederate Flag in D.C.? Supreme Court Plays With Fire
With States' Rights Ruling; Confederate Flag in N.J.?
Bankruptcy Judges Uphold Federal Sovereignty; Who is a Federalist?
In memoriam: Hon. Frank M. Johnson, Courageous Federal Judge
Home Repair Class Action Back In N.J. Supreme Court;
Late Fees Upheld;
CLNJ in The New York Times: Pay Day Loans and the Civil
Usury Law; Senate Defers Bankruptcy Bill;
N.J. Rent to Own Bills Looming; Class Action Hypocrisy
- May 1999 Newsletter
Banks Buy Congress: House Passes HR 833, a Bill to Horsewhip
Consumer Bankrupts
- January 1999 Newsletter:
Countdown to year 2000: Child Labor then and now;
Rent to Own Ready for Vote in New Jersey
- November 1998 Newsletter:
Bankruptcy "Reform" Misses; 100% Interest in Rent to
Own Threatens Poor; Governor Whitman must choose; Assembly Heroes
and Zeroes; Consumers and CLNJ Win Round in NJ Supreme Court
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