| Volume 141 Number 30 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the nationwide credit reporting companies — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months. Click here for more.
Volkswagen recalls Atlas and Passat vehicles
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 8,416 model year 2018 Volkswagen Atlas and model year 2017-2018 Volkswagen Passat vehicles. The brake caliper bracket mounting bolts on the vehicles may not have been tightened sufficiently, allowing the caliper to move, reducing braking ability or causing a loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of a crash. Click here for more.
Your Money
Using a P2P payment service such as Venom, Cash App, or others for a commercial purpose may cost you. And scammers are already aware! Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
The Senate Banking Committee has voted to send President Trump's nominee to be director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Kathleen Kraninger, to the full Senate. She thus moves a step closer to assuming the post. The vote was 13-12, along party lines. Kraninger, who currently serves an associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, would succeed acting CFPB director Mick Mulvaney, who also serves as OMB director. No date has been set for a vote in the Senate, and nominations are currently backlogged in the Senate. But with no Republicans having raised objections to her nomination, she seems to have a good chance of winning confirmation to a five-year term as CFPB director. Click here for more.