New Orleans After years of campaigns by ACORN and agreements with the major tax preparers, H&R Block, Jackson-Hewitt, and Liberty Tax Services, to rein in the abuses and predatory pricing of “refund anticipation loans” or RALs, as they are known in the industry, it appears that the rats will play “while the cat is away.” …
Category: ACORN
Winning the “War of Attrition” Against Coal-Fired Power Plants
New York City The first day of the annual Energy Finance conference convened in New York University’s Law School buildings on Washington Square by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis was – believe it or not – fascinating. Not only did I get to catch up with Daniele Pommes and his No Al …
Bristol Wins First Agreement for Improved Rental Standards
New Orleans Catching up on Skype this week, it was great to hear the progress ACORN Bristol had made in the United Kingdom in advancing the campaign to win what they call an Ethical Letting Charter or a model set of standards for landlords and tenants. The campaign has been developing for months as …