States are battleground in drive to regulate lawsuit funding

By Ben Hallman and Caitlin Ginley

The latest story in the Center's "Betting on Justice" series about the fast-growing litigation finance industry looks at lobbying efforts in

Elizabeth Warren's hands tied in payday lending oversight

The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is given broad powers to regulate non-traditional financial institutions. But it can't cap the

Excerpts from this story referencing "Usury":

"… d dollars repaid days or weeks later, range from about 400 to 800 percent. Usury statutes in a handful of states limit those interest charges, but in most …"