BRONX, New York, March 22 -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following news:

The National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) at Fordham Law School has announced the release of the Consumer Debt Litigation Index, an online resource that shows some progress toward adoption of fairer laws but ultimately demonstrates that every U.S. state and the District of Columbia still lack essential legal standards to protect consumers from wrongful, abusive debt collection tactics.