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20 Apr 2007, 11:19 am
by Jeff Sovern On Wednesday I blogged about whether lenders who trolled for potential borrowers through a federal database containing the financial records of millions of student aid applicants might have violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act. [read post]
25 Mar 2009, 11:26 am
by Jeff Sovern The extent of discrimination in lending has long been a hotly-debated subject. [read post]
4 Jan 2009, 6:08 pm
by Jeff Sovern I have accumulated a huge pile of articles from the New York Times on consumer issues, so here goes an attempt to shrink it somewhat. [read post]
8 Mar 2009, 10:35 am
by Jeff Sovern I've been listening to the audio version of Jonah Lehrer's How We Decide, which brings neuroscience to bear on the human decision-making process, and while I'm not done with it yet, I wanted to blog about some of what I've already heard. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 12:09 pm
by Jeff Sovern In 1999, Congress enacted the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. [read post]
14 Feb 2009, 3:11 pm
by Jeff Sovern Lots in the Times this week on consumer law issues, so here goes. [read post]
7 May 2009, 3:28 pm
by Jeff Sovern Earlier this week, my co-coordinator Deepak Gupta suggested that instead of adopting a so-called compromise providing that consumers agree to arbitration unless they affirmatively opt out, Congress should provide that litigation is the default choice, and consumers should have the opportunity to opt in to arbitration after receiving notice. [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 5:03 pm
by Jeff Sovern I've been meaning to post for some time a link to this story in the Times, "Officials Say They Are Falling Behind on Mortgage Fraud Cases" which ran on Christmas day. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 9:33 am
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
17 Nov 2007, 5:54 pm
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday's Times reports on services--other than those operated by the big three credit bureaus--for preventing or catching identity theft, in an article titled "In ID Theft, Some Victims See Opportunity. [read post]
11 May 2012, 1:27 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
6 Feb 2010, 4:44 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 12:51 pm
by Jeff Sovern Or is it the Final Interim Rule? [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 12:37 pm
by Jeff Sovern Story here. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 11:00 am
by Jeff Sovern This morning, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published the following essay I had written: Private Sector Commentary: New credit card law has teeth Tuesday, June 30, 2009 By Jeff Sovern The credit card legislation President Obama signed into law represents a sharp break from previous federal credit card statutes. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 11:46 am
by Jeff sovern Here. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 4:54 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 4:01 pm
by Jeff Sovern Earlier this week, as the Times reported, the House passed a bill to move up the effective date of some of the Credit CARD Act provisions to December 1. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 1:57 pm
by Jeff Sovern It's tough to keep up with the coverage of the Bureau this week, but here are a few noteworthy pieces. [read post]
16 Jan 2010, 6:35 am
by Jeff Sovern A few recent consumer law reports: The SCOTUS Blog has reported that the Supreme Court has granted cert in what could be an important arbitration case. [read post]
