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29 Nov 2009, 7:54 pm
by Jeff Sovern For some research I'm doing, I would love to see training materials or scripts mortgage brokers and lenders use (or used when subprime borrowing was more common) for approaching borrowers. [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 10:00 am
Andrew Blair-Stanek, Patricia Campbell, Donald Gifford, Guha Krishnamurthi, Robert Percival, Jeff Sovern, Maureen Sweeney, Donald Tobin & Liza Vertinsky (Maryland), GPT Gets Its First Law School B+ Grades Courthouse News Service, Students And Alumni Association Sue Golden Gate For Closing Its JD Program Katya Cronin (George Washington), The Intentional Pursuit... [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 2:00 am
Renee Allen, Jennifer Baum, Catherine Duryea, Robert Ruescher, Courtney Selby, Eric Shannon, Jeff Sovern & Rachel Smith (St. [read post]
24 May 2012, 10:25 am
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday the Times published an editorial, Full Disclosure for Student Borrowers, which concluded: A bill pending in the Senate would require both colleges and lenders to educate students about the differences between federal loans and riskier, more expensive private loans — and their borrowing options. [read post]
13 May 2022, 6:55 am
Don’t hold your breath, Professor Sovern! [read post]
9 May 2017, 7:34 am
Jeff Sovern, Professor of Law at St. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 4:24 pm
Rankings: A Dramatization of the Incentives Created by Ranking Law Schools Jeff Sovern, St. [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 11:43 am
by Jeff Sovern Subtitle C of the Obama administration's bill to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency would give the CFPA the power to promulgate rules "identifying as unlawful unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices in connection with any transaction with a consumer for a consumer financial product or service. [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]
24 Jun 2008, 8:48 pm
by Jeff Sovern At the Privacy Law Scholars Conference at GWU, hosted jointly by GWU and Berkeley Law Schools, on June 12 and 13, I served as a discussion leader for a session titled "Death to Privacy Policies" about how few people read privacy policies, why that is, and what could be done about that. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 2:55 pm
by Jeff Sovern Two recent developments illustrate anew the difference between opt-outs and opt-ins. [read post]
15 Jun 2008, 1:23 am
by Jeff Sovern Each year, colleges and universities hike tuition, typically by more than the rate of inflation. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 12:56 pm
by Jeff Sovern Deepak pointed out earlier this month that Julie Williams is stepping down from her position as Chief Counsel of the OCC. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 12:37 pm
by Jeff Sovern Critics of Truth in Lending have long complained about the timing of disclosures in mortgage loans: typically, lenders were not required to provide the final loan disclosures until the closing. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 2:12 pm
by Jeff Sovern I was inspired by my co-blogger Paul Bland to add a problem to the consumer law casebook I've been working on with Dee Pridgen, Andy Spanogle, and Ralph Rohner about what happens when an identity thief signs an agreement providing for arbitration. [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]
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]
12 Jan 2010, 6:45 am
by Jeff Sovern After attending the last three AALS conferences, I wanted to voice a consumer protection perspective. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 1:14 pm
by Jeff Sovern I have commented before on the December amendments to the credit card provisions of Regulation Z (here and here) but I find that as I prepare to teach them, I have a bit more to say. [read post]
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]
