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26 Jan 2017, 7:34 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
In addition to Ballard Spahr partner Chris Willis, the webinar will feature two renowned consumer law professors: Professors Jeff Sovern and Dee Pridgen. [read post]
20 Aug 2009, 8:36 am
"Jeff Sovern made mention of this phenomenon briefly in a post at the end of June. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 5:55 am by Brian Wolfman
by Brian WolfmanFollowing up on Jeff Sovern's post yesterday on the Federal Reserve's new rule that will bar banks from imposing certain overdraft fees unless the consumer opts in, check out this article in today's Washington Post. [read post]
3 May 2016, 9:55 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky and Mark J. Levin
” We note that, in a blog post today, Professor Jeff Sovern commented on the Chamber’s letter, asking whether consumers would “really suffer if they couldn’t bring arbitration claims for $25? [read post]
24 Mar 2014, 5:04 am by Rebecca Tushnet
  From the Consumer Law & Policy Blog: Speakers include FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez; Ralph Nader; Georgetown Dean William Treanor; Associate Dean Gregory Klass; Professors David Vladeck, Adam Levitin; CL&P bloggers Deepak Gupta, Scott Michaelman, and Jeff Sovern; NACA Executive Director Ira Rheingold; Citizen Works Executive Director Theresa Amato; Professors Nancy Kim, Omri Ben-Shahar, Margaret Jane Radin, Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, Michael Rustad, and Lauren Willis;… [read post]
6 Feb 2018, 9:25 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
  Professor Jeff Sovern acknowledged yesterday in the Consumer Law and Policy Blog that “the CFPB has very limited jurisdiction over the Equifax data breach, if it has any jurisdiction anyway…. [read post]
29 May 2019, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [Jeff Sovern, Consumer Law and Policy] Tags: colleges and universities, debtor-creditor law, law schools [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 3:01 am by Walter Olson
Brunetti] Mexico files charges of cultural appropriation against Carolina Herrera fashion house over native-inspired designs [Julie Zerbo, Fashion Law, AFP, related earlier on indigenous cultures and intellectual property] Schumpeterian innovation and the campaign to break up Big Tech [Ryan Bourne, Cato, earlier] “Another survey of consumer law professors fails to find any who always reads consumer contracts before signing them” [Jeff Sovern, earlier] Settlement… [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 7:45 pm by Jeff Sovern
  Here's the abstract This paper reports on a 2010 survey of law professors teaching consumer protection, and follows up on a similar 2008 survey, which appeared in Jeff Sovern, The Content of Consumer Law Classes, 12 J. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 3:00 am by Deepak Gupta
Concepcion on the validity of class action waivers Other speakers include my co-blogger Professor Jeff Sovern; Peggy Twohig and Leonard Chanin, two key officials responsible for standing up the CFPB; Tim Fernholz of the New America Foundation, who has written extensively on the CFPB; Dennis Cuevas of the National Association of Attorneys General; and representatives of state AG offices. [read post]
26 Jul 2009, 8:50 am
A false affidavit is akin to perjury, hence the criminal charges against some participants.Hat tip to Brian Wolfman and Jeff Sovern over at the Consumer Law & Policy Blog for pointing the way to the story. [read post]
20 May 2011, 2:57 pm by Deeptak Gupta
Dear Consumer Law & Policy Blog readers, In September 2006, Jeff Sovern and I decided to start this blog as co-coordinators -- an outgrowth of a discussion we had at Richard Alderman's consumer law conference at the University of Houston Law School. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 11:06 am by Stefanie Jackman
As Jeff Sovern remarked yesterday, the Charlotte Observer recently created a chart showing which company received the most complaints out of the total number of complaints currently available in the database (which includes any received by the CFPB since June 1, 2012). [read post]
9 Jan 2010, 9:23 pm by Erik Gerding
On Thursday morning, at the Financial Institutions/Consumer Financial Services Breakfast, Jeff Sovern (St. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 12:57 pm by Marie S. Newman
Professor Jeff Sovern declares in his article, "Law Student Laptop Use During Class for Non-Class Purposes: Temptation v. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 8:05 am by Walter Olson
” [Jeff Sovern, CL&P] Villanova keeps mum after embarrassing revelations [Inquirer] Tags: Baltimore, banks, colleges and universities, John Roberts, law schools Related posts June 27 roundup (2) Fall speaking schedule (1) Canada: “Human Rights Tribunal rules it can name university deans” (4) April 10 roundup (4) Yale adopts submissive posture in Title-IX-vs. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 7:32 am by Deepak Gupta
Then you must have missed this ad (which Jeff Sovern and Ed Mierzwinski blogged about last week), brought to you by the fine folks at the Committee for Truth in Politics: [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 1:19 pm by Alan S. Kaplinsky and Mark J. Levin
  Notably, even Professor Jeff Sovern, who is generally supportive of anti-arbitration initiatives and arguments, has asked,  “if California enacts the law, how can it avoid being preempted under the Federal Arbitration Act, as SCOTUS has interpreted it? [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 8:33 am
by Brian WolfmanAs Jeff Sovern reported in January, the Supreme Court has taken on an important case concerning the right of states to enforce their consumer protection and civil rights laws against national banks. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 12:47 pm by Brian Wolfman
Colin's comment reminds me of a recent post by Jeff Sovern, who noted that, although most disclosures are ineffective, disclosures may work if they are simple and easy to understand. [read post]