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22 Oct 2015, 4:58 am
Kaplinsky In a blog post earlier this week, Professor Jeff Sovern took issue with statements made by a legal expert that suggest an amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act would be necessary for the CFPB to ban class action waivers in arbitration agreements. [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 8:03 am
Recently, Professor Jeff Sovern criticized Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas for announcing that he would seek to block the CFPB’s final arbitration rule using the Congressional Review Act. [read post]
17 Aug 2015, 9:00 am
Levin In a recent blog post, Professor Jeff Sovern responded to our blog post indicating that the CFPB’s March 10, 2014 Arbitration Study strongly supports the industry’s view that consumers fare better in arbitration than litigation in general and class actions in particular. [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 9:43 am
Professor Jeff Sovern has responded to our recent blog, “Senator Warren’s Numbers Don’t Add Up,” with a blog of his own. [read post]
1 Jun 2021, 8:15 am
Professor Jeff Sovern recently proposed that the CFPB issue a supposedly “new” arbitration rule “that prevents companies from blocking consumers from suing in court unless consumers specifically opted in to the arbitration clause” after being given a CFPB-mandated disclosure that if they do not sign and their rights are violated, they “may still sue us in court or later agree to arbitration. [read post]
14 Mar 2022, 10:53 am
A recent blog by Professor Jeff Sovern, occasioned by the recent Senate hearing on consumer arbitration clauses, recycles two of his favorite talking points: (1) consumers don’t understand arbitration clauses, and (2) consumers only benefit from post-dispute, not pre-dispute, arbitration. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 6:52 am
Jeff Sovern (St. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 5:18 pm
by Jeff Sovern One of my goals with this blog has been to raise the profile of consumer law among legal educators. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 11:11 am
by Jeff Sovern Here's the column, and follow up posts can be found here and here. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 8:20 am
Jeff Sovern (St. [read post]
14 May 2009, 4:21 pm
Jeff Sovern Jamaica, Queens, April 28, 2009 The writer is a professor at St. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 10:04 am
Jeff Sovern (St. [read post]
25 May 2010, 10:48 am
by Jeff Sovern Those of us at the University of Houston Teaching Consumer Law Conference last week were treated to a report on a type of fraud I personally had never heard of and that is so new, it goes under several names, including it's me fraud and grandparent fraud. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 8:58 am
by Jeff Sovern Today's Times has an editorial on the mortgage legislation that is scheduled for a vote today on the House floor. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 12:13 pm
by Jeff Sovern I am pleased to report that Thomson/West has just published the 2011 edition of Selected Consumer Statutes, a compilation of consumer statutes, regulations, and similar materials on consumer law. [read post]
7 Jul 2012, 2:52 pm
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday the Times ran a piece, New Agency Plans to Make Over Mortgage Market, about some things going on at the CFPB as it approaches its first anniversary. [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 12:06 pm
by Jeff Sovern The Christian Science Monitor reports here about so-called "mortgage consultants" who purport to rescue consumers from foreclosure and the laws designed to prevent foreclosure rescue fraud. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 1:23 pm
by Jeff Sovern The Wall Street Journal story is here. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 6:01 am
by Jeff Sovern Today's Times reports that banks and bankers that formerly donated to Democrats are instead contributing to Republicans. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 10:40 am
by Jeff Sovern He said it on Meet the Press. [read post]
