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25 Jan 2007, 6:58 am
by Deepak Gupta A hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on "Examining the Billing, Marketing, and Disclosure Practices of the Credit Card Industry, and Their Impact on Consumers" is now underway. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 11:22 am
by Deepak Gupta The Minnesota Attorney General today filed a major lawsuit against the Minnesota-based National Arbitration Forum (NAF), one of the nation's largest and most controversial arbitral forums. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 3:17 pm
by Deepak Gupta On Friday, New Mexico's highest court unanimously handed consumers an important victory, holding that, "in the context of small consumer claims that would be prohibitively costly to bring on an individual basis, contractual prohibitions on class relief are contrary to New Mexico's fundamental public policy of encouraging the resolution of small consumer claims and are therefore unenforceable in this state. [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 7:59 am
by Deepak Gupta Wanna give the Pentagon a piece of your mind? [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 9:09 am
by Deepak Gupta Three consumer groups -- Consumer Federation of America, Center for Responsbile Lending, and National Consumer Law Center -- issued a statement today expressing disappointment with the Pentagon's new proposed rules on predatory lending to servicemembers. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 8:01 am
by Deepak Gupta This morning, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a closely watched class-action case from the Ninth Circuit, Wal-Mart v. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 9:40 am
by Deepak Gupta This morning, the U.S. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 7:54 am
by Deepak Gupta The headline of a piece in today's Washington Post reads The Banker's Candidate: Senator Dodd Amasses Huge Warchest. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 10:43 am
by Deepak Gupta Last week, I blogged about Rent-a-Center v. [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 7:54 am
by Deepak Gupta Chair of Product Safety Agency Says Beefing Up Her Agency Would "Harm" Americans: In the wake of growing public concern over the number of unsafe toys and other products on the market, the chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Nancy Nord, has told Congress that a Senate safety bill--which would more than double her anemic agency budget and expand its authority--would "put the American people at greater risk. [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 8:02 am
Deepak Gupta and Brent McIntosh will serve as panelists, and Amy Howe will moderate. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 7:28 am
” Posted by Deepak Gupta on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 07:48 PM in Consumer Litigation, Debt Collection, Free Speech, Intellectual Property & Consumer Issues, Unfair & Deceptive Acts & Practices (UDAP) | Permalink [read post]
5 May 2009, 2:25 pm
by Deepak Gupta Today, the ABA's Dispute Resolution Section issued a statement suggesting that it may be backing down from its ill-advised "opt out" proposal on forced arbitration (which we've criticized on this blog here, here, and here.) [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 2:06 pm
by Deepak Gupta This week, the Legal Talk Network hosted a debate over mandatory arbtiration between me and Alan Kaplinsky, a corporate defense lawyer known for pioneering the use of arbtiration clauses by banks and lenders. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 1:10 pm
by Deepak Gupta Yesterday, the U.S. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 4:48 pm
by Deepak Gupta With increasing frequency, debt collectors accused of engaging in abusive tactics in the context of consumer collection litigation have been raising a novel defense based on the Petition Clause of the First Amendment, which guarantees a right of access to the courts. [read post]
27 May 2008, 12:12 pm
by Deepak Gupta A cutting-edge issue in the world of consumer law--and one that this blog has discussed many times before (see, e.g., here, here, and here)--is the extent to which corporations can enforce class-action bans placed in consumer adhesion contracts. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 9:22 am
by Deepak Gupta House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank has formally introduced President Obama's plan for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 9:05 am
by Deepak Gupta The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing at 10am tomorrow, April 6, on "Legislative Proposals to Improve [Read: Weaken] the Structure of the CFPB. [read post]
13 Nov 2007, 12:21 pm
by Deepak Gupta As law professor and guest-blogger Alan White explained in a post here last week, Barney Frank's new predatory lending bill -- H.R. 3915, known as the "Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007" -- is not nearly as pro-consumer as its title suggests. [read post]
