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17 Apr 2007, 9:13 am
by Deepak Gupta SCOTUSblog is reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that federal law, not state law, controls the regulation of mortgage lending activity by national banks, even when that is carried on by an operating subsidiary of the bank. [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]
17 May 2007, 1:06 pm
by Deepak Gupta   Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, when a consumer disputes an item on a credit report, the reporting agency is required to "conduct a reasonable reinvestigation to determine whether the disputed information is inaccurate. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 8:01 am by Deepak Gupta
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]
21 Dec 2007, 12:34 pm
by Deepak Gupta Last month, I mentioned a case in which Public Citizen, together with Baltimore-based Civil Justice Inc., is challenging the constitutionality of mortgage foreclosure notice procedures in Maryland. [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]
19 Jan 2007, 1:02 pm
by Deepak Gupta Tonight, at 10pm EST, the ABC News Program 20/20 will air an episode entitled "Flat Broke: Begging And Borrowing In America. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 3:26 pm by Deepak Gupta
by Deepak Gupta Today we filed our merits brief for the respondents in the U.S. [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 8:02 am by Andrew Hamm
Deepak Gupta and Brent McIntosh will serve as panelists, and Amy Howe will moderate. [read post]
” 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]
20 Feb 2007, 8:53 am
by Deepak Gupta About an hour ago, the Roberts Court issued its first decision on the substantive due process limits on punitive damages. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 3:45 pm
by Deepak Gupta Those of us who regularly read amicus briefs by the likes of the U.S. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 4:48 pm by Deepak Gupta
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]
13 Apr 2011, 4:42 pm by Deepak Gupta
by Deepak Gupta Who Will the White House Pick to Lead the Consumer Bureau? [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]
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]
9 May 2011, 2:25 pm by Deepak Gupta
by Deepak Gupta Although it's not a consumer law case, I thought I should mention our victory today in an interesting First Amendment case that I argued last week in Utah. [read post]
4 Nov 2007, 6:03 pm
by Deepak Gupta Judging by the name alone, you might think that the Center for Consumer Freedom is an independent organization that advocates for consumers' rights to make informed choices in the marketplace. [read post]