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18 Mar 2007, 5:24 pm
Jeff Sovern at the Public Citizen blog notes a New York Times story that Democratic leaders will be pushing a bill "would give borrowers and others the ability to sue the Wall Street firms that package those mortgages and then... [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 9:03 am by Bankruptcy Prof
Jeff Sovern has prepared a nice powerpoint summary of the two bills creating a new federal Consumer Financial Protection Agency. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 5:11 am by Brian Wolfman
Jeff Sovern posted earlier on today's House Oversight & Government Reform hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [read post]
31 May 2011, 1:23 pm by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern The prospect of Elizabeth Warren heading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to elicit discussion. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 8:25 am
by Jeff Sovern I have previously blogged here about the 2006 amendment to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which added a new subsection (e) to 15 U.S.C. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 5:45 pm by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern Earlier today Judge Rakoff refused to approve the SEC's settlement with Citigroup because the consent decree provided that Citigroup neither admitted nor denied the SEC's allegations. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 9:14 am by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern Former Ninth Circuit Judge and Secretary of Education Shirley M. [read post]
14 Feb 2010, 11:11 am by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern Bob Tedeschi's Mortgages Column in today's Times reports on the effect of the new RESPA disclosure regs, which went ino effect January 1. [read post]
27 May 2011, 2:18 pm by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern In the continuing battle over the role of states in consumer protection, two developments this week merit attention here. [read post]
31 Jul 2009, 9:31 am
by Jeff Sovern The 2009 edition of our Selected Consumer Statutes should be out in time for fall classes. [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 3:25 pm
by Jeff Sovern Three interesting recent pieces in the Times: Today's Times has an editorial, "Moving Ahead on Mortgages," that endorses the FDIC proposal to deal with the foreclosure crisis by freezing interest rates at the introductory teaser rate (I previously linked to the FDIC proposal here). [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 8:03 am by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern That's the headline of an article in today's Times about how cell phones enable cell phone companies to know the location of consumers where ever they go, something of which consumers may not be aware. [read post]
3 Sep 2012, 5:38 pm by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern We have blogged many times about the Republican call for the CFPB to have a commission-structure, rather than a director (see, for example, here). [read post]
19 Aug 2012, 10:14 am by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern About nine days ago, the Times ran a front-page article Shopper Alert: Price May Drop for You Alone. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 1:51 pm by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern  There's been a lot in the media about opposition to Elizabeth Warren to head the CFPB. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 1:34 pm
by Jeff Sovern Today's Times includes two interesting consumer law pieces. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 11:02 am by Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern A company claims to make it possible. [read post]