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22 May 2012, 6:39 am
In this post a while back, Jeff Sovern discussed the sizeable drop in the number of law school applicants and predicted that some law schools would accept students with weaker credentials while others would shrink the size of their classes. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 12:16 pm
Jeff Sovern (pictured), with whom readers may be familiar from our recent virtual symposium, has a new paper on SSRN, co-authored with three of his St. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 11:22 am
Jeff Sovern blogged yesterday about the New York Times article. [read post]
6 Sep 2013, 6:50 am
The National Law Journal reports on a recent article by Jeff Sovern (St. [read post]
26 Feb 2025, 5:29 am
Over at the Consumer Law and Policy Blog, Jeff Sovern has posted a link to a letter in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). [read post]
11 Jun 2024, 2:29 pm
Earlier today, I published a blog post highlighting the flaws in the arguments made by Professor Jeff Sovern in his recent article in the Consumer Law & Policy Blog for why the Fed, notwithstanding its losses, can still lawfully fund the CFPB. [read post]
16 May 2012, 2:33 pm
by Jeff Sovern Quite a bit, according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. [read post]
16 Mar 2009, 9:18 am
by Jeff Sovern The unemployed who receive benefits in the form of debit cards often pay fees for the privilege, according to a CNN report. [read post]
19 Dec 2007, 5:32 am
Following up on Jeff Sovern's excellent post on the Federal Reserve's proposed rules on predatory lending, here is some more stuff: (1) the proposed rule itself (which runs 163 pages); and (2) a Washington post story on the proposed rules. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 12:57 pm
by Jeff Sovern Ed Mierzwinski and NASDAQ/Dow Jones Newswires have reported that opponents of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have attached riders to appropriations bills to subject CFPB funding to the congressional appropriations process rather than the current system under which the Bureau gets funding outside that process, as is true of other bank regulators like the OCC. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 6:13 pm
by Jeff Sovern One of my students, Andre Pascariu pointed me to this story about an actor who appeared in a Honda commercial and then decided to take advantage of the leasing offer he had pitched. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 10:24 am
by Jeff Sovern PC World reports here on a bill aimed at spam sent as text messages to cell phones. [read post]
12 Dec 2007, 12:58 pm
by Jeff Sovern As a teacher of consumer law, and the co-author of a consumer law casebook, I've been trying to figure out what to do about course coverage of the subprime mortgage meltdown. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 2:16 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 1:06 pm
by Jeff Sovern A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson blogged about a credit union president's warning that the new statute regulating loans to service members and their dependents "might well be called the death to lending to service members act. [read post]
7 Feb 2011, 12:47 pm
by Jeff Sovern The National Law Journal has an interesting article on the response of lawyers representing businesses to the CFPB, headlined "Agenda Unknown" (I can't post a link because it requires a subscription). [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 4:00 pm
by Jeff Sovern The letters arrive every January and February with "Important Tax Information Enclosed" written on the envelopes. [read post]
13 May 2009, 2:16 pm
by Jeff Sovern The American Banker ran a piece I wrote in their Viewpoints section today titled "Borrowers Must Understand Their Obligations" (the American Banker's content is available only to subscribers but they offer a free two-week trial subscription if you want to read the piece). [read post]
11 Apr 2009, 2:56 pm
by Jeff Sovern Consumer protection has been much in the news these days, but based on a quick look, there don't seem to be a lot of columnists who specialize in consumer protection. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 9:11 am
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
