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16 Dec 2007, 6:18 pm
by Jeff Sovern I've been listening to an audio version of Yale law professor Ian Ayres's terrific new book, Super Crunchers, during my commute. [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 8:45 pm
by Jeff Sovern I am pleased to announce that the 2008 supplement to our casebook is now finished. [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]
1 Nov 2007, 12:34 pm
by Jeff Sovern The 2003 FACTA Act directed federal regulators to issue identity theft guidelines on "red flags" and address discrepancies (identity thieves often use an address other than the consumer's because having credit cards, for example, sent to the consumer-victim will usually do the thief little good). [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 5:39 pm
by Jeff Sovern One of the many interesting provisions of the Credit CARD Act that has not received much attention is the limits it imposes on penalty fees. [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]
18 Jun 2012, 12:20 pm
by Jeff Sovern A recent report by the Pew Charitable Trust, Still Risky: An Update on the Safety and Transparency of Checking Accounts, found that the median length of bank checking account disclosures among the banks included within the study ran 69 pages. The response by Consumer Bankers Association president Richard Hunt in this MSNBC report: "We don't like it. [read post]
22 Oct 2011, 3:45 pm
by Jeff Sovern I just finished listening to the audio version of Ron Suskind's Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President. [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]
5 Mar 2007, 7:42 am
by Jeff Sovern Over the weekend, Brian Wolfman blogged about the proposed Interagency Guidance on Subprime Mortgage Lending. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 3:28 pm
by Jeff Sovern I am convinced that one reason the CFPA has run into trouble in the Senate is that it's an issue that can't easily be boiled down to a soundbite, and hence generates little passion. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 2:16 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 2:32 pm
by Jeff Sovern For those who haven't read enough about the Bank of America's monthly debit card fee (coverage here and here, for example), PBS broadcast a debate between the Los Angeles Times columnist David Lazarus and Consumer Bankers Association president Richard Hunt. [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]
23 Apr 2011, 8:34 am
by Jeff Sovern When we talked in class this semester about how many credit card issuers send out "pre-screened" credit card applications, I mentioned how identity thieves famously "dumpster dive" for them after the consumer has thrown them away, fill them out, and send them in, using the identity thief's address. [read post]
24 Mar 2007, 5:35 pm
by Jeff Sovern The New York Times has had several interesting articles on consumer law issues today and yesterday. [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]
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]
20 Mar 2011, 9:11 am
by Jeff Sovern Here. [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]
