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21 Sep 2008, 1:44 pm
by Brian Wolfman Remember the last time government policy was made in the interest of the nation with barely a peep of mainstream protest, as the press went along for the ride? [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 6:23 am
by Brian Wolfman Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) says a court of appeals may permit an appeal from a district court order granting or denying class certification if a petition for permission to appeal is filed with the court of appeals within 10 days of entry of the district court's order. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 5:04 am
By Brian Wolfman An article from Saturday's New York Times discusses a a National Consumer Law Center report that explains that, perhaps, the word is getting out that tax refund anticipation loans (RALs) -- short-term loans provided by tax preparers and others in anticipation of the borrower's tax refund -- are not such a great deal. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 9:08 am
By Brian Wolfman Following up on yesterday's post from Steve Gardner, I wanted to let you know about two potentially important statutory attorney's fees cases before the Supreme Court. [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 1:45 pm
By Brian Wolfman The Federal Judicial Center has just issued its third iterim report on the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. [read post]
3 Feb 2007, 5:27 am
By Brian Wolfman As many of you know, rescission can be an important remedy in Truth in Lending Act cases. [read post]
29 Jul 2009, 7:31 am
by Brian Wolfman We have previously reported here about the recording industry's aggressive strategy of going after music file sharers. [read post]
27 May 2007, 6:29 am
By Brian Wolfman Today's Washington Post contains a major article by Kathleen Day, entitled "A Highly Charged Relationship," about Americans' love for credit cards, but their vehement dislike for some of the credit card companies' practices -- practices hidden in the fine print until they spring into action. [read post]
2 May 2007, 8:29 am
By Brian Wolfman Last week, in Preston v. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 10:51 pm
Brian Wolfman, Co-director of the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center, has two excellent recent posts on Public Citizen’s Consumer Law and Policy Blog that provide food for thought on the need for class action reform, and the best way to achieve reform if it is needed. [read post]
15 Feb 2007, 7:15 am
By Brian Wolfman In Hodges v. [read post]
18 Jan 2007, 6:54 am
By Brian Wolfman The National Consumer Law Center and the Consumer Federation of America have issued a press release warning consumers to avoid tax refund anticipation loans (RALs) and reporting on the state of the RAL industry. [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 5:57 am
by Brian Wolfman Thousands of our readers follow the CL&P Blog by receiving a daily email with the full text of each post. [read post]
9 Sep 2009, 9:33 am
by Brian Wolfman The front page of the New York Times has this excellent piece on overdraft fees imposed on debit card holders. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 6:13 am
by Brian Wolfman Read this Baltimore Sun article about the City of Baltimore's suit alleging that Wells Fargo engaged in predatory and racially discriminatory lending against Baltimore citizens. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 6:00 am
by Brian Wolfman I previously reported here that Virginia was poised to enact lenient payday loan legislation without any fee/interest rate cap, after a House committee approved such legislation already passed by the state Senate. [read post]
17 Sep 2012, 5:33 pm
Reuters contributor Alison Frankel authored an insightful column published August 20, 2012 entitled Foretelling the End of Money-for-Nothing Class Actions, that touches on issues similar to those raised by Brian Wolfman in two recent articles summarized in this August 15 CAB post. [read post]
24 Feb 2007, 9:46 am
By Brian Wolfman In Serrano v. 100 Connect, Inc., No. 06-17366 (Feb. 22, 2007), the Ninth Circuit has held that in assessing whether a federal district court should or must decline jurisdiction under the "exceptions" to jurisdiction of the Class Action Fairness Act, the burden is on the party resisting a federal forum to show that jurisdiction is lacking. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 1:45 pm
By Leah Nicholls and Brian Wolfman Monday, in Elgin v. [read post]
24 Mar 2017, 12:37 pm
Ruthanne Deutsch and Brian Wolfman will focus on Endrew F. v. [read post]
