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15 May 2020, 6:04 am
by Jeff Sovern Regular blog readers know that from time to time, we report on the number of law schools offering consumer law courses course. [read post]
13 May 2020, 9:22 am
by Jeff Sovern The video and prepared testimony is here. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 1:55 pm
by Jeff Sovern Earlier this month, the CFPB issued a statement saying that during the pandemic, it would not enforce the 30-day deadlines for credit reporting agencies and furnishers to investigate reports of errors in credit reports, as long as they acted in good faith. [read post]
29 Apr 2020, 1:30 pm
by Jeff Sovern The article is here. [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 10:00 am
by Jeff Sovern Because of the virus, people are experiencing more losses than usual and are not able to mark their passing with the rituals that help in times of death: in-person funerals, wakes, shiva calls, and the like. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 3:08 pm
by Jeff Sovern In an April 16 letter, ACA International, which describes itself as "The Association of Credit and Collection Professionals," complained that "Advocacy organizations have made several recent claims that, 'debt collectors are eager to garnish [stimulus] payments – threatening families’ access to food, shelter, and medicine, and endangering public health.'” I'm not sure where the quote in the letter is… [read post]
19 Apr 2020, 9:58 am
by Jeff Sovern How should Congress handle the problem of damage to the credit of consumers who default because of the coronavirus pandemic? [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 6:00 pm
by Jeff Sovern According to standard readability measures, arbitration clauses require a lot of education to understand. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 12:13 pm
by Jeff Sovern So Reuters reports here. [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 3:36 pm
Silber and Jeff Sovern The American Prospect recently published a short essay we wrote suggesting that the federal government pick up the tab for part of consumers’ credit card interest rate payments while the coronavirus rages. [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 1:44 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here in Medium. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 9:18 am
by Jeff Sovern That's the inference to be drawn from a must-read article in the NY Times, ‘Scared to Death’ by Arbitration: Companies Drowning in Their Own System. [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 4:55 pm
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27 Mar 2020, 1:25 pm
by Jeff Sovern Earlier this year, the CFPB created a Taskforce to make "recommendations for ways to improve and strengthen consumer financial laws and regulations. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 2:20 pm
by Jeff Sovern Evan Weinberger reports here. [read post]
14 Mar 2020, 4:28 pm
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday, as part of his response to the coronavirus, President Trump announced that he was temporarily waiving "interest on all student loans held by federal government agencies. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 8:05 am
by Jeff Sovern The coronavirus is already having an impact on consumers and consumer protection. [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 1:31 pm
by Jeff Sovern The CFPB recently proposed various disclosures to include on validation notices pertaining to time-barred debt. [read post]
9 Feb 2020, 9:47 am
by Jeff Sovern Twice a year, CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger testifies before the House Financial Services Committee about the Bureau's Semi-Annual Report. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 2:47 pm
by Jeff Sovern A recent NY Times article, Chaos at Chain Pharmacies Is Putting Patients at Risk, reminded me of how the Wells Fargo quotas drove Wells employees to open unauthorized accounts. [read post]
