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24 Aug 2010, 7:45 pm
Here's the abstract This paper reports on a 2010 survey of law professors teaching consumer protection, and follows up on a similar 2008 survey, which appeared in Jeff Sovern, The Content of Consumer Law Classes, 12 J. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 11:00 am
by Jeff Sovern At the risk of being a nag, I'm wondering when the President will nominate the new director of the CFPB. [read post]
4 Aug 2010, 5:27 pm
by Jeff Sovern Brian posted a link earlier this week to the Wall Street Journal article on new tricks to get around the Credit CARD Act. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 3:54 pm
As Jeff Sovern said last week, "I want the CFPB to be just like Elizabeth Warren. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 1:51 pm
by Jeff Sovern There's been a lot in the media about opposition to Elizabeth Warren to head the CFPB. [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 8:57 am
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published my op-ed, Consumer Bureau is Just the First Step, which reports on the tactics one predatory lender used to persuade borrowers to enter into loans that were not in their best interest. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 11:36 am
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday the Times published speculations about who will replace John Dugan as head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in its Reuters BreakingViews column. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 10:57 am
by Jeff Sovern A teenager I know responded to a listing for a summer job on Craig's List. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 4:33 pm
by Jeff Sovern Berin Michael Szoka of The Progress & Freedom Foundation has written The Dangerous Implications of a 'Right' to Free Credit Scores . [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 5:09 pm
by Jeff Sovern I haven't read the conference Dodd-Frank bill yet, so take this with a grain of salt, but judging by Gretchen Morgenson's column in today's Times, it is a long way from a complete victory for consumers. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 5:07 am
Yesterday, Jeff Sovern blogged on the House conferees' "offer" on the consumer financial reform bureau provisions of the financial reform legislation. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 5:59 pm
by Jeff Sovern Barney Frank has just announced the House Conferees' offer on the CFPB. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 12:53 pm
by Jeff Sovern Buried deeply within the House financial reform bill--beginning at page 1472--is the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 9:03 am
Jeff Sovern has prepared a nice powerpoint summary of the two bills creating a new federal Consumer Financial Protection Agency. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 6:42 am
Jeff Sovern, an expert in consumer law, has prepared a very helpful Powerpoint slideshow that highlights key differences in the bills. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 12:48 pm
by Jeff Sovern Two years ago, I surveyed attendees at Richard Alderman's University of Houston Teaching Consumer Law Conference about their course coverage; the results are here. [read post]
28 May 2010, 9:50 am
by Jeff Sovern Last week at the University of Houston's Teaching Consumer Law Conference (presided over by fellow-blogger Richard Alderman) I spoke about the House and Senate Consumer Financial Protection Agency (or Bureau) bills and their differences and similarities. [read post]
25 May 2010, 10:48 am
by Jeff Sovern Those of us at the University of Houston Teaching Consumer Law Conference last week were treated to a report on a type of fraud I personally had never heard of and that is so new, it goes under several names, including it's me fraud and grandparent fraud. [read post]
24 May 2010, 1:35 pm
by Jeff Sovern The Credit CARD Act required the Fed to post online copies of credit card contracts. [read post]
17 May 2010, 5:12 pm
by Jeff Sovern Cross-posted with the New Deal 2.0 Blog When our founding fathers fought the Revolution, one of the things they fought for was the right to have a say in the laws that governed them. [read post]
