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15 Jun 2008, 1:23 am
by Jeff Sovern Each year, colleges and universities hike tuition, typically by more than the rate of inflation. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 12:09 pm
by Jeff Sovern In 1999, Congress enacted the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. [read post]
24 Jun 2008, 8:48 pm
by Jeff Sovern At the Privacy Law Scholars Conference at GWU, hosted jointly by GWU and Berkeley Law Schools, on June 12 and 13, I served as a discussion leader for a session titled "Death to Privacy Policies" about how few people read privacy policies, why that is, and what could be done about that. [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 7:50 am
by Jeff Sovern The Becker-Posner Blog, written by Law and Economics Guru Richard Posner and the Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker, always offers interesting commentary. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 2:12 pm
by Jeff Sovern I was inspired by my co-blogger Paul Bland to add a problem to the consumer law casebook I've been working on with Dee Pridgen, Andy Spanogle, and Ralph Rohner about what happens when an identity thief signs an agreement providing for arbitration. [read post]
14 Feb 2009, 3:11 pm
by Jeff Sovern Lots in the Times this week on consumer law issues, so here goes. [read post]
7 May 2009, 3:28 pm
by Jeff Sovern Earlier this week, my co-coordinator Deepak Gupta suggested that instead of adopting a so-called compromise providing that consumers agree to arbitration unless they affirmatively opt out, Congress should provide that litigation is the default choice, and consumers should have the opportunity to opt in to arbitration after receiving notice. [read post]
17 Nov 2007, 5:54 pm
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday's Times reports on services--other than those operated by the big three credit bureaus--for preventing or catching identity theft, in an article titled "In ID Theft, Some Victims See Opportunity. [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 5:03 pm
by Jeff Sovern I've been meaning to post for some time a link to this story in the Times, "Officials Say They Are Falling Behind on Mortgage Fraud Cases" which ran on Christmas day. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 9:33 am
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
11 May 2012, 1:27 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
6 Feb 2010, 4:44 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 12:51 pm
by Jeff Sovern Or is it the Final Interim Rule? [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 12:37 pm
by Jeff Sovern Story here. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 11:00 am
by Jeff Sovern This morning, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published the following essay I had written: Private Sector Commentary: New credit card law has teeth Tuesday, June 30, 2009 By Jeff Sovern The credit card legislation President Obama signed into law represents a sharp break from previous federal credit card statutes. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 4:54 pm
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 4:01 pm
by Jeff Sovern Earlier this week, as the Times reported, the House passed a bill to move up the effective date of some of the Credit CARD Act provisions to December 1. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 11:46 am
by Jeff sovern Here. [read post]
23 Dec 2007, 6:34 pm
by Jeff Sovern The Fed's role in regulating subprime lending--or not--continues to draw comment. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 1:28 pm
by Jeff Sovern On Tuesday, the Times reported here about a study that confirms what many consumer lawyers already know about the elderly. [read post]
