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15 Apr 2011, 11:44 am
by Jeff Sovern Law professors and those interested in education may be interested in the draft I just posted on SSRN of the above-titled article. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 11:46 am
by Jeff sovern Here. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 4:28 pm
by Jeff Sovern The Republican National Committee released a white paper today that included this comment on consumer protection: Republicans believe that markets make for efficient economies. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 7:03 pm
by Jeff Sovern Peter J. [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 8:03 am
by Jeff Sovern That's the headline of an article in today's Times about how cell phones enable cell phone companies to know the location of consumers where ever they go, something of which consumers may not be aware. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 9:11 am
by Jeff Sovern Here. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 11:40 am
by Jeff Sovern As we noted a couple of weeks ago, the House of Representatives voted to cut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's budget. [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]
2 Mar 2011, 12:30 pm
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday the U.S. [read post]
27 Feb 2011, 3:11 pm
by Jeff Sovern Kevin Jon Heller of the Opinio Juris blog has a post about the troublesome practice of using UDAP statutes against book authors and publishers in connection with the content of their books. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 3:00 am
Concepcion on the validity of class action waivers Other speakers include my co-blogger Professor Jeff Sovern; Peggy Twohig and Leonard Chanin, two key officials responsible for standing up the CFPB; Tim Fernholz of the New America Foundation, who has written extensively on the CFPB; Dennis Cuevas of the National Association of Attorneys General; and representatives of state AG offices. [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]
10 Jan 2011, 4:52 pm
by Jeff Sovern I recently spotted this in the office of a politician of a certain party: Want to know how to attack the arguments of the other party? [read post]
15 Dec 2010, 12:07 pm
by Jeff Sovern The Republican Commissioners on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission have issued their preliminary findings and conclusions on the causes of the financial crisis in a document titled “Financial Crisis Primer: Questions and Answers on the Causes of the Financial Crisis. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 5:56 pm
by Jeff Sovern More and more anecdotal information is surfacing to supplement the empirical data indicating that consumers don't read disclosures. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 9:03 am
by Jeff Sovern Today's Times has an interesting article, Adviser to Consumer Agency Had Role in Lending, about CFPB hiring (or perhaps, more accurately, Treasury hiring for what will become the CFPB). [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 4:11 pm
by Jeff Sovern The Dodd-Frank Act gives the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau the power to adopt regulations prohibiting deceptive, unfair, and abusive acts, and to bring actions against covered entities that are engaging in such acts. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 2:03 pm
by Jeff Sovern The Oregonian's Personal Finance Columnist, Brent Hunsberger, has a column here on his experience with rebate cards. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 9:14 am
by Jeff Sovern Former Ninth Circuit Judge and Secretary of Education Shirley M. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 2:51 am
" Jeff Sovern at St. [read post]
