We received the following announcement: The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (CCFL) invites second year law students to submit abstracts for consideration in an upcoming issue of the Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report (CFLQR). This initiative is designed to foster emerging scholarship in consumer finance law by pairing selected students with experienced practitioners and scholars […]
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At Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Finance Monitor podcast. Bartholomew discussed the article he co-authored with Samuel Becher, The End of Shopping, forthcoming in the William & Mary Law Review.
So Politico reports here. Not surprisingly, it was a party line vote, 13-11.
And plenty of others! Online and in person on September 25. More information here.
At Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Finance Monitor podcast. The former officials are Jason Brown, former CFPB Assistant Director for Research and now a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, and David Silberman, former Acting Deputy Director and longtime Associate Director for Research, Markets and Regulation.
At Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast.
We received the following announcement: 2027 WRITING COMPETITION The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is pleased to announce its 2027 annual writing competition to recognize significant written contributions to the field of U.S. consumer financial services law in the following categories: a) Books b) Publishable articles, book chapters, or substantial book reviews by […]
Richard Frankel of Drexel has written The Mass Arbitration Illusion, 83 Washington and Lee Law Review _ (forthcoming 2026). Here is the abstract: Mass arbitration has emerged as the latest battleground in the ongoing tug-of-war between corporations and their consumers and employees regarding binding mandatory arbitration clauses. After businesses succeeded in shielding themselves from liability […]
On Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Finance Monitor podcast.
Emily Brill has the story here. Excerpt: The CFPB placed Stephen Wheeler on administrative leave and began an internal investigation shortly after he spoke to National Public Radio for a story about issues with the agency’s office relocation, NTEU Local 335 claimed. The probe launched within days of Mark Paoletta, a former DLA Piper partner […]