Author Archives: Jeff Sovern

Application Portal Open for Steiger Fellowship Summer 2027 Consumer Protection Fellowships at AG’s Offices

The announcement is here. Here’s the first paragraph of the announcement: The Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project provides law students with the extraordinary opportunity to work in the consumer protection departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General and other consumer protection agencies, as well as the National Association of Attorneys General and the […]

Richard Frankel article on how responses to mass arbitration show arbitration providers’ incentives to favor businesses

Richard Frankel of Drexel has written Do Arbitration Providers Have Incentives to Favor Businesses over Individuals? Mass Arbitration as a Case Study, Journal of International Dispute Settlement (forthcoming 2027). Here’s the abstract: When it comes to selecting arbitrators to resolve a dispute, the arbitration system goes to great lengths to avoid arbitrator bias. Both parties […]

Consumer law publication opportunity for 2Ls

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 […]

Interview with former CFPB officials on where the CFPB should go now

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.

ACCFSL announces Writing Competition for significant written contributions to the field of U.S. consumer financial services

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 […]