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Author Archives: Jeff Sovern
The announcement is here. Here’s the first paragraph: 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 Attorney General’s Office […]
Here’s the announcement: This unique two-year fellowship offers students about to graduate law school the opportunity to work with top consumer advocates on exciting cases, gain hands-on experience, and build a pathway to success doing well, while doing good. The Details: The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) is offering two 2-year consumer law fellowships to upcoming […]
Alexa Rosenbloom of Harvard has written The Pervasive and Troubling use of Coverage Attorneys in Assembly-Line Litigation, 33 Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol’y (2026) (forthcoming). Here’s the abstract: Debt collection cases dominate state court civil dockets in Massachusetts and across the country. Extant scholarship regarding debt collection in the courts has focused on […]
At the Consumer Policy Center. Here’s an excerpt from the announcement: In July 2025, a new congressional law [the so-called Genius Ac] purported to provide adequate consumer protections for this new payment method. Yet, according to a Consumer Policy Center (CPC) report issued today, the law includes far fewer protections than provided for other payment methods such […]
We received the following: The American College is now inviting nominations of outstanding lawyers who have achieved preeminence in consumer financial services law. Nominees must: Have 10+ years of experience practicing consumer financial services law; Have a U.S. consumer financial services law practice; Have achieved preeminence in the field through repeated and substantial contributions (e.g., […]
Courtesy of James J. Duane of Regent University
Here, by Debra Kamin. It sounds very bad. Excerpt: In interviews, half a dozen current and former employees of HUD’s fair housing office said that the Trump political appointees had made it nearly impossible for them to do their jobs, which involve investigating and prosecuting landlords, real estate agents, lenders and others who discriminate based […]
At The Sling. An excerpt: This is a moment for advocates—across labor, consumer, and small business—to come together. To align not just around a shared set of values, but a shared understanding of who holds the power in this economy—and how we’re going to take some of it back for the guy who runs the halal cart, […]
We received the following: The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is pleased to announce its 2026 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 a professional in the […]