Just in time for the Supreme Court's oral argument on Tuesday in Wells Fargo v. Miami, Suffolk's Kathleen Engel, an important thinker on consumer law, has written Local Governments and Risky Home Loans, 69 Southern Methodist University Law Review 609. Here is the abstract: Municipalities from the Central Valley in California to Upstate New York bear the […]
Author Archives: Jeff Sovern
Anthony J. Sebok of Cardozo has written The Unwritten Federal Arbitration Act, 65 DePaul Law Review (2016). Here's the abstract: Justice Scalia’s opinion in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion presented a new challenge to lawyers and scholars concerned with the unbridled growth of mandatory consumer arbitration. Not only did the decision continue to expand the scope […]
Christopher K. Odinet and Roederick C. White Sr., both of the Southern University Law Center, have written Regulating Debt Collection, Review of Banking and Financial Law, 2017 (Forthcoming). Here is the abstract: Debt collection. It often starts as a late night call carrying threats of being thrown in prison, ruin at the workplace, and trouble […]
Here. Doroshow is at New York Law School's Center for Justice and Democracy. Excerpt: The FTC, whose tag line is “Protecting America’s Consumers,” has decided to side with the corporate lawyers and executives at General Motors and two used car chains, agreeing to a legal settlement regarding the sale of cars under safety recall. Specifically, […]
Simon Hedlin has written Calorie Overestimation Bias and Fast Food Products: The Effects of Calorie Labels on Perceived Healthiness and Intent to Purchase. Here's the abstract: In 2014, the United States Food and Drug Administration announced that chain restaurants with 20 or more locations would be required to put calorie labels on the menu. The […]
by Jeff Sovern Some reactions from Politico's Morning Money: TOP EMAIL from Richard Hunt, President & CEO of the Consumer Bankers Association: “Four debates and no Wall Street or bank bashing. Didn't see that coming.” * * * Cowen’s Jaret Seiberg: “Sec. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have now faced off in three presidential debates […]
by Jeff Sovern The Ninth Circuit reversed the portion of the Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc., case at page 510 of our consumer law casebook, dealing with the CAN-SPAM Act, on the issue of whether the spam was materially misleading. Other portions of the decision, not reprinted in the casebook, were affirmed in part. The decision is reported […]
Here. Excerpt: Throughout history, Congress has had to step in to make corporations do the right thing. That’s why we have rules about working conditions. That’s why we have a minimum wage. And that’s why the CFPB was established to help with gaps in consumer protection. It was time to do something different. It was […]
by Jeff Sovern I find Twitter a useful source of information on a wide variety of topics. I'm curious to know whom people follow in the area of consumer law. Sources I find helpful (in no particular order): David Dayen, Mathew Bruckner, Financial Services (Dems on the House Financial Services Committee), Consumer Reports, Ted Frank, […]