Daniel J. Solove of George Washington and Woodrow Hartzog of Samford's Cumberland School of Law and Stanford's Center for Internet and Society have written The FTC and the New Common Law of Privacy, forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review. Here's the abstract: One of the great ironies about information privacy law is that the primary regulation […]
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by Jeff Sovern One of the things Ira Rheingold and I wrote about in our Times op-ed earlier this summer was the need to require lenders that furnish information to conduct better investigations when they receive complaints about inaccurate information supplied to credit bureaus. Today, the CFPB issued a bulletin about the duties of furnishers. […]
M. Ryan Calo of Washington has written Digital Market Manipulation. Here's the abstract: Jon Hanson and Douglas Kysar coined the term “market manipulation” in 1999 to describe how companies exploit the cognitive limitations of consumers. Everything costs $9.99 because consumers see the price as closer to $9 than $10. Although widely cited by academics, the […]
by Jeff Sovern Acxiom is about to let you find out some of what it knows about you, as this Times story by Natasha Singer reports. Other data brokers should emulate Acxiom and enable consumers to learn what they know about them And if they refuse to do so, Congress should pass legislation requiring them to tell us […]
John A. E. Pottow of Michigan, and two recent graduates, Jacob Brege and Tara J Hawley, have written A Presumptively Better Approach to Arbitrability, 53 Canadian Business Law Journal (2013). Here's the abstract: One of the most complex problems in the arbitration field is the question of who decides disputes over the scope of an arbitrator’s […]
Nathan Cortez of SMU has written Do Graphic Tobacco Warnings Violate the First Amendment? 64 Hastings L. J. (2013). Here's the abstract: When Congress passed the nation’s first comprehensive tobacco bill in 2009, it replaced the familiar Surgeon General’s warnings, last updated in 1984, with nine blunter warnings. The law also directed the U.S. Food […]
Elizabeth Renuart of Albany has written Uneasy Intersections: The Right to Foreclose and the UCC, forthcoming in 48 Wake Forest law Review. Here's the abstract: Historically, the practice of real property and foreclosure law was routine and noncontroversial. This legal landscape significantly altered during the spectacular growth of securitization deals involving trillions of dollars of […]
Wyoming's 13th Consumer Issues Conference has the theme of “Navigating the New Health Care Market. " It will feature speakers on major consumer healthcare issues across three tracks: Innovative Directions in Healthcare; Legal Horizons in Healthcare; and Consumer Compass to Healthcare. Early registration ends September 23. Keynote Speakers: – Steven Brill, author of Time Magazine Article “Bitter […]
Peter B. Rutledge of Georgia and Christopher R. Drahozal of Kansas have written 'Sticky' Arbitration Clauses?: The Use of Arbitration Clauses after Concepcion and Amex. Here's the abstract: We present the results of the first empirical study of the extent to which businesses have switched to arbitration after AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion. After the […]
by Jeff Sovern The Teacher's Manual for our casebook is now available. Professors thinking of teaching the course who wish to see it and have not already heard from West should get in touch with their account manager to obtain access to to the Manual.