The Journal of Legal Studies is holding a conference at the University of Chicago titled "Contracting Over Privacy" on October 16 & 17. The conference features an all-star lineup. Here's the conference blurb: Information privacy is rapidly emerging as one of the key areas of consumer protection in our era. This conference will examine the […]
Author Archives: Jeff Sovern
Here. Excerpt: Under Grassley's legislation, all students who are going to take out a federal loan to help pay for college would have to undergo counseling that would include an estimate of how much the student will likely make upon graduating versus their loan debt. Students would also look at potential options for scholarships or […]
by Jeff Sovern The following is the body of an email I sent to the editor of the Consumer Financial Services Law Report (a very useful newsletter on developments in consumer finance): The August 9, 2015 issue of the Consumer Financial Services Law Report includes an advocacy piece by financial industry lawyers Alan S. Kaplinsky and […]
Jim Hawkins of Houston has written Are Bigger Companies Better for Low-Income Borrowers?: Evidence from Payday and Title Loan Advertisements, Forthcoming in the Journal of Law, Economics and Policy. Here is the abstract: Payday lending and title lending markets are dominated by a small number of large lenders. Recent policy intervention into these markets in […]
On Saturday, we linked to Jeff Gelles's final consumer column for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Here is his final blog post.
Here. Sad news for those who believe the media should cover consumer law.
The Times has the story here.
Jennifer Ann Drobac of Indiana's McKinney School has written The Myth of 'Legal' Consent in a Consumer Culture in FACETS OF CONSUMERISM IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY (Anand Pawar, ed., Twenty First Century Publications, 2015). Here is the abstract: This Essay challenges the legal default of unquestioned human capacity for consent. It posits that legal capacity […]
Guest Post by Gregory Gauthier: Late last week, many media outlets drew attention to broadly-worded terms in Spotify’s new privacy policy. Although Spotify’s CEO later explained the intent of the changes to the privacy policy, another change to Spotify’s terms has yet to be explained by Spotify or discussed by the media. The change, which […]
Richard Frankel of Drexel has written Concepcion and Mis-Concepcion: Why Unconscionability Survives the Supreme Court's Arbitration Jurisprudence, 17 Journal of Dispute Resolution. Here is the abstract: States have long relied on the doctrines of unconscionability and public policy to protect individuals against unfair terms in mandatory arbitration provisions. The Supreme Court recently struck a blow […]