by Jeff Sovern Blankenstein's essay appears in the National Review. Bureau-watchers may recall that Blankenstein served as an associate director at the Bureau during the Trump administration but left after a rebellion over blog posts he had written a decade earlier questioning whether use of the n-word is racist, among other things. Here's the opening […]
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Here. This really brings home how mortgage debt compares to other consumer debts.
Andrew Gilden of Willamette has written Endorsing After Death, 63 William & Mary Law Review (2022).Here's the abstract: An endorsement is an act of giving one’s public support to a person, product, service, or cause; accordingly, it might seem impossible for someone to make an endorsement after they have died. Nevertheless, posthumous endorsements have become […]
Here. The House is expected to follow suit, and the White House has indicated that the president would sign the repeal resolution.
Michael Simkovic of USC and Meirav Furth of UCLA have written Proportional Contracts, 107 Iowa Law Review, (2021). Here's the abstract: Contract law treats consumer attention as if it were unlimited. We instead view consumer attention as a scarce resource that must be conserved. We argue that consumer contracts generate negative externalities by overwhelming consumers with […]
Prentiss Cox of Minnesota and Christopher Lewis Peterson of Utah have written Public Compensation for Public Enforcement, 39 Yale Journal on Regulation (2022). Here's the abstract: Public enforcement actions frequently result in the distribution of money to people affected by violation of market protection laws. This “public compensation” returns billions of dollars to consumers, investors, and […]
By Dash Radosti As consumer-related COVID-19 litigation continues, the courts are sending airlines an important reminder: vouchers are not the same as refunds. However, there is a catch – courts are limiting this holding to the plain text of the contract between flyers and carriers. Two recent federal cases reiterated this principle: Ide v. British Airways […]
Kevin M. McDonald of VW Credit, Inc. and Washington University School of Law and Kenneth Rojc of Nisen & Elliott, LLC have written Auto Finance Regulators Not Falling Asleep at the Wheel., 76 BUS. LAW. 705 (2021). Here is the abstract: This is the annual survey of major legal and regulatory developments affecting the automobile […]
Looks like the conference will include a lot of interesting papers. The agenda is here. More information, including how to register, here.
We received the following call for papers: The 2021 Global Forum for Financial Consumers (GFFC) Organized by International Academy of Financial Consumers (IAFICO) Call for Papers (1st) August 6th ~ 7th, 2021Format: Online & onsite webinarOnsite venue: Seoul National Univ., Seoul, KoreaTheme: Financial Consumer ProtectionLinking Theories & Evidences to Policy Practices The 2021 Global Forum for Financial […]