Category Archives: Conferences

CFP for Berkeley Consumer Law Scholars Conference extended to 9/23

The abstract & outline submission deadline for the Consumer Law Scholars Conference has been extended to next Friday, September 23. Please see below for the information we received with submission instructions. Abstracts & Outlines Due September 23 Please consult the conference webpage for more information on the conference format, important dates, and expectations for abstract […]

OCC CFP: THE IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR BANKING

From the CFP: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is soliciting academic-and policy-focused research on the impact of financial technology (fintech) entities and nonbanks on banking and the markets for lending, deposit-taking, and payment services through August 21, 2022. The OCC will invite authors of selected papers to present to OCC staff […]

FTC Calls for Research Presentations for PrivacyCon 2022

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a call for research presentations on a wide range of privacy and data security topics such as commercial surveillance and automated decision making for its annual PrivacyCon event, which will take place virtually on November 1, 2022. PrivacyCon 2022 will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss […]

CFP: Symposium on AI, Consumer Credit, and Discrimination

We received the following call for papers: Nikita Aggarwal, Matt Bruckner, Kathleen Engel and Cre Johnson are putting together proposals for a symposium on AI, Consumer Credit, and Discrimination. They are applying to multiple law reviews on a rolling basis. If you have a project that fits within the proposed topic and are interested in […]

CFP for Hybrid International Consumer Protection Law Conference

Here is the announcement: University of Pretoria International Consumer Law Conference (UPICLC 2022) Since the first UPICLC conference in 2014, the University of Pretoria Consumer Protection Law Cluster has attempted to propagate and address various consumer issues and trends on a national, regional and international scale. Through the years there have been consistent collaborative efforts […]

Virtual Conference: Multilevel Marketing: The Consumer Protection Challenge 2022

Hosted by The College of New Jersey School of Business on June 10th / 11th 2022. From the conference website: "This virtual conference brings together expertise from regulators, prosecutors, former MLM distributors, social media consumer advocates, researchers, educators, and journalists to discuss ways to improve consumer protection and reduce consumer harm within the multi-level marketing […]

Two consumer law announcements involving international matters

Both courtesy of Kathleen Engel: Consumer protection law in the 21st century: Moving to a new Pangaea or a continental drift? 5th Bi-Annual UPICLC University of Pretoria International Consumer Protection Law Conference 15-17 September 2022 Call for Papers The International Review of Financial Consumers. The IRFC, established in 2016 by the International Academy of Financial Consumers […]