With a $3.5 million gift from Elizabeth Cabraser, Berkeley Law is launching the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice. Additional info is available here. According to the press release, the center will "deliver research and analysis to fuel meaningful policy change. It will produce white papers, file amicus briefs in consumer cases in […]
Category Archives: Conferences
by Jeff Sovern It's scheduled for February 8, 2017, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET. More information here. Alan Kaplinsky will moderate. Some of the questions we hope to address: * What might prevent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray from serving out his full term which expires in July 2018 […]
by Jeff Sovern Announcement here. January 17 at 1, Eastern Time. Speakers: David S. Evans, David S. Evans, Chairman, Global Economics GroupNorman I. Silber, Senior Research ScholarYale University, Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Deborah Goldstein, Center for Responsible LendingDaniel D. Sokol, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin […]
We received the following announcement: Consumer Protection and Economic Development July 16th to July 19th, 2017; Porto Alegre (UFRGS), Brazil The Conference celebrating the 25th year of IACL will begin an Opening Session with its Founders, on the Sunday of July 16th, 2017, from 5PM to 8PM, and a Welcome Cocktail. The Conference will run from Monday, […]
From the announcement: Key Industry and Policymaker Questions to be Addressed at the Conference: Is subprime financing fueling a bubble in the market for used cars? What are the parallels and differences between subprime auto lending today and subprime mortgage lending leading up to the financial collapse? What are bank regulators, […]
Quoting from the announcement: The Department of Mercantile Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa will host an international consumer law conference that will focus on relevant developments internationally and nationally in the field of consumer law. The conference theme is "Towards Aligning Consumer Protection in a Global Consumer Market". The following aspects of […]
By Dee Pridgen The ABA Consumer Protection Conference held February 12 on the campus of the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., focused on the work of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as well as the work of advertising self-regulatory bodies, especially in the areas of big data and the “Internet of Things.” FTC Chair […]
George Washington is having what looks like a terrific Consumer Protection Conference under the auspices of the ABA Antitrust Section on February 12. More information available here. Among the panels is a debate between my co-author Dee Pridgen and Howard Beales on advertising substantiation. As for how timely that is, see Steve Gardner's post on […]
Quoting from the CFP: The 15th conference of the International Association of Consumer law is organized on the theme of “Virtues and Consumer Law”. We kindly invite participants from all around the world to submit an abstract of a paper they would like to present during the conference addressing one of the virtues and consumer […]
The Community Affairs Officers of the Federal Reserve System invite paper submissions for the ninth biennial Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference on April 2-3, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference is a unique event that aims to bridge the gap between research, policy and practice on key […]