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, […]
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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 […]
The Law & Economics Center's Henry G. Manne Program in Law & Economics Studies will present its Public Policy Conference on the Future of Privacy and Data Security Regulation at George Mason University School of Law, Wednesday, May 14, 2014 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. PANEL 1: Section 5 and the FTC's Proper Role […]
I don't usually link to posts on Ballard Spahr's CFPB Monitor on the theory that our readers also read their blog (and if you don't, you should), but just in case that theory is incorrect as to some of our readers, here is the the story.
Here. I recommend the conference highly. Very informative.