Here’s the announcement: The Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project provides law students with the extraordinary opportunity to work in the consumer protection departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General and other consumer protection agencies, as well as the National Association of Attorneys General and the Attorney General’s Office of the District of Columbia. […]
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We received the following announcement: We’re Hiring A Policy Director! At the UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, we work to establish equity and fairness in the marketplace. We believe that building economic justice means developing and enforcing laws that fight fraud and deception, that protect low-income communities and communities of color, […]
From the inside cover: Bankruptcy is the busiest federal court in America. In theory, bankruptcy in America exists to cancel or restructure debts for people and companies that have way too many—a safety valve designed to provide a mechanism for restarting lives and businesses when things go wrong financially. In this brilliant and paradigm-shifting book, […]
Here’s the announcement, which can also be found at Two Year Consumer Law Fellowship – NACA (consumeradvocates.org) NACA Consumer Law 2-Year Fellowship Program Jumpstart Your Career in Consumer Law: Be a NACA Inaugural Fellow and Make a Real Impact from Day One! This unique two-year fellowship offers students about to graduate law school the opportunity […]
Here’s the announcement: NACA 2025 Consumer Law Summer Fellowship Program The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) are seeking motivated law students to apply for our Summer Consumer Law Fellowship Program. Interested students should arrange an internship position, contingent on funding, with a Legal Services/ Public Interest Organization’s consumer law unit or a private consumer […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a report this week finding Americans are paying tens of millions of dollars in fees to access their own money when getting “cash back” at large retail stores when making a purchase with a debit or prepaid card. These fees are occurring against the backdrop of bank mergers, branch […]
As the country turns to clean and efficient energy alternatives, federal consumer agencies have come together to warn consumers about fraud and misconduct in the residential solar panel market. The U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal Trade Commission released consumer advisories advising the public on how to spot […]
Earlier this year, the Department of Labor issued a rule that broadened the scope of circumstances when investment advisors were deemed to be acting in fiduciary roles with respect to workers’ retirement investments, and thus required to provide non-conflicted, honest, and loyal advice in the investor’s best interest. As they did with an Obama-era rule, […]
A federal court this month issued an order, in a case filed by the Federal Trade Commission, to temporarily stop a predatory student loan relief scam that targeted Puerto Rican, Spanish-speaking borrowers. According to the FTC’s complaint against USA Student Debt Relief/Start Connecting SAS, operating out of Florida and Cali, Colombia, these entities falsely represented […]
Washington, D.C. or Texas. Which jurisdiction will ultimately hear the merits of an industry lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule to limit credit card late fees? For the second time since the industry lawsuit against the CFPB was filed in March, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals paused a U.S. District Court for […]