Lawrence Gostin has written Tackling Obesity and Disease: The Culprit Is Sugar; the Response Is Legal Regulation, which discusses a series of regulatory reforms aimed at reducing sugar consumption. Why? Nearly 40% of the American public is obese, and more than 70% is either obese or overweight. Here is Gostin's abstract: It is staggering to observe […]
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Law prof Michael Graetz has written The 2017 Tax Cuts: How Polarized Politics Produced Precarious Policy. Here's the abstract: In this lecture, Michael Graetz contends that the new tax law is unstable. This is hardly surprising because it was rushed through Congress in record time with only Republican votes and no ability for public comments on […]
The American Banker reports here that House Financial Services Chair Jeb Hensarling may be moving away from insisting on adding to the Senate bill amending Dodd-Frank provisions the House had passed. Hensarling is a key player in the process and so if he goes along with the Senate version, others are likely to agree. Hensarling […]
The Ars Technica blog reports that "Verizon is forcing users of Yahoo services to waive their class-action rights and agree to resolve disputes through arbitration. Yahoo users who don't agree to the new terms will be cut off from the services, though Verizon hasn't said exactly when the cutoff date is." The blog post is […]
The Wall Street Journal reports that the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has floated the idea of not enforcing lending rules for poor people based on the location of a bank’s physical branches. People familiar with the matter said the OCC privately sought other regulators’ input on eliminating the concept of geographic […]
The Federal Trade Commission has charged the LendingClub Corporation with falsely promising consumers that they would receive a loan with “no hidden fees,” when, in actuality, the company deducted hundreds or even thousands of dollars in hidden up-front fees from the loans. The FTC’s complaint alleges that Lending Club recognized that its hidden fee was a […]
Law profs Kenneth Abraham and Robert Rabin have written Automated Vehicles and Manufacturer Responsibility for Accidents: A New Legal Regime for a New Era. Here is the abstract: The United States is on the verge of a new era in transportation, requiring a new legal regime. Over the coming decades, there will be a revolution in […]
AP reporter Ken Sweet explains that Big Banks Saved $3.6B in Taxes Last Quarter Under New (Tax) Law. An excerpt: The nation's six big Wall Street banks posted record, or near record, profits in the first quarter, and they can thank one person in particular: President Donald Trump. While higher interest rates allowed banks to earn […]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have fined Wells Fargo $1 billion for forcing customers into car insurance and charging mortgage borrowers unfair fees. CNN Money has the story, here.
Register Now for the tenth biennial Teaching Consumer Law Conference "Teaching Consumer Law–Where We've Been–Where We're Going." It will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 18-19th. The Conference is designed for those teaching consumer law, those interested in teaching consumer law full-time or as an adjunct, and anyone interested in discussing the current […]