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 […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a report today on the "Buy Now, Pay Later" industry. The report, Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and consumer impacts, finds that industry grew rapidly during the pandemic, and that borrowers may receive uneven disclosures and protections. The five firms surveyed in the report originated 180 million loans […]
Patagonia founder's is giving away his company, reportedly worth about $3 billion. The company will now be in the hands of a trust and a nonprofit organization. All future profits will be donated to help fight climate change. CNBC has the story, here.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has "released an Issue Spotlight highlighting some of the difficulties and experiences heard from caregivers about being pursued over friends’ or family members’ alleged debts from nursing home facilities. Based on the findings in the report, the CFPB and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have issued a joint […]
Christopher Lewis Peterson of Utah Law and Marshall Steinbaum of Utah's Department of Economics have written Coercive Rideshare Practices: At the Intersection of Antitrust and Consumer Protection Law in the Gig Economy, University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming. Here's the abstract: This article considers antitrust and consumer protection liability for coercive practices vis-à-vis drivers that are prevalent […]
Andrew D. Selbst of UCLA and Solon Barocas of Microsoft Research and Cornell have written Unfair Artificial Intelligence: How FTC Intervention Can Overcome the Limitations of Discrimination Law, 171 University of Pennsylvania Law Review __ (forthcoming). Here is the abstract: The Federal Trade Commission has indicated that it intends to regulate discriminatory AI products and services. […]
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on how children are affected by digital advertising and marketing messages that may blur the line between ads and entertainment. The FTC is seeking the input in conjunction with an October 19, 2022 event that will examine the topic. More information is here.
Read Stiglitz's essay here.
In his essay The Search for Strategies to Reduce Medical Error, law prof Robert Rabin reviews Closing Death’s Door: Legal Innovations to End the Epidemic of Healthcare Harm, by Michael J. Saks and Stephan Landsman, which considers the policy strategies for reducing medical error. Rabin then places Saks and Landsman's work in the context of […]
by Jeff Sovern I co-authored it with Nahal Heydari. It's available here. And here's the abstract: Consumers increasingly engage in financial transactions on smartphones, including obtaining loans. Lawmakers depend on mandatory disclosures to alert consumers when loan terms are excessive. When those disclosures are provided on the tiny screen of a mobile phone, can consumers […]