Here is the tweet. It's always great to see a consumer law professor at a school ranked in the top twenty-five. Congratulations to UCI on its good judgment and to Dalié on the move.
Louisville consumer lawyer Ben Carter just wrote this opinion piece for the Louisville Courier-Journal on the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back state-specific consumer protections on payday lending and student loan debt servicing.
This article says that "[t]he top cop for U.S. consumer finance has decided not to sue a payday loan collector and is weighing whether to drop cases against three payday lenders, said five people with direct knowledge of the matter." "Top cop" for whom?
The National Employment Lawyers Association Institute has just released this report about forced arbitration in the workplace. Here's how the Institute describes the report: Authored by Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Prof. Imre S. Szalai, this groundbreaking report finds that 80 percent of Fortune 100 companies use arbitration in their employment documents, nearly half of […]
This article by Hugo Martin explains: The smartphone video that went viral last year showing a United Airlines passenger being dragged out of an overbooked flight prompted several large airlines to vow to end or dramatically reduce the number of passengers denied a seat. The nation's airlines have made good on that promise. *** or its part, […]
As you may know, the Munger Tolles law firm has backtracked on its effort to force summer associates to sign mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration agreements with the firm. Given the "me too" movement, the firm certainly had a PR problem on its hands. As this article by Meghan Tribe explains: Munger, Tolles & Olson reacted swiftly Sunday afternoon after news of […]
In today's New York Times, two lawyers from the large corporate law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison argue for repeal of the law that immunizes gun manufacturers from liability and explain the importance of law allowing individuals to hold industry accountable for wrongdoing. A nice piece, available here.
Justin Sevier and Kelli Alces Williams, both of Florida State, have written Consumers, Seller-Advisors, and the Psychology of Trust, Boston College Law Review, Forthcoming. Here is the abstract: Every day, consumers ask sellers for advice. Because they do not or cannot know better, consumers rely on that advice in making financial decisions of varying significance. Sellers, motivated […]
Reuters reports: "The top cop for U.S. consumer finance has decided not to sue a payday loan collector and is weighing whether to drop cases against three payday lenders, said five people with direct knowledge of the matter." The full article is here.
Today, the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a joint report on their 2017 activities to combat illegal debt collection practices. The annual report to Congress on the administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act details the agencies’ efforts to stop unlawful debt collection practices, including vigorous law enforcement, education and […]