Mark Bartholomew of SUNY Buffalo and Samuel Becher of Victoria University of Wellington have written The End of Shopping. Here’s the abstract: Self-acting “shopping agents” are no longer science fiction. Deployed by major platforms like Google, Amazon, and Walmart, AI systems are evolving from passive advisors to autonomous decision-makers capable of opening accounts, canceling subscriptions, and […]
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s TransUnion decision, courts have grappled with the question of when, if ever, victims of a data breach have suffered a sufficient injury-in-fact to meet Article III standing requirements. In a decision last week, Holmes v. Elephant Insurance, the Fourth Circuit held that some, but not all, of the […]
Meirav Furth of Tel-Aviv University School of Law and NYU Law has written Discrimination in Contractual Performance : Theory, Evidence, and Preliminary Policy Prescriptions. Here’s the abstract This Article examines the often-overlooked practice of “selective performance” of standard form consumer contracts-where sellers permit employees to exercise discretion by waiving or modifying contractual terms to maintain customer […]
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The announcement is here. Here’s the first paragraph: 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 […]
Here’s the announcement: This unique two-year fellowship offers students about to graduate law school the opportunity to work with top consumer advocates on exciting cases, gain hands-on experience, and build a pathway to success doing well, while doing good. The Details: The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) is offering two 2-year consumer law fellowships to upcoming […]
Alexa Rosenbloom of Harvard has written The Pervasive and Troubling use of Coverage Attorneys in Assembly-Line Litigation, 33 Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol’y (2026) (forthcoming). Here’s the abstract: Debt collection cases dominate state court civil dockets in Massachusetts and across the country. Extant scholarship regarding debt collection in the courts has focused on […]
At the Consumer Policy Center. Here’s an excerpt from the announcement: In July 2025, a new congressional law [the so-called Genius Ac] purported to provide adequate consumer protections for this new payment method. Yet, according to a Consumer Policy Center (CPC) report issued today, the law includes far fewer protections than provided for other payment methods such […]
A Pennsylvania citizen sued Pennsylvania legislator Matthew Bradford under the TCPA, alleging that Bradford’s en masse automated phone calls sent to constituents violated the statute. A district court denied Bradford’s motion for summary judgment on the basis of Eleventh Amendment and/or qualified immunity. Yesterday, the Third Circuit reversed— going beyond the question of immunity and […]
California car buyers have new protections from too-common bait and switch car dealer tactics in a newly passed law signed yesterday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Much of the law is modeled after the Federal Trade Commission’s Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) rule that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated in January. The California CARS […]