In Meyer v. Kalanick and Uber, the named plaintiff, Spencer Meyer, alleges that Travis Kalanick orchestrated an antitrust conspiracy arising from the algorithm that co-defendant Uber uses to set Uber ride prices. The plaintiffs sued in federal court in New York. Uber and Kalanick moved to compel arbitration saying Mr. Meyer agreed to arbitrate when he […]

This webpage explains what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau believes it has accomplished over its first five years. Go here or click below for a CFPB video describing the purposes and (brief) history of the agency. (The video features Elizabeth Warren and Richard Cordray.)  

by Jeff Sovern Smart guns–guns that block anyone other than their owner from shooting them– would save lives.  Children would not be able to grab them and shoot themselves by accident.  People couldn't turn them on their owners. Smart gun technology exists, just as iPhones can be personalized using fingerprints and passcodes.  But gun manufacturers won't sell […]

Michele Singletary, the Washington Post's consumer reporter, is doing a series of articles assessing the first five years of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The first in the series is an interview with the agency's director Richard Cordray.

The Fourth Circuit has struck down the N. Carolina voter I.D. law, finding that that it was conceived with discriminatory intent. The opinion is here. The court said this: In response to claims that intentional racial discrimination animated [the N.C. General Assembly's action], the State offered only meager justifications. Although the new provisions target African Americans […]

Law prof John Brooks has written Student Loans As Taxes. Here is the abstract: The growth of college tuition and the corresponding rise in student loan debt have become major issues of public importance. Total outstanding student debt is at least $1.3 trillion, and tuitions keep growing, even while we arguably need to invest more in […]