Debra Pogrund Stark of John Marshall,Jessica M. Choplin of DePaul University, Mark A. LeBoeuf of DePaul and Andrew G. Pizor of the National Consumer Law Center have written Dodd-Frank 2.0: Creating Interactive Home-Loan Disclosures to Enable Shrewd Consumer Decision-Making, forthcoming in the Loyola Consumer Law Review. Here's the abstract: Congress and the Consumer Financial Protection […]
Blogging for The Wall Street Journal, Ed Silverman reported yesterday: In response to recent reports that the cost of some generic drugs has been unexpectedly rising at a rapid clip, two members of Congress have launched an investigation and asked 14 generic drug makers to providing data about what the lawmakers called the “escalating prices they […]
Danielle Kie Hart of Southwestern has written Form & Substance in Nancy Kim's Wrap Contracts, 44 Southwestern University Law Review (2014 Forthcoming). Here's the abstract: Nancy Kim’s book, Wrap Contracts, is ambitious and well worth reading. Kim coins the term “wrap contracts” to expose, explain and demystify the world of mostly online contracting. By revealing […]
Always insightful, the NYT's former Supreme Court correspondent takes stock of jurisprudential trends over the last nine years as well as recent moments when the Chief has chosen a more moderate path than some of his colleagues. Read it here.
by Deepak Gupta Perhaps betting that the third time's a charm, the Supreme Court this morning once again granted a petition over whether disparate-impact claims — based on seemingly neutral practices with discriminatory effects — are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act. The case, Texas Deparatment of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities […]
The blog of the Legal Times reports on the status of a lawsuit challenging the District of Columbia's sale of homes that are delinquent in paying taxes. "The case doesn’t contest the city’s ability to auction off a tax certificate if a property owner fails to pay taxes. Instead, the lawsuit claims that if the […]
by Paul Alan Levy Considering that many homeowners' insurance policies include rudimentary libel coverage, it makes sense for insurance companies to republish articles telling customers about what the law allows, and what sorts of comments are most likely to lead to litigation and liability. The Hartford, however, has really put its foot in it by […]
by Jeff Sovern Last week, Brian posted a link to a NY Times story about the use of devices that auto lenders can activate to prevent a car from starting when a consumer has defaulted on a payment. In response, BHPH Report (BHPH evidently stands for "Buy Here, Pay Here") ran a piece titled PassTime Refutes […]
Law professor Margaret Kwoka has been writing a lot on freedom of information. Read her new article called Leaking and Legitimacy. Here is the abstract: Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden have captured the world’s attention in recent years by leaking massive quantities of secret government information. In each case, critics have made much […]
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