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The contributors to this blog are a diverse group of lawyers and law professors who practice, teach, or write about consumer law and policy. Although the blog is hosted by Public Citizen's Consumer Justice Project, the views expressed here are solely those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the institutions with which they are affiliated.

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National Consumer Law Center's Proposed Agenda for the New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Posted on August 02, 2010
The National Consumer Law Center has published this agenda for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the Dodd-Frank legislation. The agenda contains NCLC's priorities on mortgages, credit cards, overdraft fees, payday and auto title loans, auto loans, private...

Two Economists Say TARP Bailout Ended The "Great Recession"

Posted on August 01, 2010
In this paper, economists Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi say that the government bailout brought the "Great Recession" to an end. As they put it, "[t]he Great Recession gave way to recovery as quickly as it did largely because of...

CPSC Recalls for July 2010

Posted on August 01, 2010
Here are the Consumer Product Safety Commission product safety recalls for July 2010.

New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman Also Favors Elizabeth Warren To Head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Posted on July 31, 2010
He calls it the "obviously right thing," but goes on to explain anyway.

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Elizabeth Warren Is Now A Political Figure

Posted on July 31, 2010
Katie Porter over at Credit Slips points out that Elizabeth Warren has entered the realm of "political figure" because she is the subject of a political cartoon.

FTC Issues Tough Rules For Debt Settlement Companies

Posted on July 30, 2010
As explained in this article from today's Washington Post, the Federal Trade Commission has just issued tough rules aimed at curbing the deceptive practices of the debt relief industry. The article explains: The Federal Trade Commission issued stringent new rules...

Used Car Buyer Waits 3 Years for Arbitration Hearing

Posted on July 30, 2010

Former CPSC Chair Endorses Elizabeth Warren

Posted on July 30, 2010
There's been a ton of coverage lately speculating about whether Elizabeth Warren will get the CFPB nod, and arguing the case for or against. Amid that chatter, a piece by former CPSC chair Ann Brown stands out as particularly compelling:...

Op-Ed: Warren Would Protect Consumers, Not the Banks

Posted on July 28, 2010
My op-ed appears in The Hill's Congress Blog.

NCLC Practice Tools

Posted on July 27, 2010
Here are some recent NCLC practice tools: 1. Free Webinars: July 28 at 2pm: "Fundamental Freedoms in Manufactured Home Communities " and August 19th at 2pm : "Dealer Kickbacks: How Car Dealers Are Paid to Put Us in More Expensive...

Former Reagan Administration Solicitor General Charles Fried Supports Elizabeth Warren To Head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Posted on July 26, 2010
See this.

Elizabeth Warren for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director

Posted on July 26, 2010
by Deepak Gupta The debate over whether President Obama should name Elizabeth Warren to head the new consumer financial protection agency -- an agency for which she provided the intellectual architecture, and that probably never would have been created without...

According To Data Analysis, Just-Completed Supreme Court Term Most Conservative "In Living Memory"

Posted on July 25, 2010
The Roberts Court just completed its 5th year. According to this article by Adam Liptak in today's New York Times, "[i]n those five years, the court not only moved to the right but also became the most conservative one in...

Truth 1, vitaminwater 0

Posted on July 25, 2010
by Steve Gardner The Center for Science in the Public Interest, working with private plaintiff firms Reese Richman, LLP and Whatley Drake & Kallas, were pleased to get a very well-considered opinion in our lawsuit against Coke involving vitaminwater (Coke...

How the New Consumer Financial Protection Law Will Affect FTC Authority

Posted on July 23, 2010
Guest Post by Dee Pridgen As consumer advocates celebrate the new Consumer Financial Protection Law, which certainly contains many good things for consumers, I wanted to take some time to figure out how this legislation will affect the nation?s first...

What Wall Street Reform Means for You

Posted on July 22, 2010
Yes, I'm posting White House propaganda, but in my humble opinion this short animated video is a pretty good attempt to explain in simple terms what Wall Street Reform is all about:

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act: Mandatory Arbitration Provisions

Posted on July 22, 2010
by Deepak Gupta The Wall Street Reform bill has a lot of stuff in it. If you have time to kill, you can pore through the actual text of the legislation here. If you're looking for something beyond the relatively...

Amy Schmitz Article on Arbitration Clause Regulation

Posted on July 22, 2010
For those who haven't read enough yet on arbitration regulation, Amy Schmitz of Colorado Law has a new article in 15 Harvard Negotiation Law Review titled Legislating in the Light: Considering Empirical Data in Crafting Arbitration Reforms. Here's the abstract:...

Ronald McDonald--Stranger on the playground?

Posted on July 22, 2010
In June, my organization the Center for Science in the Public Interest gave notice to McDonald's that, unless it stopped predating on small children by offering them toys to get them to pester their parents for a Happy Meal, we...

"The Strongest Consumer Financial Protections In History"

Posted on July 21, 2010
The President's remarks from today's singing ceremony: ...[U]nless your business model depends on cutting corners or bilking your customers, you have nothing to fear from this reform. Now, for all those Americans who are wondering what Wall Street Reform means...

Vision Media Suit Over Criticism on 800Notes Dismissed

Posted on July 20, 2010
by Paul Alan Levy The lawsuit filed by Florida TV production company Vision Media TV group against Julia Forte has been dismissed. The case has become a poster child for lawyers who profit from being hired to use litigation to...

Oral Opinion Denying Preliminary Injunction in Houlihan Smith v. Forte

Posted on July 20, 2010
by Paul Alan Levy A few months ago I discussed the denial of Houlihan Smith?s motion for a preliminary injunction against Julia Forte for allowing allegedly defamatory postings to remain on the 800Notes.com and whocallsme.com web sites. District Judge Virginia...

Jeff Gelles Column on How Avandia Controversy is the Product of Bad Business Incentives

Posted on July 19, 2010
Jeff Gelles has an interesting column, Financial reform, Avandia controversy expose problems in a market economy, comparing the causes of the financial crisis with the Avandia controversy.

I Want the CFPB to Be Like Elizabeth Warren

Posted on July 19, 2010
by Jeff Sovern There's been a lot in the media about opposition to Elizabeth Warren to head the CFPB. Here, for instance is one particularly interesting piece. I have no idea if any of the reports are true. But I...

Predatory Lender Tactics

Posted on July 18, 2010
by Jeff Sovern Yesterday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published my op-ed,Consumer Bureau is Just the First Step, which reports on the tactics one predatory lender used to persuade borrowers to enter into loans that were not in their best interest. Here...

Financial Reform Passes!

Posted on July 15, 2010
Brian Beutler has the story at Talking Points Memo: It's done. The Senate this afternoon, by a vote of 60-39 passed the final version of Wall Street reform legislation -- the exact same version the House passed two weeks ago,...

Lessons for Anti-SLAPP Work from Russell v ML-Implode.com

Posted on July 15, 2010
by Paul Alan Levy A recent blog post by Aaron Krowne, castigating the rejection of an anti-SLAPP motion filed by his company ML-Implode.com as "bizarre ruling" and "blatant miscarriage of justice," has gained wide circulation on the Internet. Judge Deborah...

Want to publish an article about the new financial reform legislation?

Posted on July 15, 2010
Now that Congress has passed, and the president will soon sign, Wall Street reform legislation, the question is just what does the new law say and what does it do and not do? Many have blogged about the bill, and...

Congress Passes Financial Reform; Much More Must Be Done to Rein in Wall Street

Posted on July 15, 2010
by Rob Weissman More than a year and a half after Wall Street crashed the global economy, Congress has finally taken important action to rein in the Wall Street titans. The Wall Street reform bill is a crucial first step,...

Two new cases on Internet Anonymity

Posted on July 14, 2010
by Paul Alan Levy In past posts, we have discussed the importance of the standards for deciding whether to compel the identification of anonymous Internet speakers. The First Amendment protects the right to speak anonymously, and if the bar to...

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