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Read MoreConsumer Contracts Should Not Be Secrets The Hill‘s Congress Blog published here Professor Jeff Sovern and Theresa Amato’s description of their multi-hour odyssey to obtain the full terms of one credit card contract without having to apply for the card. Imagine what would be required to obtain several sets of terms to be able to…
Read MoreRadio Show Host Tim Danahey at The Tim Danahey Show, invites Theresa Amato to talk about the provisions corporate lawyers insert into the fine print to take away consumer rights when we sign, click or “agree.” Hear the February 24 program here at Danahey.com.
Read MoreSave the Date! Friday, April 4 at Georgetown Law Making the Fine Print Fair Consumer Law Symposium The Georgetown Consumer Law Society and Citizen Works’ Fair Contracts Project are co-hosting a daylong event with policymakers, professors, and practitioners to discuss how to make standard form contracts more fair for consumer. Agenda, speakers, and details soon.
Read More“Stop Contract Serfdom!” Amato in The Nation Magazine The January 27 print version issue of The Nation magazine carries an OpEd by Theresa Amato on what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should have on its agenda this year, including banning forced arbitration. The on-line version, titled “How Boilerplate Contracts Strip Our Rights,” can also be…
Read MoreThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s New Mortgage Rules and Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Senate Commentary The CFPB’s new mortgage rules, including a provision that requires lenders to determine that borrower have the ability to repay a mortgage, go into effect on Friday, Jan. 10. Senator Warren praised them on the Senate Floor on January 7. Video…
Read MoreTaking Time to Address the Target Hack When I heard about the Target hack I immediately asked my spouse whether he had bought anything there recently as I had not, but I was worried about our debit card safety. He said yes, he had purchased two inexpensive alarm clocks. He couldn’t remember the date exactly, so then…
Read MoreSenator Franken Holds Advisory Hearing on Americans’ Dwindling Right to Their Day in Court On Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., Senator Franken will hold an advisory hearing on the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013. This may be one of the most important consumer protection bills in Congress as it would restore the rights…
Read MoreRalph Nader on The Wild and Cruel Gap Between Debtors and Creditors Read Ralph Nader here on the fine print in Student Loans and the Credit Industry.
Read MoreCFPB Releases Preliminary Arbitration Study Results Today at a field hearing in Dallas, TX, Director Cordray made remarks explaining the preliminary results of an arbitration study conducted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. The hearing is posted at the CFPB’s website consumerfinance.org.
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