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CFPB Releases Credit Card Study/Holds Public Hearing/Fair Contracts Provides Testimony

CFPB Releases Credit Card Study/Holds Public Hearing/Fair Contracts Provides TestimonyOn October 2, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released it’s first biennial report on the effects of the Credit Card Accountability and Disclosure Act of 2009 or the “CARD Act”.   In a public field hearing in downtown Chicago, Director Richard Cordray summarized the findings,…

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“Really, this time you’ve gone too far, Facebook”

“Really, this time you’ve gone too far, Facebook.” Law professor Nancy S. Kim, author of the new book WRAP CONTRACTS, Foundations and Ramifications (Oxford University Press, 2013), writes at the ContractsProf Blog that Facebook has gone too far in its newly proposed policy terms.  Professor Kim, in Happy Groundhog Day, Facebook!, notes that Facebook is…

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Listen to Cullen Hoback and Professor Margaret Jane Radin on Kojo Nnamdi’s WAMU 88.5 Radio Program “Clicking ‘Agree’ Without Reading the Fine Print”

Listen to Cullen Hoback and Professor Margaret Jane Radin on Kojo Nnamdi’s WAMU 88.5 Radio Program: “Clicking ‘Agree’ Without Reading the Fine Print” Cullen Hoback, producer of “Terms and Conditions May Apply,” and Professor Margaret Jane Radin, author of “Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights, and the Rule of Law” discuss today here with Kojo…

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Citizen Works/Fair Contracts Submits Comments with Consumer Groups to the CFPB on Consumer Survey

Citizen Works/Fair Contracts Submits Comments with Consumer Groups to the CFPB on Consumer Survey The CFPB has proposed a national telephone survey of 1,000 credit card holders as part of its forced arbitration study, required under Section 1028(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  Several consumer groups made suggestions in the attached….

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Richard Cordray Confirmed as Director of the CFPB Fair Contracts Openly Calls on Cordray to Deny Any “Side Deal”

Fair Contracts Openly Calls on Cordray to Deny Any “Side Deal” On Tuesday, July 16, 2013, the United States Senate finally confirmed Richard Cordray by a vote of 66 to 34 as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which turned two years old today.   The delay caused concerns about the scope of agency powers…

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New York Times Article on Boilerplate Contracts Gives Shout Out to this Website

New York Times Article on Boilerplate Contracts Gives Shout Out to this Website Professors (and Fair Contracts Advisory Board Members) Margaret Jane Radin and Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, as well as Professor James Gibson, are all quoted about the problems of boilerplate in “Those Wordy Contracts We All So Quickly Accept,” an article written by Alina Tugend…

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Terms and Conditions May Apply — a Documentary About the Fine Print Terms and Your (Lack of) Privacy on the Internet

Terms and Conditions May Apply — a Documentary About the Fine Print Terms and Your (Lack Of) Privacy on the Internet Opening in New York City on July 12, 2013, and in various cities across the country thereafter.  For more information, see schedule and trailer here.

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Updated List of Scholarly Articles and Books on the Fine Print

Updated List of Scholarly Articles and Books on the Fine Print We have updated our list of scholarly articles and books on the fine print.  If you are an author of a work not cited, please don’t hesitate to let us know about it for inclusion.  The list is here.   

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Interviews on American Express Co. et al. v. Italian Colors Restaurant et al. with Appellate Litigator Deepak Gupta and Professor Margaret Jane Radin

Interviews on American Express Co. et al. v. Italian Colors Restaurant et al. with Appellate Litigator Deepak Gupta and Professor Margaret Jane Radin: In the week following the Court’s decision in American Express Co. et al. v. Italian Colors Restaurant et al., Fair Contracts asked the experienced appellate advocate who argued the case on behalf…

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Another Supreme Court Pro-Arbitration Win for Corporations

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