Photos
Photos from the Second Annual Consumer Law Scholars Conference can be viewed here!
Keynote Speakers
Richard Cordray & Sarah Bloom-Raskin
Papers
Theory of the Nudnik: the Future of Consumer Activism and What We Can Do to Stop It
Yonathan Arbel (Alabama Law) & Roy Shapira (IDC Herzliya)
Making Outcomes Matter: An Immodest Proposal for a New Consumer Financial Regulatory Paradigm
Todd Baker (Richman Center, Columbia University) & Corey Stone (Financial Health Network)
“Sneak in” Contracts: An Empirical Analysis
Samuel Becher (Victoria University of Wellington) & Uri Benoliel (College of Law & Business, Ramat-Gan)
The Shape of Consumer Contracts
Andrea Boyack (Washburn University School of Law)
Putting Money Back into Consumers’ Pockets: An Empirical Study of the CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund
Craig Cowie (University of Montana Law)
The Rise of FringeTech – Are Early-Wage Access Programs Payday Lending in Disguise?
Nakita Cuttino (Duke University School of Law)
Sovereign Shields
Kate Elengold (University of North Carolina School of Law) & Jonathan Glater (University of California, Irvine School of Law)
The Political Economy of Moral Economy: A Reconstruction of “Unfair Acts and Practices”
Luke Herrine (Yale Law)
Relief for Student Loan Borrowers Duped by Relief Companies Masquerading as Help
Creola Johnson (The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law)
The Coerciveness of the Restatement of the Law of Consumer Contracts
Nancy Kim (California Western School of Law)
The New Usury: The Ability-to-Repay Revolution in Consumer Finance Regulation
Adam Levitin (Georgetown University Law Center)
Thinking Small about Tenant Rights
Melissa Lonegrass (Louisiana State University Law Center)
Antitrust in Attention Markets
John Newman (University of Miami School of Law)
Securitizing Digital Debts
Christopher Odinet (University of Oklahoma College of Law)
Limits of Assent in Consumer Contracts: A (Regulatory) View from the South
Nicolas Rojas (Universidad de Chile)
Policing Unconscionable and Unfair Standard Terms under the Tentative Draft of the Restatement of the Law of Consumer Contracts and the EU Directive on Unfair Terms, A Comparison
Jacobien Rutgers (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Whites Only: Illiberal Speech & the Future of the First Amendment
Amanda Shanor (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School)
Advertising Opinions
Ahmed Taha (Pepperdine University School of Law)
Payday Lending, Self-Control, and Consumer Protection
Dmitry Taubinsky (UC Berkeley)
Reducing the Negative Impact of Cancellation of Debt Income for Those Who Qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit
Stacey Tutt (University of California, Irvine School of Law)
Negotiating With Networks
Daniel Wilf-Townsend (Gupta Wessler, PLLC)
Organizing Committee
Kathleen Engel (Suffolk University)
Ted Mermin (UC Berkeley)
Rory Van Loo (Boston University)
Lauren Willis (Loyola Marymount University)
Host Committee
Abbye Atkinson (UC Berkeley)
Ted Mermin (UC Berkeley)
Manisha Padi (UC Berkeley)