Protecting Consumers in a New Era
Friday, March 31, 2017 | 9:30 AM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT
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Consumers of financial products and services may face a variety of problematic practices, from abusive collection attempts to fraud to oppressive loan terms that leave debtors unable to meet their basic needs. This program will focus on the available methods for addressing these concerns, including arbitration, courts, advocacy groups, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as well as the limitations and challenges with each avenue of consumer financial protection, particularly in light of the new political era.
Jeffrey Ehrlich, the Deputy Director of Enforcement at the CFPB, who, among other accomplishments, succeeded in holding Wells Fargo accountable for opening fraudulent checking accounts will lead the first panel along with Christopher Peterson, who was a Special Advisor in the Office of the Director at the CFPB. The second panel features Dalié Jiménez, a former policy fellow at the CFPB, Christopher Albin-Lackey, Senior Legal Advisor of Human Rights Watch and David McMillan of Legal Services of New Jersey, who will address contract-based challenges to debt collection abuses. Andrew Wolf, an experienced litigator who pursues class actions on behalf of consumers, and Chrystin Ondersma, Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School, will explore the effects of mandatory arbitration clauses.
Presented by the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance, in collaboration with Rutgers Institute for Professional Education and Legal Services of New Jersey.
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FREE for guests who do not want CLE credit with promo code NOCLE355.
NJ CLE Information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 5.7 hours of total CLE credit.
FACULTY:
Jeffrey Ehrlich
Deputy Enforcement Director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Christopher Peterson
John J. Flynn Professor of Law at The University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law, and former Special Advisor in the Office of the Director at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Dalia Jimenez
Associate Professor of Law and Jeremy Bentham Scholar | University of Connecticut School of Law | former policy fellow at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Christopher Albin-Lackey
Senior Legal Advisor with Human Rights Watch
David McMillin, Attorney, Legal Services of New Jersey
Andrew R. Wolf
Founder of The Wolf Law Firm, LLC, and Adjunct Professor at Rutgers Law School
Chrystin Ondersma
Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School
LOCATION:
Rutgers Law School
Center for Law and Justice
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
CREDITS:
CLE: NJ: 5.7 | NY: 5.5 | PA: 4.5
SUBJECT AREAS:
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Commercial/Consumer Law
Bankruptcy / Debtor / Creditor
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