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Professor Prentiss Cox ’90 was interviewed on Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Finance Monitor podcast that focused on negative option consumer contracts, i.e., agreements that allow a seller to assume a customer…

Prof. Prentiss Cox ’90 was quoted in the Baltimore Banner about two sisters on disability, and with limited funds, sold their home to a family friend with the intent to rent back the home. The…

Professor Prentiss Cox ’90 was quoted in the Star Tribune about changes to the real estate industry starting Aug. 17. Due to a class-action lawsuit, new rules will go into effect for real estate…

Professor Paul Vaaler,  John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law and Business, and Professor Prentiss Cox were quoted in the Star Tribune about class-action lawsuits against General…

Professor Prentiss Cox ’90 was quoted in an NPR investigations report about home refinancing deals that often leave homeowners in worse financial shape. As home prices nationwide have gone up dramatically…

Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in the Wall Street Journal about his attorney friend Doug Miller who has worked for many years on making the residential real-estate industry fairer for consumers.…

Professor Prentiss Cox contributed to an Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun about the danger of not reading the fine print in online contracts with companies.

Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a MarketWatch article reporting on recent settlements made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with companies and people accused of illegally charging student-…

Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted extensively in an article in American Banker (subscription required) about the recent settlement between the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and Wells Fargo Bank.…

Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times discussing the state of consumer protection law. Cox observed that the Trump administration’s actions on consumer protection…

Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in an American Banker article about the recent freeze imposed on the collection of personal level data by Mick Mulvaney, new acting director of the Consumer…

The turmoil at the Consumer Financial Protection Brueau was the subject of a story in the StarTribune in which Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted. Cox noted that the CFPB consumer response system has…