Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Prentiss Cox has been appointed to the first Consumer Advisory Board of the recently created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The board is composed of experts in the area of consumer…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer article by Jeff Gelles entitled "Consumer 12.0: Praise for the 1-Year-Old Consumer Protection Bureau." The article described Cox's work on the…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article concerning the settlement between five major banks and various state attorneys general along with federal authorities. Cox stated that…
—A study co-authored by Professor Prentiss Cox and Professor Amy Widman of Northern Illinois University was discussed in a testimony before the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The study,…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in The Daily Beast about the dispute between New York Attorney General Schneiderman and a group of attorneys general led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. The attorneys…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story concerning the likely settlement between state attorneys general and the largest mortgage servicing companies. The article focused on New…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning broadcast. The show detailed how Minnesota foreclosures keep the economy from recovering. Since the recession began, the state has surpassed…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in an editorial in the Star Tribune advocating stronger loan modification requirements for mortgage lenders. Cox noted that current loan modification efforts by lenders were…
—New York Times op-ed columnist Joe Nocera quoted Professor Prentiss Cox in his piece, "Letting the Banks Off the Hook," on the recent settlement by the Office of Comptroller of the Currency with banks…
—Professor Prentiss Cox appeared in a Bloomberg News story discussing the settlement between mortgage service companies and federal banking regulators. Cox noted that the Office of Comptroller of the Currency has…
—Professor Prentiss Cox has been elected to the Board of Directors of The State Center, a national organization that provides grants to state attorneys general for vigorous enforcement of antitrust and consumer…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in Joe Nocera's column, "Talking Business," in the New York Times. Cox commented on the multistate investigation and possible settlement by state attorneys general with the…