David Berman
@DavidMBerman113
fair housing and consumer protection attorney // lesser half to @sonali_517 // dog dad // runner
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Very proud to share that my article, "Lending Experimentalism: A New Regulatory Approach to Payday Loans" has been accepted for publication by the Georgetown Journal of Poverty Law & Policy in 2024! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
The financial distress burden really falls hard on consumer filers—do we really want to make every consumer Chapter 7 prove financial distress to get relief? It’s just another barrier to financial relief for those who need it most.
We’re thrilled to publish @RKSlaughterFTC’s “Algorithms and Economic Justice,” the latest in our Digital Future Whitepaper Series, in collaboration with @YJoLT. @YaleLawSch @FTC law.yale.edu/isp/publicatio…
This x1,000,000 @sonali_517
Good romantic partners of people who are bar-prepping are truly unsung heroes.
I'm at the "google if state bar associations have been sued for violating antitrust law" phase of bar review
Listening to @StrictScrutiny_ counts as studying for the bar exam, right?
Stages of bar exam prep: 1. Learn a legal rule. 2. Feel good about what you learn. 3. Take a practice quiz and get questions wrong because of the most obscure exceptions to the rule. 4. Realize that practicing lawyers would have looked it up anyway. 5. Despair. 6. Repeat.
One of my favorite professors is now leading the most important agency for protecting consumers and small businesses against concentrated economic power! Congratulations @linamkhan !
I’m so grateful to the Senate for my confirmation. Congress created the FTC to safeguard fair competition and protect consumers, workers, and honest businesses from unfair & deceptive practices. I look forward to upholding this mission with vigor and serving the American public.
Yes it is right and just that he was convicted of the crime he committed on video! And also, the sense of surprised relief that people are expressing here and elsewhere over a conviction of a crime COMMITTED ON VIDEO is tragic and revealing.
Woah, woah, WOAH. An official @FTC blog post by a staff attorney noting that "The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive practices. That would include the sale or use of – for example – racially biased algorithms." ftc.gov/news-events/bl…
“Can we make chickpea pesto??? Or is that just hummus?” @sonali_517 🧐🧐🧐
🚨 Joe Biden is tapping FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra, an ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, to head his Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Breaking via @politico politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
The Sackler family withdrew $10 billion from Purdue Pharma—the (now bankrupt) company responsible for the opioid crisis—leaving limited funds available for families who lost loved ones. As a bankruptcy lawyer, I know a fraudulent transfer when I see one, so I called them out 👇
1. Yesterday was a big day in labor antitrust, featuring a major victory (certification of the class action brought by fighters against the UFC) and a more complicated development (the first criminal indictment in a wage-fixing case) 🧵
Things said by @sonali_517 while giving me a haircut today: “What’s going on here?” “Oops...” “Oh... kay. This is really not going well” “I need to put down the scissors” “This is a disaster” Send help 😳
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