BOOKS
Consumer Law: Cases and Materials (with John A. Spanogle, Ralph J. Rohner & Dee Pridgen) (3d ed. 2007 Thomson/West)
Selected Consumer Statutes (with John A. Spanogle, Ralph J. Rohner & Dee Pridgen) (2007 Thomson/West)
OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
THE CONTENT OF CONSUMER LAW CLASSES
THE JOURNAL OF CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL LAW,
VOLUME 12, NO.1 (FORTHCOMING)
Toward a New Theory of Consumer Protection: The Problem of Inflated Transaction Costs, 47 William & Mary Law Review 1635-1709 (2006), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=648052
Stopping Identity Theft, 38 Journal of Consumer Affairs 233-243 (2004)
The Jewel of Their Souls: Preventing Identity Theft Through Loss Allocation Rules, 64 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 343-406 (2003)
Protecting Privacy with Deceptive Trade Practices Legislation, 69 Fordham Law Review 1305-1357 (2001)
Helping Consumers Protect Their Personal Information, 12 Advancing the Consumer Interest (American Council on Consumer Interests) No. 2 at 23-30 (2000). Winner, Russell A. Dixon Prize.
Opting In, Opting Out, or No Options at All: The Fight for Control of Personal Information, 74 Washington Law Review 1033-1118 (1999)
Implied Warranties of Quality in the Sale of New Homes in Encyclopedia of Housing, 307-09 (1998)
Good Will Adjustment Games: An Economic and Legal Analysis of Secret Warranty Regulation, 60 Missouri Law Review 323-414 (1995)
Toward the Regulation of Secret Warranties, 7 Advancing the Consumer Interest (American Council on Consumer Interests) No. 2 at 13-19 (1995)
Creating a Private Cause of Action under the New York Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 50 Record 345 (1995) (Principal Author of Committee Report)
Toward a Theory of Warranties in Sales of New Homes: Housing the Implied Warranty Advocates, Law and Economics Mavens, and Consumer Psychologists Under One Roof, 1993 Wisconsin Law Review 13-103
Private Actions under Deceptive Trade Practices Acts: Reconsidering the FTC Act as Rule Model, 52 Ohio State Law Journal 437-467 (1991)
Contributed to Annual Surveys of Commercial Law by supplying comments on recent cases in 45 Business Lawyer 2341 (1990), 44 Business Lawyer 1515 (1989), 43 Business Lawyer 1305 (1988), 42 Business Lawyer 1269 (1987)
Paradigm and Paradox in New York Consumer Credit Law: After Holder in Due Course, 6 Annual Review of Banking Law 119-180 (1987)
Report of the Discovery Oversight Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, reprinted in 2 Garfinkel, Current Problems in Federal Civil Practice 495-636 (1986) (with others)
Book Review of Lord’s Justice by Sheldon Engelmayer and Robert Wagman (1985), 35 DePaul Law Review 763-771 (1986)
Reconsidering Federal Civil Rule 9(b): Do We Need Particularized Pleading Requirements in Fraud Cases? 104 Federal Rules Decisions 143-180 (1985)
Enjoining Payment on a Letter of Credit in Bankruptcy: A Tempest in a Twistcap, 38 Business Lawyer 21-33 (1982) (with Helen Davis Chaitman)
Allied Structural Steel v. Spannaus: Added Obligations, the Contract Clause, and Due Process, 16 Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems 119-128 (1980)
OP-Eds and other Media Appearances
Consumer Lists Are Not So Innocent If You Can't Opt Out, Christian Science Monitor, July 20, 2007, available at http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0720/p09s02-coop.html
The Missing Branch, The New York Times, July 25, 1999, § 14, reprinted in Chicken Soup for the Single Parent’s Soul (2005)
Letters published in the New York Times on March 29, 2007, December 18, 2006, June 1, 2006, June 23, 2005, October 31, 2004, April 17, 2003, October 12, 2002, June 25, 2002, December 20, 2001, October 2, 2001, March 27, 2001, July 4, 2000, April 24, 2000, October 26, 1999, July 5, 1999, April 20, 1999, February 28, 1999, June 17, 1998, January 4, 1998, July 17, 1997, November 20, 1996, and November 16, 1994.
Hour-long interview on the University of California—Irvine’s radio show “Privacy Policy,” July 26, 2006, available at http://www.kuci.org/privacypiracy/
Quoted by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, U.S News & World Reports, Daily News, Newsday, ABA EJournal, Newsday, CBS News
INTERNET PUBLICATIONS
Co-coordinator, Consumer Law and Policy Blog at www.clpblog.org
Co-editor, LSN Consumer Law Abstracts, available at www.ssrn.com
Advice to Newly Widowed Fathers of Young Children, available on the web site of Responsible Single Fathers at http://www.singlefather.org/carticles/newlywidowed080501.htm and reprinted on the web sites of parentsworld.com and singleparents.about.com.
SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Consumer Rights Litigation Conference presented by the National Consumer Law Center (2007)
Teaching Consumer Law: The Past, Present and Future of Consumer Law presented by the Center for Consumer Law at the University of Houston Law Center (2006)
Panel on Privacy at the Annual Conference presented by the Association of American Law Schools (2001)