By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice February 2, 2021 The Center successfully sought publication of Cabatit v. Sunnova Energy Corp., a decision from the Third Appellate District holding that the arbitration clause in a door-to-door solar panel contract was unconscionable and therefore unenforceable. The case presented an all-too-common scenario: a […]
Court Grants Center’s Request to Publish Decision Holding Solar Panel Arbitration Clause Unenforceable
Center Files Amicus Brief in OCC True Lender Case
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice January 15, 2021 Just before the holiday season last year, the Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of Professor Adam J. Levitin of Georgetown Law in People of the State of California, et al. v. The OCC to support a challenge to the OCC’s […]
Center Files Amicus Brief in CA Supreme Court Defending False Advertising Statutes in Case Involving Posthumous Michael Jackson Album
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice December 14, 2020 On Friday, the Center filed an amicus brief in the California Supreme Court in Serova v. Sony, a case that threatens to undermine the state’s deceptive advertising laws. Increasingly, commercial defendants in false advertising cases have been filing anti-SLAPP motions, claiming that their […]
Center Joins Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case to Defend FTC’s Ability to Get Restitution for Consumers
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice December 8, 2020 On December 7, 2020, the Center joined a coalition of consumer advocates in an amicus brief filed in support of the Federal Trade Commission in FTC v. AMG Capital Management, a critical case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Center’s partners […]
Center Gathers National Cohort of Consumer Champions for Inaugural Economic Justice Policy Advocates Conference
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice December 7, 2020 The week after Thanksgiving, a remarkable group of advocates from across the country came together for the first-ever Economic Justice Policy Advocates Conference. The Center hosted the virtual conference along with the National Consumer Law Center, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, National Association […]
Center Successfully Requests Publication of Case Holding Arbitration Contract Unconscionable
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice November 3, 2020 The Second District Court of Appeal granted the Center’s request to publish Swain v. LaserAway Medical Group, a decision holding that LaserAway’s arbitration contract was unconscionable and therefore unenforceable. The Center was joined on its amicus letter by the Katharine & George Alexander […]
Newsletter – October 2020
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice October 30, 2020 It has been a year of upheaval and insecurity, of racial injustice and financial crisis. We have believed from the Center’s founding that economic injustice underlies many of the most urgent problems faced by this nation. And we have worked steadily ever since […]
Court Grants Center’s Request to Publish Case Upholding Californians’ Right to Seek Public Injunctions
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice September 22, 2020 On September 15, 2020, the California Court of Appeal (Fourth District, Division 3) granted the Center’s request to publish Mejia v. DACM, a decision holding that the arbitration clause in a consumer credit contract was unenforceable. The opinion in Mejia v. DACM is […]
Starting Today, Debt Collectors Can No Longer Empty Californians’ Bank Accounts
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice September 1, 2020 As of September 1, 2020, debt collectors are no longer allowed to completely empty a person’s bank account. Governor Newsom signed the new law — SB 616 — in October of last year. The law requires debt collectors to leave at least […]
Center Successfully Requests Publication In Graylee v. Castro To Protect Tenants
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice August 4, 2020 The Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, along with the Eviction Defense Collaborative, Public Law Center, the National Housing Law Project, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, the East Bay Community Law Center, and Legal Aid […]