The Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice works to ensure safe, equal, and fair access to the marketplace. Through research, advocacy, policy, and teaching, the Center acts to create a society where economic security and opportunity are available to all.
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“Every one of us lives a daily life as a consumer, and marketplace fairness is a universal right; for those struggling economically, it is a basic necessity.”
—Elizabeth Cabraser
“The creative energy and practical efforts of this center will help improve the economic lives of all Americans. It is needed and welcomed by all who champion the cause of consumers.”
—Richard Cordray, founding director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Please email us at consumer@law.berkeley.edu or tmermin@law.berkeley.edu
Center Updates
Center Files Amicus Brief in OCC True Lender Case (01/15/2021)
Center Files Amicus Brief in CA Supreme Court Defending False Advertising Statutes in Case Involving Posthumous Michael Jackson Album (12/14/2020)
Center Joins Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case to Defend FTC’s Ability to Get Restitution for Consumers (12/08/2020)
Center Gathers National Cohort of Consumer Champions for Inaugural Economic Justice Policy Advocates Conference (12/07/2020)
Center Successfully Requests Publication of Case Holding Arbitration Contract Unconscionable (11/03/2020)
Newsletter – October 2020 (10/30/2020)
Court Grants Center’s Request to Publish Case Upholding Californians’ Right to Seek Public Injunctions (09/22/2020)
Starting Today, Debt Collectors Can No Longer Empty Californians’ Bank Accounts (09/01/2020)
Center Successfully Requests Publication In Graylee v. Castro To Protect Tenants (08/04/2020)
Center Requests Publication of Case Making Homeowner Association Directors More Accountable (07/14/2020)