Consumer Law

Link roundup, week of July 5

By Sam Glover

When I get busy, quality links tend to pile up in my Google Reader queue. Here are some great news items I have not gotten around to blogging about:

• Researchers can guess your social-security number from public information like your birthdate and birth location | Red Tape Chronicles
• Young adults dispute Suze Orman’s claim that young people today “have it so great it’s not even funny” due to the recession | Alpha Consumer
• Wishful thinking is no substitute for bankruptcy, according to Cathy Moran | Bankruptcy Law Network
• Something I have long suspected is confirmed by the AP: bankruptcies are higher in states where creditors can more easily garnish wages and bank accounts | California Debt blog
• Adam Levitan joins many in making the case for the President’s Consumer Financial Protection Agency | Credit Slips
• Medical debts are at the root of most bankruptcies, according to The American Journal of Medicine | Bankruptcy Law Network
• Public Citizen’s Deepak Gupta points out that the President’s proposed legislation would ban forced arbitration | Consumer Law & Policy Blog

Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on July 06, 2009 (boomark / email).