Turmoil in the U.S. Credit Markets: Consumer Credit Protection
The Federalist Society, its Financial Services and E-Commerce Practice
Group, the Financial Services Roundtable, and the Consumer Bankers
Association Invite You to Attend an Important Conference Concerning
WASHINGTON, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is being
issued by The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
National Press Club
529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
The U.S. Senate held a series of no fewer than eight hearings entitled
“Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets.” The House recently passed the American
Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 and the Neighborhood
Stabilization Act of 2008, both in reaction to issues in the housing
lending industry. Is legislative or regulatory reform required or
advisable? Will a “bailout,” as critics contend, lead to future risky
behavior by lenders and borrowers? Or is government intervention necessary
to stabilize the housing market and perhaps even the general economy?
Congress has also scrutinized the credit card industry and aims to
tighten regulations on credit card companies through two measures: Rep.
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) has introduced the Fair and Justifiable Credit Card
Interest Rate Act of 2008 in the House and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) and Sen.
Chris Dodd (D-CT) introduced the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility
and Disclosure Act in the Senate. Please join us at the National Press Club
on May 20 for a conference that will examine the subprime lending industry
and credit card regulation.
Registration
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Panel I: Subprime Lending
10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
— Prof. Jennifer E. Bethel, Babson College
— Ms. Margaret Burns, Director, Single Family Program Development, United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development
— Mr. Allen Fishbein, Consumer Federation of America
— Mr. Paul Leonard, Financial Services Roundtable
— Prof. Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, Moderator
Break
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Panel II: Credit Card Regulation
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
— Mr. Thomas A. Durkin, Financial Services Research Program, George
Washington University and former Senior Economist, Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System
— Mr. Oliver I. Ireland, Morrison & Foerster LLP
— Prof. Adam J. Levitin, Georgetown University Law Center
— Prof. Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University School of Law
Lunch will be served
The cost is
0. Free for press, students, government employees, and
Hill staff.
CLE credits are available for an additional
0.
Please RSVP on our website: http://www.fed-soc.org
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