http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2007/02/23/battles-everywhere-over-payday-loans/ news, views and info on self-help law and pro se litigation Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:11:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2007/02/23/battles-everywhere-over-payday-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-781 shlep: the Self-Help Law ExPress » Blog Archive » WaPo on Payday Loans and PR strategies Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:30:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2007/02/23/battles-everywhere-over-payday-loans/#comment-781 [...]    Two days ago, we wrote about the outbreak of legislative battles over payday loans, saying it was a great case study in consumer protection regulation.  We noted that the industry had just started a campaign to fend off pending legislation with proposed self-regulation and a major advertising campaign for “responsible borrowing.”  Two recent Washington Post news stories were quoted in our posting.  Today, WaPo’s “personal finance columnist” Michelle Singletary weighed in on the controversy, in “Payday Loans: Costly Cash” (Washington Post, February 25, 2007).  [...] [...]    Two days ago, we wrote about the outbreak of legislative battles over payday loans, saying it was a great case study in consumer protection regulation.  We noted that the industry had just started a campaign to fend off pending legislation with proposed self-regulation and a major advertising campaign for “responsible borrowing.”  Two recent Washington Post news stories were quoted in our posting.  Today, WaPo’s “personal finance columnist” Michelle Singletary weighed in on the controversy, in “Payday Loans: Costly Cash” (Washington Post, February 25, 2007).  [...]

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