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Jeff Sovern on Disclosure Laws and Consumer Protection

January 21, 2012

In the Media

I Disclose ... Nothing
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
The New York Times
January 21, 2012

Many disclosure programs today cloud rather than clarify a particular situation. As disclosure statements have become more numerous and more complicated, “consumers just ignore them or don’t understand what they say,” said Jeff Sovern, an expert in consumer law at St. John’s University.
 

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