Adam J. Levitin
Professor of LawAdam J. Levitin is a professor of law at Georgetown University where he teaches courses in bankruptcy and financial regulation.
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An appeals court ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding source is unconstitutional is faulty. Upholding it would devastate the financial services industry.
October 28 -
It’s unlikely a new chapter of the bankruptcy code for banks would be used in times of crisis or strengthen market discipline.
February 23 -
It is reasonable to rethink the role of state usury laws in national credit markets, but there should not be any erosion of consumer protections.
August 28 -
The industry doesn't want to attack the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau directly, but its push to reform the agency's leadership structure is a backdoor strike at the CFPB's very existence.
December 29
