Consumer Protection Law - LAW 6295

Credits Hours: 2

This course considers some of the special protective legal mechanisms that have arisen at the federal and state levels in the context of consumer transactions. The principal focus of the course is on practices in consumer transactions (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) and on consumer credit regulation (e.g., advertising, disclosures, discrimination, usury, collection practices). The class will also look at “lemon laws” and the protections that such laws attempt to provide.

Required: Elective
Practice Area: Litigation