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Calling On The Cfpb For Help: Telling Stories And Consumer Protection, Pamela Foohey
Calling On The Cfpb For Help: Telling Stories And Consumer Protection, Pamela Foohey
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Since it began operating in 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has handled more than a million complaints regarding consumer financial product and services. Beginning in June 2015, the CFPB began publishing consumers’ narratives submitted with their complaints. This Article analyses a random sample of 5,000 of these narratives to assess how people engage with the complaint mechanism in light of the CFPB’s role in processing complaints. I find that people predominately use the complaint function for two distinct purposes: to express their anger and frustration about companies’ practices, or to express sadness and fear about how companies’ practices …
Information Security Breaches And The Threat To Consumers, Fred H. Cate
Information Security Breaches And The Threat To Consumers, Fred H. Cate
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Cure And Revocation For Quality Defects: The Utility Of Bargains, Alan Schwartz
Cure And Revocation For Quality Defects: The Utility Of Bargains, Alan Schwartz
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State Consumer Protection In A Federal System, Robert M. O'Neil
State Consumer Protection In A Federal System, Robert M. O'Neil
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Increasing interest in consumerism has brought intensified efforts at every level of government to protect the consumer. While federal regulation seems desirable for nationally marketed products and interstate activities, the states retain the duty to protect the health and safety of their citizens. Where state regulation is more restrictive than concurrent federal regulation, however, the constitutional issue of preemption arises.
This Article analyzes the factors which have influenced the courts in resolving conflicts between federal and state regulation in the consumer field. Emphasizing the need for concurrent regulation, the author formulates guidelines by which the courts can examine the purposes …
Optimality And The Cutoff Of Defenses Against Financers Of Consumer Sales, Alan Schwartz
Optimality And The Cutoff Of Defenses Against Financers Of Consumer Sales, Alan Schwartz
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The Abc's Of Products Liability -- With A Close Look At Section 402a And The Code, Reed Dickerson
The Abc's Of Products Liability -- With A Close Look At Section 402a And The Code, Reed Dickerson
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The Consumer As King: The Economics Of Precarious Sovereignty, Robert L. Birmingham
The Consumer As King: The Economics Of Precarious Sovereignty, Robert L. Birmingham
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Recent Developments In Food Products Liability, F. Reed Dickerson
Recent Developments In Food Products Liability, F. Reed Dickerson
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The Expanding Risks Of Products Liability, Reed Dickerson
The Expanding Risks Of Products Liability, Reed Dickerson
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The Basis Of Strict Products Liability, Reed Dickerson
The Basis Of Strict Products Liability, Reed Dickerson
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This paper was presented before the Division of Food Drug Cosmetic Law, Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law of the American Bar Association at the Annual Meeting in St. Louis, August 9. It Is a companion paper to "Restatement or Reformation?" by William J. Condon, which appeared in the August, 1961 issue of this magazine. Mr. Dickerson Is Professor of Law at Indiana University and author of Products Liability and the Food Consumer.
Consumer Protection And The Public Interest, Reed Dickerson
Consumer Protection And The Public Interest, Reed Dickerson
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