Consumer Protection Law Commons^™

Misleading Markets: Consumer Protection In The Age Of Climate Washing, Ciara Peacock

West Virginia Law Review

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What A Data Privacy Law Should Look Like In West Virginia: Balancing Competing Interests Of Consumers And Businesses, Harrison Enright

West Virginia Law Review

Today’s businesses invariably leverage consumer data to create business insights, such as marketing strategies and consumer behavior analyses. As a result, consumers have placed an emphasis on data privacy and security. In response, many states have proposed comprehensive legislation aspiring to regulate the collection and usage of consumer data by businesses, grant individual rights to consumers, and provide for a method of enforcement. House Bill 3159 represents West Virginia’s most recent attempt at doing so, serving as an indication that the state is working diligently to enhance the data privacy of its residents.

Although enacting a comprehensive data privacy law …

Tightenting The Loophole: The Role Of Fee-Shifting Statutes In Resolving The Growing Problem Of Servicing America's Student Loan Debt, Katheryn E. Marcum

West Virginia Law Review

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The Problem With The Solution: Why West Virginians Shouldn't "Settle" For The Uniform Debt Management Services Act, Ryan Mccune Donovan

West Virginia Law Review

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Section 2-102 Of The West Virginia Consumer Credit And Protection Act And Assignee Liability: The Triangle Of Consumers, Dealers, And Lenders Has Come Full Circle, Dana F. Eddy

West Virginia Law Review

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The Multistate Consumer Class Action: Local Solutions, National Problems, Allen R. Kamp

West Virginia Law Review

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Consumer Law--The Supervised Loan In West Virginia, Jon David Levy

West Virginia Law Review

The supervised (small) loan is just one piece in the patchwork of transactions characterized as consumer credit. It is designed to increase the availability of credit for consumers in a form attractive to legitimate lenders who are permitted to issue loans with a low ceiling on the maximum principal amount, and a high ceiling on the permissible rate of interest. The other primary feature of the supervised loan, in trade off to its exemption from general usury requirements, is comprehensive regulation. As a result, supervised loan legislation is uniformly characterized by scrupulous licensing and oversight requirements. The one source perhaps …

Consumer Protection--Implied Civil Remedy Under The Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, James D. Gray

West Virginia Law Review

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The West Virginia Consumer Credit And Protection Act, Vincent Paul Cardi

West Virginia Law Review

This article discusses the 1974 West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, hereinafter referred to as WVCCPA. A summary of the Act is undertaken early in the article, detailing for the reader what the Act does. Beyond this summary there is no section by section restatement of the WVCCPA in the article nor is every section or group of sections discussed. The purpose of the article is to discuss why the WVCCPA was passed and what it attempts to do, and in some areas, to discuss how well the Act accomplishes its purpose. To place the WVCCPA in its evolutionary …

Products Liability--West Virginia Consumer Credit And Protection Act--Definitional Inadequacies, Gerlad R. Stowers

West Virginia Law Review

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Consumer Protection--The Holder-In-Due-Course Defense In Consumer Sales, Daniel Foster Hedges

West Virginia Law Review

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The Uniform Consumer Credit Code, John T. Copenhaver Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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