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The Consumer Protection Ecosystem: Law, Norms, And Technology, Christopher G. Bradley
The Consumer Protection Ecosystem: Law, Norms, And Technology, Christopher G. Bradley
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In recent years, the tools consumers use to buy and borrow have changed radically. New technologies for advertising, contracting, and transacting have proliferated, and so have fierce policy debates on issues such as identity theft and online privacy; arbitration clauses and class action lawsuits; and Americans’ accumulation of debt and the unsavory practices sometimes used by collectors of it. Facing these realities, scholars, policymakers, and advocates have devoted increasing energy to this area of law. Despite its prominence, confusion persists regarding what consumer protection really is or does. Though much discussed, it remains undertheorized. In particular, analysis of consumer law …
The Role Of Litigation In The Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse, Richard C. Ausness
The Role Of Litigation In The Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Prescription drug abuse problems have prompted a number of responses by both drug users (and abusers) and by various federal and state government agencies.
Part I of this Article examines the impressive array of liability theories that individual litigants have relied upon in their lawsuits against Purdue. These theories include: negligence; strict products liability, including design defect and inadequate warning claims; breach of the implied warranty of merchantability; violation of state consumer protection statutes; negligent marketing; fraudulent misrepresentation; civil conspiracy; and "malicious conduct." Purdue, the company that developed OxyContin, has pursued an aggressive "no settlement" policy and has chosen to …
Kentucky Consumer Law Conference, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law
Kentucky Consumer Law Conference, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law
Continuing Legal Education Materials
Materials from the Kentucky Consumer Law Conference held by UK/CLE in September 2004
Confessions Of An Ethics Chairman, Richard H. Underwood
Confessions Of An Ethics Chairman, Richard H. Underwood
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This article responds to the critics of state bar ethics committees. Indirectly, it raises some questions about the need, or at least the extent of the need, for yet another law-related cottage industry (the for hire legal ethics consultant). It also provides some friendly advice for those well-meaning types in every jurisdiction who are perennially "reforming" or "energizing" their bar associations and demanding for the "membership" a dazzling new array of services. It discusses practical problems that have gone unmentioned in the limited literature, just as it takes issue with many of the assertions that have been made in that …
Consumer Protection And Prescription Drugs: The Generic Drug Substitution Laws, Jillena A. Warner
Consumer Protection And Prescription Drugs: The Generic Drug Substitution Laws, Jillena A. Warner
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Precomplaint Investigations Under The Kentucky Consumer Protection Act: Validity And Scope Of The Civil Investigative Demand, Jon E. Pancake
Precomplaint Investigations Under The Kentucky Consumer Protection Act: Validity And Scope Of The Civil Investigative Demand, Jon E. Pancake
Kentucky Law Journal
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The Kentucky Consumer Act--True Happiness?, Levi Daniel Boone Iii
The Kentucky Consumer Act--True Happiness?, Levi Daniel Boone Iii
Kentucky Law Journal
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Can The Kentucky Consumer Ever Forget Caveat Emptor And Find True Happiness?, James T. Hodge, Sheryl Glenn Snyder
Can The Kentucky Consumer Ever Forget Caveat Emptor And Find True Happiness?, James T. Hodge, Sheryl Glenn Snyder
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.