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Banking And Finance Credit Or Loan Discrimination; Define And Prohibit Abusive Home Loan Practices; Provide For Prohibited Practices And Limitations For Covered Home Loans And High-Cost Home Loans Create Consumer Protections For Covered Home Loans And High-Cost Home Loans; Provide For Penalties And Enforcement; Provide Exceptions For Unintended Violations; Provide For Severability, Leetra Harris, Brian Nichols Sep 2002

Banking And Finance Credit Or Loan Discrimination; Define And Prohibit Abusive Home Loan Practices; Provide For Prohibited Practices And Limitations For Covered Home Loans And High-Cost Home Loans Create Consumer Protections For Covered Home Loans And High-Cost Home Loans; Provide For Penalties And Enforcement; Provide Exceptions For Unintended Violations; Provide For Severability, Leetra Harris, Brian Nichols

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act defines and prohibits abusive home loan practices, commonly termed predatory lending. It prohibits certain practices and limits others on covered home loans and high-cost home loans. It creates consumer protections regarding these loans and provides for penalties and enforcement while creating exceptions for unintended violations.


Consumer And Employment Arbitration Law In Comparative Perspective: The Importance Of The Civil Jury, Stephen J. Ware Jul 2002

Consumer And Employment Arbitration Law In Comparative Perspective: The Importance Of The Civil Jury, Stephen J. Ware

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Is The U.S. Out On A Limb? Comparing The U.S. Approach To Mandatory Consumer And Employment Arbitration To That Of The Rest Of The World, Jean R. Sternlight Jul 2002

Is The U.S. Out On A Limb? Comparing The U.S. Approach To Mandatory Consumer And Employment Arbitration To That Of The Rest Of The World, Jean R. Sternlight

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mandatory Arbitration Of Consumer Disputes: A Proposal To Ease The Financial Burden On Low-Income Consumers , Julia A. Scarpino Jan 2002

Mandatory Arbitration Of Consumer Disputes: A Proposal To Ease The Financial Burden On Low-Income Consumers , Julia A. Scarpino

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Product Liability: A Commentary On The Liability Of Suppliers Of Component Parts And Raw Materials, David A. Fischer Jan 2002

Product Liability: A Commentary On The Liability Of Suppliers Of Component Parts And Raw Materials, David A. Fischer

Faculty Publications

The liability of suppliers of raw materials and component parts for harm caused by the product into which the materials have been incorporated poses difficult questions. When the raw material or component part is clearly defective, there is no question that the supplier is liable. Thus, where an ingredient in processed food is contaminated or where a truck tire has a flaw that causes a blowout, the supplier of the ingredient or the tire is liable. The difficult questions arise where the components are not inherently defective, but the finished product is defective because it lacks a safety feature or …


The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Jolina C. Cuaresma Dec 2001

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Jolina C. Cuaresma

Jolina C. Cuaresma

In the fall of 1999, President Clinton signed into law the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act. Twenty years later, this statute still governs how financial institutions use consumer data. The statute represents the first (and only) federal law that gives consumers privacy protection over nonpublic personally identifiable information. This paper examines a number of GLBA provisions and demonstrates that consumers do not control the terms under which their financial information is used. While the GLBA was an important first step in obtaining some level of information privacy, this paper argues that Congress undoubtedly placed a …