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Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

2018

Consumer protection

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Powers Of Attorney Under The Uniform Power Of Attorney Act Including Reference To Virginia Law, F. Philip Manns Jr. Dec 2018

Powers Of Attorney Under The Uniform Power Of Attorney Act Including Reference To Virginia Law, F. Philip Manns Jr.

ACTEC Law Journal

The Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA), approved in 2006, slightly amended in 2008 and more significantly amended in 2016, has been adopted by 27 U.S. jurisdictions. The UPOAA promotes uniformity in language delineating an agent's powers and mandates that third parties accept notarized powers of attorney. Under the UPOAA, an instrument simply granting an agent authority to do "all acts that a principal could do," vests that agent with broad powers: the precise delineation of those powers is produced by about a dozen pages of UPOAA text automatically incorporated by reference into such "all acts" instruments. However, the UPOAA …


Overcoming The Achilles' Heel Of Consumer Protection: Limiting Mandatory Arbitration Clauses In Consumer Contracts, Mindy R. Hollander Feb 2018

Overcoming The Achilles' Heel Of Consumer Protection: Limiting Mandatory Arbitration Clauses In Consumer Contracts, Mindy R. Hollander

Hofstra Law Review

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