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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Consumer Protection Law, Edward P. Nolde Jan 1993

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Consumer Protection Law, Edward P. Nolde

University of Richmond Law Review

This is the first year the University of Richmond Law Review has surveyed Virginia law concerning developments in the area of consumer protection. Thus, this article includes background material as well as recent developments that are more than one year old. Except as background for the current statutes, this survey does not discuss the common law torts of fraud and constructive fraud. Although these common law actions remain important to consumers, they have been discussed in several other recent publications.


Revitalizing The Consumer Product Safety Commission, Carl W. Tobias Jan 1989

Revitalizing The Consumer Product Safety Commission, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), having recently celebrated its sixteenth birthday, no longer can claim to be a young agency. On October 27, 1972, Congress created the Commission to protect individuals from deaths and injuries caused by dangerous or defective consumer products. Yet the CPSC, as it approaches maturity, has failed to fulfill numerous purposes for which Congress established it.


Buyer Liability Under Section 2(F) Of The Robinson-Patman Act, Douglas E. Ray Jan 1981

Buyer Liability Under Section 2(F) Of The Robinson-Patman Act, Douglas E. Ray

University of Richmond Law Review

Despite the fact that the 1936 Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act were enacted in an attempt to curb the ability of large businesses to coerce sellers of products into granting them discriminatory price advantages over smaller purchasers, only one section of the Act, section 2(f) which prohibits the knowing inducement or receipt of discriminatory prices, is aimed at buyers. The remainder of the Act is directed toward sellers. Liability under section 2(f) is generally derivative in nature, being based on a preliminary finding of seller liability under another section of the Act. Because of this derivative nature of …


Some Reflections On Free Entry And The Rate Ceilings Under The Uniform Consumer Credit Code, Frank W. Smith Jr. Jan 1972

Some Reflections On Free Entry And The Rate Ceilings Under The Uniform Consumer Credit Code, Frank W. Smith Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

"Consumer protection" in recent years has become one of the great populist concerns, particularly in the area of consumer credit. As one should expect, however, there has been no unanimity as to who should be protected from what, or from whom, nor as to the means of providing such protection. Some feel that consumer protection still means "self-protection" in the existing system-let the buyer beware-and view consumer education in a broad sense as perhaps the most important aspect of providing protection. Others view consumer protection as a matter outlawing or regulating abusive practices and giving the consumer more rights. Some …