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The Effects Of Visions Condition In E-Consumer Protection A Comparative Study In Transaction Law, Ali Al-Mehdawi

UAEU Law Journal

The introduction of electronic financial transactions, which have been classified as distance and international contracts, has created the necessity of creating domestic and international laws that deal with such transactions; the e-consumer protection occupies a large proportion of this field. This study discusses e-consumer protection with an emphasis on analyzing the Emirates' Civil Transaction Legislation, Electronic Transaction Legislation No. 1, 2006 and the Consumer Protection Law No. 24, 2006. The study includes a discussion of e-consumer protection through `viewing goods stipulation, the problems that arise from such a protective condition, and suggests solutions to solve such problems.

The Opioid Crisis Or Climate Change: Which Is More Likely To Succeed Under The Tobacco Litigation Model?, Elizabeth W. De Leon

Texas A&M Law Review

Societal problems can occasionally have legal solutions, and several tools exist to implement change, including litigation and regulation. However, what elements make a societal problem more suitable for litigation or regulation? This Article examines four different societal issues (tobacco use, obesity, opioid addiction, and climate change) to determine whether litigation or regulation is the more appropriate route for success. The tobacco litigation serves as a successful example, while the fast food litigation serves as an unsuccessful example. Six signs of success are derived from the tobacco litigation: a large settlement agreement, evidence of corporate wrongdoing, change in public opinion, the …

Classaction.Gov, Amanda M. Rose

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This Essay proposes the creation of a federally run class action website and supporting administration (collectively, Classaction.gov) that would both operate a comprehensive research database on class actions and assume many of the notice and claims-processing functions performed by class action claims administrators today. Classaction.gov would bring long-demanded transparency to class actions and, through forces of legitimization and coordination, would substantially increase the rate of consumer participation in class action settlements. It also holds the key to mitigating other problems in class action practice, such as the inefficiencies and potential abuses associated with multiforum litigation, the limited success of the …

Coronavirus "Cures" And The Courts, Chad G. Marzen, Michael Conklin

William & Mary Business Law Review

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically affected nearly every aspect of American life. Unfortunately, it has also created an opportunity for those willing to exploit vulnerable citizens by selling fake “cures.” This Article analyzes a lawsuit against televangelist Jim Bakker for doing just that. This Article also calls for increased protection for individuals when a global health pandemic and national emergency have been declared. This Article advocates a novel proposal—the enacting of a federal statute making it a felony for an individual to knowingly sell a fraudulent cure for any disease that has been designated a pandemic by the World Health …

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: Online Platforms And Consumer Equality, Anne-Marie Hakstian, Jerome D. Williams, Sam Taddeo

Pepperdine Law Review

Title II of the Civil Rights Act, along with its counterpart state laws, have protected the rights of racial minorities in the United States for decades. Section 1981 has guaranteed contract rights for all people, regardless of race, since 1868. But times are changing. Racial discrimination claims against 21st century technology companies face challenges when brought under existing laws. Even the relatively current Communications Decency Act (CDA) is unhelpful to consumers attempting to seek redress from online platforms. In this article, we analyze the only cases of consumer discrimination brought against providers of the sharing economy and highlight some of …

Is The Word "Consumer" Biasing Trademark Law?, Dustin Marlan

Texas A&M Law Review

Our trademark law uses the term “consumer” constantly, reflexively, and unconsciously to label the subject of its purpose—the purchasing public. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, trademark law has “a specialized mission: to help consumers identify goods and services they wish to purchase, as well as those they want to avoid.” As one leading commentator puts it, “trademarks are a property of consumers’ minds,” and “the consumer, we are led to believe, is the measure of all things in trademark law.”

Much criticism has been rightly levied against trademark law’s treatment of the consumer as passive, ignorant, and gullible. For …

Sales, Acquisitions, And Mergers Of Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing Companies: The Risks And A Solution, Alyssa K Mcleod

Texas A&M Law Review

Direct-to-consumer genetic tests have become increasingly popular in the United States within the last few years. However, these tests pose many risks to the consumer, most notably privacy risks. A subset of these privacy risks involves the issue of company mergers, acquisitions, and sales. Many companies in the direct-to-consumer genetic testing market have privacy policies that contain a variation of a “business transfer” clause. These clauses specify that in the event the company goes through a business transition such as a sale, merger, or acquisition, the consumer’s personal information—including the consumer’s DNA—will be among the assets transferred. This Article explores …

Class Action As Means For Consumer Protection In The French Law And The Extent Of Its Application In The Jordanian Law, Alaa Khasawneh, Maha Khasawneh

UAEU Law Journal

This study examines the class- action as a modern means of protection of consumer rights against unlawful acts of the professionals that lead to injury for a good number of consumers in the same damage or with similar damages issued by the same professional, the victims affected by these damages have the possibility of obtaining total compensation which will be shared among consumers members of the group, this study focus on the issue of the introduction of this action in the legal system of Jordan after a review of the most important models, whether in united States of America legislations …

Defining The Concept Of Both The Consumer And The Professional In The Moroccan And The Comparative Laws, Abdel Rafeia Aloui

UAEU Law Journal

The consumption contract holds on one end the Professional and on the other the Consumer, and given the importance of the conceptual specifically for each of the consumer and professional and the implications for the scope of the law, the problem posed by this subject is: Is it possible to determine the precise and agreed to these concepts and what are the effects of this limitation on the scope of protection afforded by Consumption Law of the consumer as a party is weak in a contractual relationship unequal? Any difference in the selection conceptual parties to the contract consumption means …

The Guarantees Of Free Consent In Consumption Contracts Concluded Outside Trading Enterprises: A Comparative Study, Dr.Adnan Sarhan

UAEU Law Journal

The reason of consumer protection measures did not only result from his vulnerability, but also extends in the recent times to include misleading advertising techniques, the brilliant development in marketing in addition to the coercive nature of recent tools that are used in bargain and contracting. One of these tools is contract Outside Trading Enterprises, since a consumer is surprised by a person at his place, stop him in the street, break into his place of work or communicate with him to negotiate and contract him in spite of that a consumer does not see or preview the sold goods, …

The Guarantees Of Consumer Free Consent In Contracts Concluded Remotely: A Comparative Study, Dr.Adnan Sarhan

UAEU Law Journal

resulted from his ignorance weakness arising because of the complication of goods and services that makes their use and risks are not to be realized easily by consumers, but also extends in the recent times to include misleading advertising techniques, the brilliant development in marketing in addition to the coercive nature of recent tools that are used in bargain and contracting. One of these tools is the use of distance selling contacts in addition to the common use of electronic contracts, since a consumer is surprised by a person negotiate and contract by telephone or internet and he does not …

Injured By A Text: Article Iii Standing For Tcpa Texting Claims, Quinn Marker

University of Cincinnati Law Review

No abstract provided.

Protecting Children In The Frontier Of Surveillance Capitalism, Cole F. Watson

Student Scholarship

This article examines the ongoing technological revolution and its impact on today’s consumers. In particular, this article addresses the promulgation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the context of “surveillance capitalism”2 and analyzes the harms associated with social media and data collection. Finally, this paper will argue that COPPA should be revamped to better regulate the Internet of 2020. A just society ought to protect children from the lurking perils of social media.

Is This The End Of Ftc Restitution And Disgorgement Under Section 13(B)?, Erik Quattro

Global Business Law Review

This note argues that the Seventh Circuit’s deviation from years of precedent in FTC v. Credit Bureau is an improper interpretation of Supreme Court precedent. For decades, Section 13(b) has allowed the Federal Trade Commission to be able to pursue equitable monetary orders in the form of restitution and disgorgement as ancillary relief to permanent injunctions. The Seventh Circuit put an abrupt end to these powers relying on Supreme Court precedent that has never been used in this manner. If this circuit split continues to exist, it will create a great disparity in the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to bring …

Rethinking Of Consumer's Litigation In Unfair Competition, Eyad Ayed Fatehi Alsamhan

UAEU Law Journal

This Article looks at unfair competition lawsuits from the perspective of litigation, rather than from the subjective study of this field. This study presents a contribution to the field of consumer services law in unfair competition acts by involving consumers in this lawsuit. The consumer’s interest is prioritized and qualifies consumers to act as a litigant in unfair competition acts, which traditionally were only concerns held by the competitor's undertaking trade. This study exhibits European practice and elaborates on their application in Jordan, which serves as an example of countries who lack national consumer’s protection legislation.

Legal System Of Consumer Rights For A Safe Product: A Comparative Study, Dr. Anis Al-Addar

UAEU Law Journal

This research shows the evolution of consumer rights with regards to new risks that are threatening him. In fact, the sale conditions, especially those related to the guarantee of hidden defects, are no longer able to provide adequate protection to the consumer. In recent years, new legislations have been introduced to recognize consumer rights as the weakest party in the contract of consumption. Modern laws assign to the seller several obligations, including the obligation to inform the consumer of potential risks and to ensure its safety against the damage caused by the products. By extrapolating modern consumer laws, it can …

Assumption Of Risk In Consumer Contracts And The Distraction Of Unconscionability, Zahra Takhshid

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

For years, courts have struggled to determine when to enforce exculpatory clauses that would prevent personal injury victims from availing themselves of tort remedies under the doctrine of express assumption of risk. In the past, when courts declined to enforce these clauses, they did so on the ground that enforcing such a waiver for the activities in question was “against public policy.” Recently, however, many courts have addressed the issue through the contract doctrine of “unconscionability.” This change in focus has subtly but importantly altered the enforceability inquiry by emphasizing the conditions under which the plaintiff agreed to the contract, …

The Reality Of Class-Action Appeals, Christine P. Bartholomew

Book Reviews

Reviewing Bryan Lammon, An Empirical Study of Class-Action Appeals (2020).

The Lack Of Regulation In Preventing Greenwashing Of Cosmetics In The U.S., Alexa Riccolo

Journal of Legislation

If you walked through your local grocery or beauty store today, there is no doubt that you would be bombarded with thousands of different products. You may also observe that many labels accompanying these products utilize terms such as “organic,” “natural,” or “green” in their marketing efforts. Most consumers look to these labels and trust that the products are better for their health and the environment. In a recent study, over 80% of millennials believe that purchasing ecofriendly products not only improves their quality of life, but 75% of millennials are actively looking to make greener changes in their homes …

Cyber-Security, Privacy, And The Covid-19 Attenuation?, Vincent J. Samar

Journal of Legislation

Large-scale data brokers collect massive amounts of highly personal consumer information to be sold to whoever will pay their price, even at the expense of sacrificing individual privacy and autonomy in the process. In this Article, I will show how a proper understanding and justification for a right to privacy, in context to both protecting private acts and safeguarding information and states of affairs for the performance of such acts, provides a necessary background framework for imposing legal restrictions on such collections. This problem, which has already gained some attention in literature, now becomes even more worrisome, as government itself …

Deceive, Profit, Repeat: Public Deception Schemes To Conceal Product Dangers, Wes Henricksen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Duty Of Manufacturers To Consumers Under California Fraudulent Concealment Law, Nancy C. Marcus

California Western Law Review

No abstract provided.

Consumer News: Tenants' Eviction Protection And Landlords' Fight For Equal Relief, Shane Stover

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regulating Social Media In The Global South, Zahra Takhshid

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

In recent years, the disinformation crisis has made regulating social media platforms a necessity. The consequences of disinformation campaigns are not only limited to election interferences or political debates, but have also included fatal consequences. In response, scholars have generally focused on regulating social media companies in the United States without paying much attention to these companies’ global impact, particularly in the Global South. Lost in the quest to fight disinformation is addressing the social media companies’ neglect of consumer rights in the Global South.

Countries in the Global North, such as the United States, have the power to regulate …

Consumer Discrimination In The Health Care Industry, Anne-Marie Hakstian, Victoria Chase

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Consumer Bankruptcy And Race: Current Concerns And A Proposed Solution, Edward J. Janger

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Detecting Disparate-Impact Discrimination In The Big-Data Era, John Yinger

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Diamond Hands And Regulatory Demands: Gamestop And The Shortcoming Of Current Securities Regulation, Jacob Gremillion

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regulating Glamour: A Quantitative Analysis Of The Health And Safety Training Of Appearance Professionals, 54 Uic J. Marshall L. Rev. 123 (2021), Daniel Greenberg

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Algorithms In Business, Merchant-Consumer Interactions, & Regulation, Tabrez Y. Ebrahim

Faculty Scholarship

The shift towards the use of algorithms in business has transformed merchant–consumer interactions. Products and services are increasingly tailored for consumers through algorithms that collect and analyze vast amounts of data from interconnected devices, digital platforms, and social networks. While traditionally merchants and marketeers have utilized market segmentation, customer demographic profiles, and statistical approaches, the exponential increase in consumer data and computing power enables them to develop and implement algorithmic techniques that change consumer markets and society as a whole. Algorithms enable targeting of consumers more effectively, in real-time, and with high predictive accuracy in pricing and profiling strategies. In …