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Securing Truth For Power: Informational Strategy And Regulatory Policy Making, Cary Coglianese Apr 2004

Securing Truth For Power: Informational Strategy And Regulatory Policy Making, Cary Coglianese

ExpressO

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The Continuing Showdown Over Who Should Regulate Amusement Attraction Safety: A Critical Analysis Of Why Fixed-Site Amusement Attraction Safety Should Remain State-Governed. , Chad Emerson Mar 2004

The Continuing Showdown Over Who Should Regulate Amusement Attraction Safety: A Critical Analysis Of Why Fixed-Site Amusement Attraction Safety Should Remain State-Governed. , Chad Emerson

ExpressO

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Using Arbitration To Eliminate Consumer Class Actions: Efficient Business Practice Or Unconscionable Abuse?, Jean R. Sternlight, Elizabeth J. Jensen Jan 2004

Using Arbitration To Eliminate Consumer Class Actions: Efficient Business Practice Or Unconscionable Abuse?, Jean R. Sternlight, Elizabeth J. Jensen

Scholarly Works

Companies are increasingly drafting arbitration clauses worded to prevent consumers from bringing class actions against them in either litigation or arbitration. If one looks at the form contracts she receives regarding her credit card, cellular phone, land phone, insurance policies, mortgage, and so forth, most likely, the majority of those contracts include arbitration clauses, and many of those include prohibitions on class actions. Companies are seeking to use these clauses to shield themselves from class action liability, either in court or in arbitration.

This article argues that while the unconscionability doctrine offers some protections, case-by-case adjudication is a costly means …


Cable Television Monopoly And The First Amendment, Jordan S. Stanzler Jan 1983

Cable Television Monopoly And The First Amendment, Jordan S. Stanzler

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Consumer Product Safety: Preemption, The Commerce Clause And State Regulatory Authority, James L. Winokur, Jennifer Robbins Jan 1980

Consumer Product Safety: Preemption, The Commerce Clause And State Regulatory Authority, James L. Winokur, Jennifer Robbins

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


The West Virginia Consumer Credit And Protection Act, Vincent Paul Cardi Apr 1975

The West Virginia Consumer Credit And Protection Act, Vincent Paul Cardi

West Virginia Law Review

This article discusses the 1974 West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, hereinafter referred to as WVCCPA. A summary of the Act is undertaken early in the article, detailing for the reader what the Act does. Beyond this summary there is no section by section restatement of the WVCCPA in the article nor is every section or group of sections discussed. The purpose of the article is to discuss why the WVCCPA was passed and what it attempts to do, and in some areas, to discuss how well the Act accomplishes its purpose. To place the WVCCPA in its evolutionary …


The Consumer Class Action, Arthur H. Travers Jr., Jonathan M. Landers Jan 1970

The Consumer Class Action, Arthur H. Travers Jr., Jonathan M. Landers

Publications

No abstract provided.


Address On Consumer Credit Protection Legislation, William J. Pierce Jan 1969

Address On Consumer Credit Protection Legislation, William J. Pierce

Addison Harris Lecture

No abstract provided.