Consumer Protection Law Commons^™

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

Faculty Scholarship

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

California Western Law Review

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

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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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

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

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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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

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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 …

The Spirit Is Willing: A Proposal For American Single Malt Whiskey, Raymond Cleaveland

Seattle University Law Review

Over the past twenty-five years, small, independent American distilleries have carved out a new niche in the United States liquor market: craft single malt whiskey. Inspired by the success of single malt Scotch and other single malts, American craft distillers are now fighting for their own shelf behind the bar and in the liquor store aisle. In 2018, a cadre of these distillers petitioned the U.S. Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to formally recognize a new category of whiskey in the Code of Federal Regulations: American Single Malt Whiskey. For purposes of consumer protection, the Treasury …

Smart Cars, Telematics And Repair, Leah Chan Grinvald, Ofer Tur-Sinai

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Recent years have seen a surge in the use of automotive telematics. Telematics is the integration of telecommunications and informatics technologies. Using telematics in cars enables transmission of data communications between the car and other systems or devices. This opens up a wide range of possibilities, including the prospect of conducting remote diagnostics based on real-time access to the vehicle. Yet, as with any new technology, alongside its potential benefits, the use of automotive telematics could also have potential downsides. This Article explores the significant negative impact that the growing reliance on telematics systems could have on competition in the …

To Innovate Or Regulate: How To Regulate Cloud Service Providers Within Financial Institutions, Morgan Willard

Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology

The purpose of this article is to analyze whether cloud service providers should be considered Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities (SIFMU), subjecting them to increased oversight. It also considers the risks and benefits associated with the use of the technology by financial institutions, as well as potential alternatives. Overall, this article argues that cloud service providers do not fall under the current SIFMU framework, and any regulation of the technology should strive to strike a balance between innovation and safe regulation.

Abuse Of Global Platform Dominance Or Competition On The Merits?, Anca Chirita

Loyola Consumer Law Review

Contrary to mainstream opinion, suggesting that dominant online platforms compete on their own merits and that their abuse of the large-scale accumulation of data should fall under data or privacy laws, this article argues that competition law should investigate whether global platform competition has been established on merit alone and how digital dominance has been strengthened through the downfall of emerging competition (the exclusionary harm) and the excessive combination of individuals' data (exploitative harm). To frame the theory of competitive harm in a global context, this article compares several of the most recent cases involving digital giants such as Google, …

In The Hands Of The Maker: The Failure Of Consumer Product Safety Oversight Of Guns, Gary Klein

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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How To Get Away With Immunity: Fda's Emergency Use Authorization Scheme And Prep Act Liability Protection In The Context Of Covid-19, William Chanes Martinez

Loyola Consumer Law Review

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a vital role in our country's response to biological agents that threaten public health and safety. On December 31, 2019, officials in Wuhan, China confirmed dozens of cases of pneumonia caused by an unknown pathogen. Chinese officials later identified that pathogen as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARSCoV- 2), which causes the disease COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a perfect storm for unprecedented and litigation-provoking health harms in the United States. As the country's death toll rises and states seek to reopen, many Americans are assessing their COVID- 19-related health status …

Disclosures In Privacy Policies: Does "Notice And Consent" Work?, Rishab Bailey, Smriti Parsheera, Faiza Rahman, Renuka Sane

Loyola Consumer Law Review

This paper evaluates the quality of privacy policies of five popular online services in India from the perspective of access and readability. We ask - do the policies have specific, unambiguous, and clear provisions that lend themselves to easy comprehension? We also conduct a survey among college students to evaluate how much users typically understand of what they are signing up for. We find that the policies studied are poorly drafted, and often seem to serve as 'check-the-box' compliance of expected privacy disclosures. Survey respondents do not score very highly on the privacy policy quiz. The respondents fared the worst …

Why Financial Transparency Without Financial Literacy Is Not Enough: The Global Impact Of Education On Financial Literacy Rates, Jenn Schlumpf

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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Regulation Best Interest: Will The Sec Alter The "Best Interest" Standard?, Robert Bullington

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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The Innovation Of Harry's Razors: How The Ftc Is Influencing Venture Capital-Backed Startups, Sean J. Linehan

Loyola Consumer Law Review

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