Unfair and deceptive acts and practices / Carolyn L. Carter, Jonathan Sheldon ; contributing authors, John W. Van Alst, Jeremiah Battle, Jr.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Consumer credit and sales legal practice series.
Main Author: Carter, Carolyn L.
Corporate Author: National Consumer Law Center
Other Authors: Sheldon, Jonathan A.
Van Alst, John W.
Battle, Jeremiah, Jr
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : National Consumer Law Center, [2012], ©2012.
Edition:Eighth edition.
Series:Consumer credit and sales legal practice series.
Subjects:
Competition, Unfair > United States > States.
Competition, Unfair > United States.
Online Access:
(NCLC Digital Library (companion website))
NCLC Digital Library
Physical Description:xli, 950 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Online version of the most recent edition is available via NCLC Digital Library.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • First considerations
  • UDAP scope
  • Demonstrating that a practice is a UDAP violation
  • The meaning of deception, unfairness, and unconscionability
  • General sales and performance practices
  • Credit and collections
  • Motor vehicle sales, rentals, and repair
  • Home and home-related transactions
  • Services, insurance, opportunity schemes, other transactions
  • Liability of various parties
  • Litigating UDAP cases
  • Private UDAP remedies
  • State agency enforcement
  • Appendix[es]. A. Statute-by-statute analysis of state UDAP statutes ; B. Useful websites ; C. Finding pleadings and primary sources on the companion website.