Unfair Trade PracticesConsumer protection acts (CPAs) developed with the goal to protect American consumers from fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices. Initially, Congdoi:10.2139/ssrn.2899096James C. CooperSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
In the 1980s, state attorneys general were not hesitant to exercise their authority in enforcing state consumer protection statutes. In addition to aggressively combatting deceptive or fraudulent practices that were local in nature, state attorneys general examined the acts or practices of national or ...
Amazon, which said during the height of the pandemic lockdowns that it doesn't tolerate price gouging, argued in court that Washington's Consumer Protection Act did not apply in this case because it did not explicitly prohibit price gouging. A decision on the act's parameters is "best fit ...
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consumer products and providers of consumer services, including federal, state, and local investigations and class action, qui tam, regulatory, and individual litigation matters. We understand and routinely handle matters involving unfair and deceptive acts and practices (UDAP) and state civil rights ...
(1989), SYMPOSIUM ON CHANGING STATE PRACTICE ACTS: PROVIDER PROTECTION VS PUBLIC INTEREST. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 49: 235–236. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1989.tb02078.x Author Information Health Policy Manager Massachusetts Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation ...
(e.g., RCW 19.86, Consumer Protection Act), and this court has created exceptions to the American rule when overriding considerations of justice compel such a result. The majority recognizes the inherent power of this court to award attorney fees to a party involved in a lawsuit. The ...
and supervisory functions with regard to all ministries and departments. They hear reports by heads of institutions, order necessary materials, and give binding instructions regarding certain types of problems. The legal normative acts issued by state committees within the bounds of their jurisdiction mu...
Washington is in a regulatory growth spurt. Hundreds of rulemaking proceedings are underway or impending under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), both enacted in 2010. The Environmental Protection Agency is...
TheCCPAwas signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on June 28, 2018, and became effective on January 1, 2020. As one of the first and most stringent privacy legislation in the U.S., the CCPAacts as a model data protection law, laying the foundation for subsequent comprehensive privacy leg...