USA Law

Category: Consumer law

  • Federal Trade Commission

    Federal Trade Commission in the United States See: Federal Trade Commission 2 Origins This American Commission was created by Act of the U.S. Congress, approved Sept. 26 1914, for the prevention of unfair methods of competition in commerce. It is composed of five […]

  • Identity Theft

    Identity Theft in the United States Identity Theft in the case of Lawyers By Deborah Rosenthal Studies suggested that as many as a million such thefts occur every year. And privacy experts say attorneys are among the most attractive targets because they tend to have good credit and preside […]

  • Consumer Protection

    Consumer Protection in the United States Introduction to Protecting Consumers Agencies At the state and local levels, government agencies are involved with consumer protection. People who perform certain services, such as hairstylists, manicurists, and electricians, must be licensed. Local […]

  • Products Liability

    Products Liability in United States That field of law which addresses defective products. A defective product gives rise to a presumption of negligence and the plaintiff may have a cause of action against the producer as well as against the seller and possibly even against intermediaries in […]

  • Deceptive Practices

    Unfair And Deceptive Practices in the United States Unfair Acts or Practices The Dodd-Frank Act prohibits conduct that constitutes an unfair act or practice. An act or practice is unfair when: It causes or is likely to cause substantial injury to consumers; The injury is not […]

  • Interest Rates

    Interest Rates in the United States Legal Materials The Bank Rate Monitor posts current interest rates for U.S. mortgages, home equity loans, bank CDs, credit cards and consumer loans based on surveys of lending institutions. Most data can be viewed nationally or by city/region. Consumer […]

  • Interest Rates

    Interest Rates in the United States Legal Materials The Bank Rate Monitor posts current interest rates for U.S. mortgages, home equity loans, bank CDs, credit cards and consumer loans based on surveys of lending institutions. Most data can be viewed nationally or by city/region. Consumer […]

  • Consumer Fraud

    Consumer Fraud in the United States Ross, E. A., in 1907, in his book "Sin and society: An analysis of latter-day iniquity" (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, page 46), wrote that the "shocking leniency of the public in judging conspicuous persons who have thriven by antisocial […]

  • Consumer Fraud

    Consumer Fraud in the United States Ross, E. A., in 1907, in his book "Sin and society: An analysis of latter-day iniquity" (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, page 46), wrote that the "shocking leniency of the public in judging conspicuous persons who have thriven by antisocial […]

  • Tort Reform

    Tort Reform in the United States Introduction Business advocates claim the American tort system—products-liability law included—is broken and corrupted by grasping plaintiffs’ lawyers; plaintiffs’ lawyers say businesses are greedy and careless and need to be smacked into recognition of its […]

  • Tort Reform

    Tort Reform in the United States Introduction Business advocates claim the American tort system—products-liability law included—is broken and corrupted by grasping plaintiffs’ lawyers; plaintiffs’ lawyers say businesses are greedy and careless and need to be smacked into recognition of its […]

  • Environmental Law

    Environmental Law in the United States Legal Materials The environmental field is particularly rich with Internet sources. These include home pages by the EPA, the Cornell Legal Information Institute, the Environmental Professionals Homepage and The Environmental Organization Web Directory. […]

  • Antitrust

    Antitrust in the United States Trust (property law) Introduction to Antitrust Trust (monopoly), corporate monopoly organized under the legal device of trusteeship for the purpose of eliminating competition in an area of business and of controlling the market for a product. Specifically, a […]

  • Antitrust

    Antitrust in the United States Trust (property law) Introduction to Antitrust Trust (monopoly), corporate monopoly organized under the legal device of trusteeship for the purpose of eliminating competition in an area of business and of controlling the market for a product. Specifically, a […]

  • Homestead

    Homestead in United States Homestead Definition The house and land constituting a family residence. 6 N. D. 482. " 'Stethe or sted,' says Lord Coke, 'betokeneth properly a bank of a river, and many times a place.' Co. Litt. 4, 6. The homestead, according to that definition, means […]