USA Law

Category: Consumer law

  • Capital One TCPA Class Settlement

    Capital One TCPA Class Settlement in the United States A class action is a lawsuit in which the claims and rights of many people are decided in a single court proceeding. Representative plaintiffs, also known as class representatives,” assert claims on behalf of the entire class. The […]

  • Cybersecurity

    Cybersecurity in the United States Every year a host of cybersecurity bills are introduced in Congress. In 2014, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was introduced. As part of its focus on cybersecurity, the U.S. Congress passed cyber-threat sharing legislation in […]

  • Appraisal Value

    Appraisal Value in the United States Appraisal Value Decline and Appraisal Cost By Michael V. Sanders. He is a real estate appraiser and principal in Bell Anderson & Sanders in Laguna Beach (California). When a property’s value declines, the expert researching the appraisal faces a […]

  • Cyber Awareness

    Cyber Awareness in the United States Cybersecurity Legislative Proposals In January 13, 2015, the Obama Administration announced the following in relation to this subject: Enabling Cybersecurity Information Sharing (see below) Modernizing Law Enforcement Authorities to Combat Cyber […]

  • Consumer Financial Transactions

    Consumer Financial Transactions in the United States Executive Order Executive Order in relation with Improving the Security of Consumer Financial Transactions (October 17, 2014): Given that identity crimes, including credit, debit, and other payment card fraud, continue to be a risk to […]

  • In Re DoubleClick, Inc. Privacy Litigation, 154 F. Supp. 2d 497

    In Re DoubleClick, Inc. Privacy Litigation, 154 F. Supp. 2d 497 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) in the United States This is a Third Party Cookie Collection case. See Cookies legal issues. Background of In Re DoubleClick, Inc. Privacy Litigation This case was a multidistrict consolidated class […]

  • Federal Trade Commission 2

    Federal Trade Commission 2 in the United States See: Federal Trade Commission Compliance Activities FTC works to ensure compliance with its administrative and Federal court orders. Defendants against whom such orders have been issued are required to file reports with the FTC to […]

  • International Criminal Law. Bibliography

    International Criminal Law. Bibliography in the United States Reference works William A. Schabas (ed.), International Criminal Law, ( 3 vols) 2012 Christopher Safferling, International Criminal Procedure, 2012 Bartram S. Brown (ed.), Research Handbook on International Criminal Law, […]

  • Legal subjects

    Legal subjects in the United States List of legal subjects proposed by the Encyclopedia: Academic list: Administrative Law Administrative Law Admiralty & Maritime Advanced Legal Concepts Advanced Legal Research (Year) Advocacy Agency law Agriculture Law Alternative Dispute […]

  • Rights and Freedom

    Main source: Wenar, Leif, Rights, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Rights and Freedom in the United States From: Introduction to Rights Most rights entitle their holders to freedom in some sense; indeed holding a right can entail […]

  • The Function of Rights: The Will Theory and the Interest Theory

    Main source: Wenar, Leif, Rights, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . The Function of Rights: The Will Theory and the Interest Theory in the United States From: Introduction to Rights 2.2.1 Conceptual Analysis versus Definitional […]

  • Introduction to Rights

    Main source: Wenar, Leif, Rights, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Introduction to Rights in the United States Rights are entitlements (not) to perform certain actions, or (not) to be in certain states; or entitlements that others […]

  • Consumer law concepts

    Consumer law concepts in United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC): is the main agency enforcing consumer protection statutes through the use of industry guides and enforcement of consumer protection statutes such as the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and the Consumer Credit Protection Act. […]

  • Class Settlement

    Class Settlement in the United States Class Settlement and Action Lawsuit By Pamela A. MacLean. She is a freelance writer based in the Bay Area, and has reported on state and federal courts for 25 years. The class settlement sounded well and good. After years of pretrial sparring, Dell […]

  • Consumer Financial Protection

    Consumer Financial Protection in the United States Consumer Finance Services Note: Some information about the consumer finance services and interstate commerce commission are available here. Consumer financial services providers face an increasingly complex regulatory landscape in the […]