Publisher's Synopsis
Cases and Materials on Consumer Law (4th ed.) retains its comprehensive coverage and has been completely updated to reflect new developments in the dynamic field of consumer law, including:
Internet marketing, ad substantiation, celebrity and other testimonials
Consumer credit regulation, and the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer privacy, online marketing and tracking
Emerging payment systems - e.g., credit, debit and stored value cards
Remedies -latest U.S. Supreme Court developments on consumer arbitration
Predatory lending ("capstone" chapter), the legal fallout from the subprime mortgage foreclosure crisis
This text contains a balance of cases, problems that reflect modern situations, and notes with discussion questions and references to the latest consumer protection scholarship. An updated teacher's manual and a new statutory supplement, entitled Selected Consumer Statutes, are available, also.
