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The institute holds a variety of programs that bring together legal scholars to talk about antitrust and consumer protection issues. Among many other events, the institute sponsors a brown bag lunch program that brings influential leaders in government and private practice to the institute to talk with Student Fellows about their experiences in antitrust and consumer protection law, and their ...
Consumer protection law or consumer law is considered as an area of law that regulates private law relationships between individual consumers and the businesses that sell those goods and services. Consumer protection covers a wide range of topics, including but not necessarily limited to product liability , privacy rights , unfair business ...
Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act; Long title: An Act to provide disclosure standards for written consumer product warranties against defect or malfunction; to define Federal content standards for such warranties; to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act in order to improve its consumer protection activities; An Act to provide minimum disclosure standards for written consumer product warranties ...
The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act, as he understands it, would still allow lawsuits to be filed against the anti-abortion clinics and thus make the new law unnecessary.
Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, 431 U.S. 720 (1977), is a United States Supreme Court case that involved issues concerning statutory standing in antitrust law.. The decision established the rule that indirect purchasers of goods or services along a supply chain cannot seek damages for antitrust violations committed by the original manufacturer or service provider, but it permitted such claims ...
[2] [3] Kaleta previously served as the Assistant General Counsel for Law, and before that, as the Chief Counsel of the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA). Before joining the department, Ms. Kaleta served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Illinois Attorney General Consumer Protection Division.
The Secretary of State Police of Illinois is a statewide police force, established in 1913; it is responsible for enforcing the laws of the Illinois Vehicle Code such as regulating businesses involved with the sale of motor vehicles and vehicle parts. Its main purpose is to protect consumers against fraud through adherence to state statutes.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a law capping interest rates on consumer installment loans -- paid over a period of time and with interest rates sometimes exceeding 1,000% -- and increasing the ...