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A. Advertising
1. The Federal Trade Commission Act
a. Unfair and
Deceptive Advertising (In Re Pfizer, Inc.)
b. Bait-and-Switch
Advertising
c. FTC Actions against Deceptive Advertising
General Advertising
Policies
(Complaint
Form)
d. Advertising and Marketing on the Internet: FTC's Rules of the Road
B. Labeling and Packaging Laws (the Department
of Health and Human Services, as well as the Federal
Trade Commission.)
1. The Fur
Products Labeling Act of 1951
2. The Wool
Products Labeling Act of 1939
3. The
Flammable Fabrics Act of 1953
4. The Fair
Packaging and Labeling Act of 1966
5. Labeling and Advertising
Cotton Products
6. The
Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986
C. Sales (FTC, the Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Consumer Credit Code)
1. Door-to-Door Sales
2. Telephone and Mail-Order Sales (Unordered Merchandise)
a. Postal
Reorganization Act of 1970
b. A Business Guide to
the Federal Trade Commission's Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule
3. FTC Regulation of Specific Industries.
a. Used-car dealers to affix a "Buyers Guide"
label
b. Funeral homes (Funerals: A Consumer Guide)
4. Real Estate Sales (the Truth-in-Lending Act)
a. Interstate
Land Sales Full Disclosure Act
b. Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act or this HUD site on Settlement Costs
D. Credit Protection
1. The
Truth-In-Lending Act (TILA), as Title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act
(CCPA) Administered by the Federal Reserve Board
a. Disclosure requirements.
b. Violations of the TILA. (Elsner v. Albrecht)
c. Equal
Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 (the actual statute is here)
d. Fair
Credit Billing Act of 1974 (the actual statute is here)
e. Electronic
Fund Transfer Act (the actual statute is here)
e. Lost and unauthorized credit cards -- To
report lost credit cards
f. Building a Better Credit
Record
2. The Fair
Credit Reporting Act of 1970 or this annotated site
Credit
Reporting Agencies
Experian
Equifax
Trans Union
Credit
Reports: What Information Providers Need to Know
3. The Fair
Debt Collection Practices Act of 1977 or this annotated site
Comments
by Mary L. Azcuenaga, Commissioner FTC before the California Association of Collectors May
17, 1994
E. Consumer Health and Safety
1. The Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act 1906 and 1938 or at this site
2. The Consumer
Product Safety Act of 1972
3. The Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC) or at this site
F. State
Consumer Protection Laws
G. The Uniform
Commercial Code. ( UCC 2-302 definition of "Unconscionability")
H. The Uniform Consumer Credit Code
1968
I. Other Federal and State Consumer Protection Laws
- Lemon Laws
- Warranties
- A Businessperson's
Guide to Federal Warranty Law
- FTC's Appliance
Labeling Rule
Index to
Class Notes
MBLW 600
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