Federal Deception & Abuse Law

FTC and CFPB Rules, RICO, False Claims Act, Debt Relief, TCPA, Telemarketing, and Parallel State Solutions

Essential Private Remedies for Marketplace Deception

• Telephone Consumer Protection Act challenges to robocalls
• CFPB "UDAAP" Rulemaking
• FTC Holder Rule making creditors liable for seller's misconduct
• The Federal and state RICO statutes
• The Federal False Claims Act
• FTC Telemarketing Rule and other FTC Rules
• Sample pleadings and discovery. See an example here.

Key Federal Standards Regulate Consumer Transactions

• The most detailed and up to date analysis of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)—today's hottest consumer litigation area offering statutory damages for unwanted robocalls and texts
• Detailed analysis of the eleven most important FTC Trade Regulation Rules affecting everything from credit cards to door-to-door sales
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "UDAAP" standards, enforcement, and rulemaking
• The surprising reach of the FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule (not just to telemarketing), with equally surprising tough requirements on a broad array of businesses
• Private remedies for debt settlement and other debt relief scams
• Whistleblower recoveries under the federal False Claims Act
• Requirements concerning plain English and non-English disclosures.

Praise

"The manuals combine first-rate scholarship with numerous useful practice tips and aids."
— Richard Gross, former Chairman, Consumer Protection Committee, National Assn. of Attorneys General