Consumer Protection in the States: A 50-State Report Reveals Gaps and Weaknesses in UDAP Laws

February 7, 2009 23:30

Consumer Protection in the States: A 50-State Report Reveals Gaps and Weaknesses in UDAP Laws (PDF; 495 KB)
Source: National Consumer Law Center
From press release (PDF; 79 KB):

Serious gaps and weaknesses have compromised consumer protection laws in most of the 50 states, and recent court rulings have opened the door to predators and abuses in billions of everyday transactions.

So says a new report by the non-profit National Consumer Law Center: “Consumer Protection in the States: A 50-State Report on Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes.”

The report analyzes and summarizes the unfair and deceptive acts and practices (UDAP) laws that protect consumers in each state and the District of Columbia, and spotlights limitations in the substance and scope of the laws and in their enforcement. “State unfair and deceptive acts and practices laws provide the main defense against abuses in most consumer transactions,” said Carolyn Carter, an NCLC senior attorney and the author of the report. “Yet in some states these laws provide almost no protection to consumers.”

Category:

• Consumer issues
• Government and politics
• Legal and law enforcement

Source:

• National Consumer Law Center

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