Federal Deception Law: FTC and CFPB Rules, RICO, False Claims Act, Telemarketing, Debt Relief, and Parallel State Statutes (Consumer Credit and Sales Legal Practice)

Essential Private Remedies for Marketplace Deception

• The Federal RICO statute
• State RICO and civil theft statutes
• The Federal False Claims Act
• The Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• State UDAP remedies for violations of FTC and CFPB Rules
• FTC Holder Rule makes creditors liable for seller's deception.

Key Federal Standards Regulate Consumer Transactions

• Detailed analysis of the nine most important FTC Trade Regulation Rules affecting everything from credit to cars to mail order sales to funerals
• New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 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
• Federal law providing strong private remedies for unwanted calls and texts, junk faxes, and email spam
• Federal and state remedies for abuses concerning consumer credit counseling, debt settlement and negotiation, and debt elimination schemes
• State requirements concerning plain English and disclosures in languages other than English.

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