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Click-Wrap Agreement – Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions

By faircontracts / July 5, 2010 / Comments Off on Click-Wrap Agreement – Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions

Summaries of a collection of cases analyzing online contracts. www.internetlibrary.com/topics/click_wrap.cfm

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Susan E. Gindin – Nobody Reads Your Privacy Policy or Online Contract?

By faircontracts / June 21, 2010 / Comments Off on Susan E. Gindin – Nobody Reads Your Privacy Policy or Online Contract?

Nobody Reads Your Privacy Policy or Online Contract? www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/njtip/v8/n1/1/

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EFF.org – Terms Of (Ab)Use

By faircontracts / June 21, 2010 / Comments Off on EFF.org – Terms Of (Ab)Use

The time has come to shed light on what these Terms of Service agreements actually say, and what it means to users. www.eff.org/issues/terms-of-abuse

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TOSBack

By faircontracts / June 21, 2010 / Comments Off on TOSBack

“TOSBack was created to help you monitor the policies for the websites you use everyday, and show how they change over time.” www.tosback.org/timeline.php

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Alan Siegel: Let’s simplify legal jargon

By faircontracts / June 21, 2010 / Comments Off on Alan Siegel: Let’s simplify legal jargon

Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They’re crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long. He calls for a simple, sensible redesign — and plain English — to make legal paperwork intelligible to the rest of us. http://www.ted.com/talks/alan_siegel_let_s_simplify_legal_jargon.html

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Wyoming Consumer Law

By faircontracts / June 7, 2010 / Comments Off on Wyoming Consumer Law

In Wyoming, the mini-FTC act is the Consumer Protection Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§40-12-101 to 40-12-114.  Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action only if a business knowingly committed an unlawful deceptive trade practice.  To sustain an action, the plaintiff must show actual harm due to the defendant’s conduct. There is a statute…

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Wisconsin Consumer Law

By faircontracts / June 7, 2010 / Comments Off on Wisconsin Consumer Law

In Wisconsin, the mini-FTC act is Wis. Stat. Ann. §100.18; §§100.20- 100.264.  Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when a defendant violates a specific regulation by engaging in unfair trade practices, deceptive practices in advertising (except insurance companies) or other deceptive representations to the general public.  To sustain an action, the plaintiff…

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West Virginia Consumer Law

By faircontracts / June 7, 2010 / Comments Off on West Virginia Consumer Law

In West Virginia, the mini-FTC act is the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act.  Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when anyone in the conduct of trade or commerce commits unfair or deceptive acts or practices or engages in unfair competition. To sustain an action, the plaintiff must show actual harm due…

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Washington State Consumer Law

By faircontracts / June 7, 2010 / Comments Off on Washington State Consumer Law

In Washington, the mini-FTC act is the Washington Consumer Protection Act.  Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when anyone in trade or commerce engages in unfair competition or unfair or deceptive acts.  To sustain an action,  plaintiff must show actual harm due to the defendant’s conduct.  There is a statute of limitations…

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Virginia Consumer Law

By faircontracts / June 7, 2010 / Comments Off on Virginia Consumer Law

In Virginia, the mini-FTC act is the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.  Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when a supplier misrepresents a product.  To sustain an action, the plaintiff must show actual harm due to the defendant’s conduct.  There is a statute of limitations for actions under the statute of two years.…

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