Underneath All Are the Contracts
Ralph Nader explains the problem with standard form contracts and introduces faircontracts.org.
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Montana Consumer Law
In Montana, the mini-FTC act is the Montana – Consumer Protection Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any person employing unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce; which are unlawful. To sustain an action, the plaintiff must show…
Missouri Consumer Law
In Missouri, the mini-FTC act is the Missouri – Merchanidising Practices Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any person who acts, uses or employs any deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, unfair practice or the concealment, suppression, or omission of any material fact in connection with the sale or…
Mississippi Consumer Law
In Mississippi, the mini-FTC act is the Mississippi – Consumer Protection Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any person who sells or leases goods or services primarily for personal, family or household purposes, thereby causing an ascertainable loss of money or property, real or personal, as a result of the…
Minnesota Consumer Law
In Minnesota, the mini-FTC acts are Minnesota – additional duties of attorney general; Minnesota – False Statement in Advertising Act; Minnesota – Prevention of Consumer Fraud Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any person who acts, uses or employs any fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, misleading statement or deceptive…
Michigan Consumer Law
In Michigan, the mini-FTC act is the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any person who employs unfair, unconscionable, or deceptive methods, acts, or practices in the conduct of trade or commerce; defined as follows – proscribed acts. To sustain an action, the plaintiff need not show…
Massachusetts Consumer Law
In Massachusetts, the mini-FTC act is the Massachusetts – Regulation of Business Practices for Consumers Protection Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any person who employs any method, act or practice declared to be unlawful by section two or any rule or regulation issued thereunder. To sustain an action, the…
Maryland Consumer Law
In Maryland, the mini-FTC act is the Maryland – Consumer Protection Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any person employs unfair or deceptive trade practices including any proscribed practices. To sustain an action, the plaintiff must show actual harm due to the defendant’s conduct. There is no statute of limitations…
Maine Consumer Law
In Maine,the mini-FTC act is the Maine – Unfair Trade Practices Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any person who sells or leases good, services or property, real or personal, primarily for personal, family or household purposes using unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in…
Kentucky Consumer Law
In Kentucky, the mini-FTC act is <Kentucky – Consumer Protection Act>. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when any “person” (natural persons, corporations, trusts, partnerships, incorporated or unincorporated associations, and any other legal entity) who uses or employs any act or method herein declared unlawful. To sustain an action, the plaintiff must…
Kansas Consumer Law
In Kansas, the mini-FTC act is the Kansas – Deceptive Consumer Sales Act. Under this legislation, plaintiffs have a cause of action when a ”supplier” defined as; “A seller, lessor, assignor, or other person who regularly engages in or solicits consumer transactions, including soliciting a consumer transaction by using a telephone facsimile machine to transmit…