Research Catalog

Title

The practice of consumer law : seeking economic justice / Robert J. Hobbs, Stephen Gardner; contributing author: Carolyn L. Carter.

Author

Hobbs, Robert J.

Publication

Boston, MA : National Consumer Law Center ; Washington, D.C. : National Association of Consumer Advocates, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gardner, Stephen, 1951-
• Carter, Carolyn L.

Description

xxx, 370 p.; 28 cm. +

Subject

• Consumer protection > Law and legislation > United States
• Actions and defenses > United States
• Pleading > United States
• Practice of law > United States

Note

• "With CD-Rom."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows-based PC with a CD-Rom drive; Acrobat Reader 5 or later.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Overview: the practice of consumer law -- The consumer movement -- Starting a private consumer law practice -- Making money on small consumer claims -- The importance of legal services consumer law specialization -- Consumer advocacy in government and academics -- Ethical issues in the practice of consumer law -- Fifty ways to lose a winner, or, "Kids! Don't try this at home!" -- Troublesome businesses and common legal approaches -- Analysis of consumer transactions -- Keeping America's economy strong: enforcing consumer protection laws as Congress intended -- A guide to price traps in mortgage loans -- Saving a client's home through bankruptcy -- Is that arbitration clause unconscionable? Prove it! -- Car cases 101: creating the interview form -- Formal and informal discovery -- Expert witnesses -- "Keep your hands up!"-trade secrets, protective orders, and the smoking gun -- Settling consumer cases -- Consumer litigation's tax consequences for prevailing clients -- Trial of consumer cases -- Consumer law remedies in individual suits -- Common defenses and defense tactics -- Consumer class actions -- Preparing your first appellate argument -- Historical development of consumer law: usury laws -- The use of testers and investigators in civil litigation -- Client retainer forms and co-counseling agreement -- Intake and investigation practice aids -- Sample pleadings, discovery and memorandum of law -- Consumer lawyers' brief biographies -- Abbreviations and consumer lawyer alphabet soup -- NACA consumer class action guidelines -- Free legal resources on the internet.

ISBN

1931697868

LCCN

^^2005910045

OCLC

• 65340855
• SCSB-10225343

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library