Professor Pridgen's Presentations

Conference faculty and presenter, The Importance of Consumer Law, at Teaching Consumer Law Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 18-19, 2018

Conference faculty and presenter, What is New with the ALI Restatement of Consumer Contracts at Teaching Consumer Law Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, in conjunction with the University of Houston Law Center and the University of New Mexico School of Law, May 20-21, 2016

Lecturer, The Untapped Abusive Practices Authority at the CFPB: Possibilities for the Future and Lessons from the FTCs Experience with Unfair Trade Practices, Attorney training session, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Enforcement Division, Washington, D.C., June 23, 2015

Guest lecturer in two consumer protection classes, one undergraduate, one graduate, at Aoyama University, Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan, April 16-17, 2015

Panelist and debater, How Much Is Enough? The Evolving Advertising Substantiation Standard(s), at the American Bar Association Consumer Protection Conference, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., February 12, 2015,

Panelist, Teaching in the Contracts/Commercial/Consumer Law Curriculum: Challenges and Innovations, at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2015

2014 Conference co-planner and presenter, Food: Perceptions, Practices and Policies, presenting Is POM Wonder Really So Wonderful? How the FTC, the FDA and Private Litigation Address Deceptive Food Advertising, 14th Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY, October 8-10, 2014,

Conference faculty and presenter, Increasing the Prominence of Consumer Law and Influencing Policy at Teaching Consumer Law Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, in conjunction with the University of Houston Law Center, May 30-31, 2014

2013 Conference co-planner, Navigating the New Healthcare Market, 13th Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY, October 3-5, 2013

Guest lecturer at Faculty Seminar, Changes in U.S. Consumer Financial Protection, at Aoyama University, Tokyo, Japan, April 22, 2013

2012 Conference co-planner and presenter, Sea Changes in Consumer Protection: Stronger Agency and Stronger Laws, at Consumer Financial Protection Who is in Charge 12th Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY, October 4, 2012

Conference faculty and presenter, Substance and Disclosure in Consumer Credit at Teaching Consumer Law Conference, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Houston, TXs, May 18-19, 2012

Symposium presenter, Putting Some Teeth in TILA: From Disclosure to Substantive Regulation in the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2010, Loyola Consumer Law Review Symposium 2012, The Continuing Effects of the Mortgage Crisis on Consumers, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, , February 24, 2012

2011 Conference co-chair and presenter, 21st Century Snake Oil Sales: FTC Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drug Marketing, at Pills, Potions and Profits, 11th Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY, , October 6, 2011

Conference co-chair and presenter, Consumer Privacy in the Digital Marketplace: Federal Initiatives, at Unlocking the Digital Marketplace Legal and Ethical Issues 10th Annual Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY, October 1, 2010

Testified before U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance on The Federal Trade Commission's Enforcement Tools against Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices in Financial Products and Services and other Sectors, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2010

Conference co-chair and presenter on Food Phobia: Weight Loss and Dietary Supplement Marketing Issues, at Food Safety, Security and Sources 9th Annual Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY, September 25, 2009

Conference co-chair and presenter on The Federal Trade Commission Goes Green: New Initiatives on Energy for Consumers, at Focus on Energy and Telecommunications 8th Annual Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY, September 25, 2008

Conference faculty and moderator of Striking the Balance between Hot Topics and Foundational Subjects at Fourth Teaching Consumer Law Conference, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Houston, TX, May 23-24, 2008

Presented paper, Fair Credit Reporting Act: Navigating the Maze, at 7th Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, WY, Sept. 27, 2007

Presented paper, Predatory Lending Issues, 6th Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, September 28, 2006

Conference faculty and moderator, Teaching Materials: Past, Present and Future, and Hot Topics in Consumer Law, at Third Teaching Consumer Law Conference, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Houston, Texas, May 23-24, 2008 and May 19-20, 2006

Commentator, 6th Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Loyola University Chicago, School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 2006

Presented pager, Amazing Claims: Deceptive Marketing of Weight Loss Products, at the 5th Wyoming Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, October 7th, 2004

Conference faculty and presenter on Selecting Teaching Materials, and Innovative Teaching Methods, at Teaching Consumer Law Conference, April 26-27, 2002, and May 20-21, 2004, University of Houston Center for Consumer Law, Houston, Texas, 2004

Presented paper, Truth in Lending and Consumer Leasing Disclosures: What's the Point? at the 4th Wyoming Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, March 25, 2003

Presented paper, Consumer Privacy Protection on the Internet at 3rd Wyoming Consumer Issues Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, March 15, 2002

CLE presentation on Internet Law, Wyoming Bar Association Annual Conference, Jackson, Wyoming, September 13, 2002

Presenter, Consumer Protection on the Internet, 2nd Annual Consumer Issues Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, March 20, 2001

Presented paper,Gateway to Injustice: Arbitration Imposed on U.S. Consumers by Adhesion Contracts, at the 8th International Conference on Consumer Law, Auckland, New Zealand, April 10, 2001

Presented paper, Rent-to-Own and Automobile Leasing: Information Disclosures in the United States, at the 7th International Conference on Consumer Law, Helsinki, Finland, May 21, 1999

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