Courses

College of Law

Consumer Protection (2 Credits)

Course Number: 6915
Professor: Dee Pridgen
Credit Hours & Type of Credit: 2
Semester Offered: Spring  
Required: n/a
Prerequisites: n/a
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Course Description: This is a two-hour paper course, meeting once a week on Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:50 on Zoom.  The paper can be used to fulfill the advanced writing requirement.  The course will cover the work of the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state and private cases under state unfair and deceptive practices acts, as well as the law of advertising and marketing, consumer credit, and consumer privacy.  Some current topics include proposed regulations on deceptive earnings claims by employers, commercial surveillance and personal data security, “junk fees,” “impersonation fraud,” use of fake consumer reviews and social media influencers, “negative options” (such as subscription services with auto renewal), as well as deceptive labelling of food products.  

Course Materials: Text will be Pridgen, Sovern & Peterson, Consumer Law: Cases and Materials (West Academic 5^th ed. 2020).   
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Written Assignments: Paper (I don’t know what these usually state)
Type of Exam: Paper
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