Consumer Law

Catalog description

7v15. 2-3 hours. This course is designed to provide an introduction to consumer rights against creditors, including rights granted under the Texas Debt Collection Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.3-credit offeringCoverage includes: i) an Overview of Consumer Law, which includes its origins and the types of law that apply to consumer issues; ii) Consumer-meets-Business issues, which include Solicitation, Advertising and Credit Reporting and Discrimination issues; iii) Terms and Financing issues, including unfair/deceptive practices, warranties, usury, home purchases/mortgages, credit card and automobile transactions, student loans, payday loans and banking/online transactions; and iv) Enforcement issues, including debtor rights, creditor rights and ADR.2-credit offeringCourse will merge some of the sub-issues above into broader coverage, while applying more particular focus on the Terms/Financing and Enforcement issues described above.