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.
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