Overview: the practice of consumer law -- The consumer movement -- Starting a private consumer law practice -- Ethical issues in the practice of consumer law -- Starting a legal services consumer law specialization -- Consumer advocacy in government and academics -- Consumer law remedies in individual suits -- Common defenses and defense tactics -- Consumer class actions -- Troublesome businesses and common legal approaches -- Analysis of consumer transactions -- Historical development of consumer law: usury laws -- Making money on small consumer claims -- How to take an out-of-state deposition.
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