COURSE DESCRIPTION
Navigate the complex regulatory landscape governing consumer transactions where federal and state protection laws create extensive compliance obligations for businesses selling goods and services to individual consumers. This foundational program provides essential guidance on the legal framework governing consumer sales, financing, and warranty obligations. Master the fundamental requirements that govern consumer-facing businesses in today's heavily regulated marketplace.
- Understand Truth in Lending Act and fair credit reporting requirements affecting consumer financing arrangements
- Navigate warranty obligations including Magnuson-Moss Act requirements and state lemon law compliance
- Address consumer protection law compliance including FTC Act requirements and state UDAP statutes
- Design sales processes and documentation that comply with consumer protection requirements while facilitating business operations
Speaker:
Steven O. Weise is a partner in the Los Angeles office Proskauer Rose, LLP, where his practice encompasses all areas of commercial law. He has extensive experience in financings, particularly those secured by personal property. He also handles matters involving real property anti-deficiency laws, workouts, guarantees, sales of goods, letters of credit, commercial paper and checks, and investment securities. Mr. Weise formerly served as chair of the ABA Business Law Section. He has also served as a member of the Permanent Editorial Board of the UCC and as an Advisor to the UCC Code Article 9 Drafting Committee. Mr. Weise received his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law.