Consumer Protection in the States: A 50-State Evaluation of Unfair and Deceptive Practices Laws
Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices (UDAP) laws should be the backbone of consumer protection in every state. Yet in many states these statutes fall far short of their goal of deterring and remedying a broad range of predatory, deceptive, and unscrupulous business practices. This report evaluates the strength of each state’s UDAP statute, and…