Consumer Protection CLE Course Catalog

In this program, attendees will learn what types of scams are being perpetrated right now, including scams specific to lawyers and professionals, and how you can avoid them. Our speakers will also guide you through how to differentiate a scam from a legitimate offer, and what steps you can take if you have already become the victim of a scam.

This panel of national consumer experts will provide you with the necessary tips for achieving great results in your consumer cases.

Hear tips and real-life stories from industry experts on how best to pursue a career path in commercial fraud and fraud litigation.

Our panel of expert attorneys will discuss the history of the Capper-Volstead Act and farm cooperatives' limited exemption from antitrust liability.

Join antitrust attorneys as they discuss an overview of antitrust laws, common violations of the laws and the penalties, and means of redress.

Join our panel for a high-level overview of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) and furnishing – how consumer information is collected, used, and disputed by consumers, data furnishers and consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) roles and responsibilities, including discussing the Metro 2? format.

The panel enacts three hypotheticals involving repeat filer/debtor Harry, his not-quite-blue-stocking creditor Lloyd of Lloyd’s Auto Lot, and the chapter 7 and chapter 13 trustees, Dusty and Rusty. The legal issues presented will concern the “expiring stay” for repeat filers, redemption of repossessed vehicles, a discharge violation question involving refusal to release the car lien/title, and the attendant procedural and costs questions for each. Ripe Potatoes rates this a “must see”!

Join this session for a discussion on plan vs. statutory impairment (Ultra, PG&E), treatment of third-party releases/plan proponents (Millennium (3d Cir.), SunEdison and other recent S.D.N.Y./Del. Decisions; Emerge and Cloud Peak (Del.)), and classification (Novinda (10th Cir. BAP, litigation claims against a creditor justifies separate classification from other unsecureds)). Should all similarly situated creditors have the right to participate in rights offerings, financings, etc. (PacDrilling, Peabody)? The panelists will also discuss feasibility in light of the return of debtors to bankruptcy (including in the energy and retail space). Are reorganizations being rubber-stamped too easily?

Fraud has been one of the most difficult challenges facing governments during the pandemic. Bad actors have sought to unlawfully benefit themselves using procurement fraud, price gauging and other schemes. Our expert panelists, representing federal, state, and local government enforcers as well as the corporate and on-line seller community, will discuss examples of fraud, how to detect it, ways to prevent it and lessons learned for our next public health crisis.