Consumer Laws
Consumer laws are in place to protect consumer-to-business interactions on the consumer’s side. State and federal laws are also in place for consumer protection. Consumer protection ensures that you, the consumer, are not scammed, deceived, injured, or taken advantage of while attempting to conduct honest business. These laws are meant to balance the power between buyers and sellers by regulating commerce, so that dishonest tactics do not flood the marketplace.
Consumer Rights
Though not on the legal books as actual laws, consumers’ rights detail how consumer laws are meant to be interpreted in practice. All of the lawsuits and disputes that put the existing consumer laws into place are predicated on consumers’ rights. Fewer legal conflicts will arise when businesses accept and base their business practices on consumers’ rights. Until then, hiring a consumer law attorney to advocate for your rights is a necessity. Consumer rights ensure your right:
To Safety
Anything you buy or use should not harm you. The products that you use should be safe when used as directed.
To Be Heard
If you have been wronged or your consumer rights have been violated, you have the right to address the business that sold you a dishonest service or product and request compensation.
To Choose
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This area of consumer laws involves more extensive federal laws, including unfair competition and anti-trust laws that govern monopolies. You have the right to choose between product and service alternatives. For example, AB InBEv is being investigated for controlling 46% of global beer profits.
To Be Informed
You have the right to know precisely what a product or service entails, and those ingredients or details should be listed in a clear and obvious way so that you can make an informed choice. Millions of elderly Americans are scammed every year with dishonest tactics.
Consumer Attorneys
A consumer law attorney has several courses of action that they can take to represent your case. Depending on how you have been affected, your attorney may take one or more routes depending on the outcomes. The first and least expensive route is to contact the attorney general in the state where you live or where the business that wronged you is located. The attorney general may mitigate the problem and rectify the wrongdoing without an expensive court battle. Another option is an out-of-court settlement, where your compensation for harm is negotiated out of court between your lawyer and a company representative. A third way is a legal case between just you and the business or could lead to a class-action suit involving many others also wronged.
A consumer law attorney may be the best recourse for a defective product or scam, amongst other dishonest business practices. Use Billy to find a consumer lawyer that will represent your case and even take up the cause for a class action suit, if need be.
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