Since the passage of state Unfair and Deceptive Practices Acts (UDAP) in the late 1970’s, all state attorneys general have responsibility in the area of consumer protection. This week discusses the broad nature of that authority as and how state attorneys general cooperate with other attorneys general on multistate matters.

1. Ch 93A: Regulation of Business Practices for Consumer's Protection. (Ma. Consumer Protection Statute) (2013)
2. Consumer Protection Attorney General website sampling, (2015)
3. Henry N. Butler & Joshua D. Wright, Are State Consumer Protection Acts Really Little-FTC Acts?, 63 Fla. L. Rev. 163 (2011)
4. Dougherty C., [March 10, 2015]CFPB Finds Arbitration Harms Consumers, Presaging New Rules, Bloomberg Business
5. Accretive Readings – 2012-2014: “Tolan’s Way,” Steven Strahler, Crain’s Chicago Business, March 3, 2008
6. Minnesota Attorney General v Accretive various articles 2012- 2015
7. Collection of Uber Readings
8. Adam Liptak, "Justices Will Hear Challenges to Mandatory Employee Arbitration," New York Times, Jan. 13, 2017
9. Gisriel, Sarah, “West Virginia Attorney General reaches settlement with Frontier”, December 10, 2015
10. Faiz Siddiqui, “The Koran-burning preacher has been driving for Uber,” The Washington Post, Feb. 4, 2017