International Consumer Protection

• If the Shoe Fits: Reconciling the International Shoe Minimum Contacts Test with the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

Cybersquatting is the act of reserving a domain name, and then seeking to profit by selling or licensing the name to a company that has an interest in being identified with it. Cybersquatting and the problems associated with it highlight some of the most metaphysical questions surrounding legal problems in the Internet world. In response to these growing concerns, Congress enacted the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), which plaintiffs have used several times in exactly these types of actions in an attempt to rein in cybersquatting. This note argues that the in rem provision of the ACPA is unconstitutional and should be considered an invalid exercise of Congress's power because it represents this country's unlawful stranglehold on legal regulation of the Internet. In par...

• Vanderbilt Law Review
• Vol. 61 Nbr. 6, November 2008

• Berger & Montague, P.C. Files Class Action Suit Against L.A. Fitness International, LLC Alleging Breach of Contract and Violation of State Consumer Protection Laws.

PHILADELPHIA -- The law firm of Berger & Montague, P.C. has filed a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on beha...

• Business Wire
• March 04, 2011

• Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Associate Director for International Consumer Protection,

• FR, July 10, 2002
• Notices
• Federal Trade Commission

• Eaton Advances Dialogue on Consumer Protection and Counterfeit Electrical Products at International Intellectual Property Crime Conference in Hong Kong.

HONG KONG -- Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced that it is a lead Platinum sponsor of the 2010 International Law En...

• Business Wire
• October 19, 2010

• Organization, functions, and authority delegations: International Consumer Protection; Associate Director,

• FR, July 23, 2004
• Notices
• Federal Trade Commission

• Jason Hill Joins the Law Firm of Smithamundsen Llc

CHICAGO, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The law firm of SmithAmundsen LLC announces that Jason Hill has joined the St. Louis office as a partner in the Corporate and Transactional Services group. Jason has been in private practice since 2006 and during that time has won impressive legal victories for businesses with local, national, and international interests. The addition of Hill's talents furthers the firm's multi-dimensional legal business services growth in Missouri. Jason handles matters for public and private sector clients including advising on transactional and compliance issues. He practices extensively in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, commercial finance transactions (lender and borrower), domestic and international contracts, Uniform Commerc...

• U.S. Newswire
• September 06, 2011

• Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Associate Director for International Consumer Protection,

• FR, March 24, 2006
• Notices
• Federal Trade Commission

• Ombudsman Programs

... status or condition may warrant extra protection or monitoring of rights. They include the elderly,... establish ombudsman offices at the international, national, state, and local levels. Special Intere...

• Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
• Consumer Issues

• Organization, functions, and authority delegations: International Consumer Protection Associate Director,

• FR, October 21, 2003
• Notices
• Federal Trade Commission

• Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Associate Director for International Consumer Protection,

• FR, February 07, 2005
• Notices
• Federal Trade Commission