Loyola Consumer Law Review
Past Issues of Consumer Law Review
LOYOLA CONSUMER LAW REVIEW, VOLUME 19
Volume 19 of the Consumer Law Review includes four issues. Links to each issue one through four are below. In addition to the articles, each issue contains a Consumer News section.
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Issue 4
- The Failure of Federal Authorities to Protect American Energy Consumers from Market Power and Other Abusive Practices
by Mark N. Cooper - Standard Oil Rises Again: How Eroding Legal Protections and Lax Regulatory Oversight Harm Consumers?
by Tyson Slocum - Using Dagher to Refine the Analysis of Mergers and Joint Ventures in Petroleum Industries and Beyond
by Peter C. Carstensen - The Price of Emission: Will Liability Insurance Cover Damages Resulting from Global Warming?
by Noel C. Paul
Issue 3
- The NHTSA's Evaluation of Automobile Safety Systems: Active or Passive?
by Haroon H. Hamid - A Discussion of the Deregulation of the Energy Industry in Illinois and Its Effects on Consumers
by Brian De Virgilio - Nominative Fair Use and Internet Aggregators: Copyright and Trademark Challenges Posed by Bots, Web Crawlers and Screen-Scraping Technologies
by Sean O'Reilly - Starring Brand X: When the Product Becomes More Important Than the Plot
by Cindy Tsai
Issue 2
- Identity Theft and Consumer Protection: Finding Sensible Approaches to Safeguard Personal Data in the United States and Canada
by Kamaal Zaidi - Disparate Impact, Federal/State Tension, and the Use of Credit Scores by Insurance Companies
by Ian O'Neill - The Law and Economics of Hoarding
by Keith Sharfman - Cyberspace: An Emerging Safe Haven for Housing Discrimination
by Jeffrey M. Sussman
Issue 1
- Deceptive Claims for Prepaid Telephone Cards and the Need for Regulation
by Mark E. Budnitz, Martina Rojo, and Julia Marlowe - The Irony of Transparency: Unintended Consequences of Wireless Truth-in-Billing
by Jerry Ellig and James N. Taylor - An Analysis of Ebay, Inc. v. Mercexchange, L.L.C.: Patenting Gone Awry
by James J. Lisak
LOYOLA CONSUMER LAW REVIEW, VOLUME 18
Volume 18 of the Consumer Law Review includes three issues. Links to each article from issues one through three are below. In addition to the articles, each issue contains a Consumer News section.
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Issue 4
- Guarding Against the High Risk of High Deductible Health Plans: A Proposal for Regulatory Protections
by Michele Melden - Ticket Scalping: Same Old Problem with a Brand New Twist
by Jonathan Bell - Timeshare Ownership: Regulation and Common Sense
by David A. Bowen - Avian Flu: The Consumer Costs of Preparing for Global Pandemic
by Joseph Nicosia III
Issue 3
- Indentity Theft, Its Environment and Proposals for Change
by Gary M. Victor - Does Ballet Discipline Require More Than Market Discipline? A Proposal for State Licensing of Ballet Instructors and Schools
by Vanina and Dennis Wilson - Will Credit Cardholders Default Over Minimum Payment Hikes?
by Julia Lane - Infringement Lawsuits: The Continuing Battle Between Patent Law and Antitrust Law in the Pharmaceutical Industry
by Lisa M. Natter
Issue 2
- Trademark "Coexistence" Agreements: Legitimate Contracts or Tools of Consumer Deception?
by Marianna Moss - The Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994: Extending Liability for Predatory Subprime Loans to Secondary Mortgage Market Participants
by Lisa Keyfetz - Hidden Costs to Homeowners: The Prevalent Non-Disclosure of Yield Spread Premiums in Mortgage Loan Transactions
by Peter J. Hong and Marcos Reza - Schemes and Scams: Auction Fraud and the Culpability of Host Auction Websites
by Dara Chevlin
Issue 1
- Consuming Debt: Structuring the Federal Response to Abuses in Consumer Credit
by Heidi Mandanis Schooner - Fax Blasting at the OK Corral: Is the FCC Shooting from the Hip?
by Brook M. Carey - A Critical Look at the Non-Economic Damage Cap of the HEALTH Act of 2005 and its Impact on Consumers
by Shirley Chiu

