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Senior Counsel Robert M. Langer has authored the Connecticut state chapter of the first edition of State Consumer Protection Law, a treatise published by the ABA’s Antitrust Law Section. Partners Steven B. Malech and Joseph Merschman both contributed to the Connecticut chapter of the predecessor treatise Consumer Protection Law Developments.

Bob is also the co-author of the definitive treatise on Connecticut’s principal consumer protection statute…

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Connecticut has amended its credit card surcharge law, effective as of May 24, 2022, that imposes important disclosure requirements in order for companies to offer discounts to customers who choose to pay in cash rather than by credit card. [1]

What is a Surcharge?

A surcharge is “an additional charge or fee that increases the total amount of a transaction for the privilege of using…

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The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday in Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, et al. that may greatly expand the reach of Connecticut’s principal consumer protection and business litigation statute, the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (“CUTPA”), to include business conduct not previously generally understood to be subject to CUTPA. CUTPA is Connecticut’s version of the Federal Trade Commission Act, but unlike the FTC…

Read More Connecticut Supreme Court Ruling in Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, et al. Expands Scope of CUTPA

Wiggin and Dana proudly announces the release of the Unfair Trade Practices (Vol. 12, Connecticut Practice Series) 2006 Pocket Part. The 300 page pocket part contains an extensive discussion of the “unfairness doctrine” that is considered “must reading” for practitioners in the field. The Pocket contains a new antitrust chapter, Chapter 9, not found in the original book.

The co-authors of the Unfair Trade Practices…

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From the Newsletter, Page 3.

Having spent twenty-one years in the service of the public, and the last seven years in the private practice of law, I have taken on the task, perhaps quite presumptuously, of moralizing to two constituencies — my current brethren and my former brethren.

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Read More ABA Newsletter of the Consumer Protection Committee — Serving The Client And The Public: Lessons From A Former State Assistant Attorney General