Restatement of the Law,

Consumer Contracts

This Restatement will focus on aspects of the law unique to consumer contracts and on regulatory techniques that are prominently applied in consumer-protection law with examples from specific statutes and regulations.
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After a spirited discussion at the 2019 Annual Meeting, the membership voted to approve § 1 of Tentative Draft No. 1, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and usual editorial prerogative.

Read the article by Steven O. Weise featured in our Spring 2019 membership newsletter. 

For an in-depth description of this project, please visit the Consumer Contracts page of The ALI Adviser. 

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Arthur R. Block Comcast Corporation
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San Francisco, CA
Julie S. Brill Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
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Washington, DC
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Columbus, OH
Clayton Gillette New York University School of Law
New York, NY
Michael M. Greenfield Washington University School of Law
Saint Louis, MO
Gail K. Hillebrand Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Retired)
Washington, DC
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Ithaca, NY
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Kelly McNamara-Corley Discover Financial Services, Inc.
Riverwoods, IL
Carlos G. Ortiz Goya Foods Inc.
Jersey City, NJ
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Laramie, WY
Margaret Jane Radin University of Michigan Law School (Retired)
Ann Arbor, MI
E. Lee Reichert, III Molson Coors Beverage Company
Chicago, IL
Christina C. Reiss U.S. District Court, District of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Elizabeth A. Renuart National Consumer Law Center
Boston, MA
Jonathan Rose Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Phoenix, AZ
Mary M. Schroeder U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Phoenix, AZ
Hans Schulte-Nölke European Legal Studies Institute
Osnabruck, Germany
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Washington, DC
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Los Angeles, CA
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Toronto, Canada
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Little Rock, AR
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Washington, DC
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Little Rock, AR
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Washington, DC
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David S. Coale Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, LLP
Dallas, TX
Neil B. Cohen Brooklyn Law School
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Martin B. Cowan New Rochelle, NY, USA
John G. Crabtree Crabtree & Auslander, LLC
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Edward Diver Langer, Grogan & Diver P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
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Lawrence, KS
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Arthur W. S. Duff The Wharton School
Greenbrae, CA, USA
Matthew H. Duncan Fine, Kaplan and Black, RPC
Philadelphia, PA
Marguerite M. Elias Gogo Inc.
Chicago, IL
David G. Epstein University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA
Howard M. Erichson Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY
Joseph P. Esposito Esposito Mediation LLC
Bethesda, MD
Samuel Estreicher New York University School of Law
New York, NY
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Austin, TX
Jay M. Feinman Rutgers Law School
Camden, NJ
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Cliffside Park, NJ
Judith K. Fitzgerald Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph Z. Fleming Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Retired)
Miami, FL
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Birmingham, AL
Theodore J. Folkman Folkman LLC
Boston, MA
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Ann Arbor, MI
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Washington, DC
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Richmond, VA
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Greensboro, NC
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Philadelphia, PA
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San Francisco, CA
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Boston, MA
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Fort Worth, TX
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Annapolis, MD
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Toledo, OH
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Albuquerque, NM
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Austin, TX
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Santa Clara, CA
Jeremy M. Goldman San Francisco City Attorney's Office
San Francisco, CA
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Jeffrey J. Greenbaum Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Newark, NJ
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Austin, TX
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Ridgeland, MS
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Philadelphia, PA
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Washington, DC
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Chicago, IL
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Chicago, IL
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Paul T. Hayden Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
William C. Heuer JP Morgan Chase
New York, NY
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Washington, DC
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Philadelphia, PA
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Berkeley, CA
C. Stephen Hsu Beijing Academy of Social Sciences
Beijing, China
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Houston, TX
Edwin E. Huddleson Washington, DC
Sarah Jane Hughes Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
Bloomington, IN
LaShonda A. Hunt U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Richard H. Hunter Hunter & Cole
St Croix, VI
J. Russell Jackson Jackson Advocates LLC
Saint Louis, MO
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Chapel Hill, NC
Edward J. Janger Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY
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Little Rock, AR
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Irvine, CA
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San Antonio, TX
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Davis, CA
Emily Kadens Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL
Michele C. Kane The Walt Disney Company
Burbank, CA
Cem Kaner Guelph, Ont, Canada
Allan Kanner Kanner & Whiteley, LLC
New Orleans, LA
Richard B. Katskee Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Washington, DC
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Los Angeles, CA
Harold H. Kim U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington, DC
Nancy S. Kim California Western School of Law
San Diego, CA
Daniel S. Kleinberger Mitchell Hamline School of Law (Retired)
Saint Paul, MN
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Jamaica, NY
Andrew D. Koblenz National Automobile Dealers Association
Tysons, VA
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Hartford, CT
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Albion, IN
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Saint Paul, MN
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New York, NY
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Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
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Champaign, IL
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Philadelphia, PA
Bill Lann Lee Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center
Berkeley, CA
Carol F. Lee Taconic Capital Advisors L.P.
New York, NY
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Washington, DC
Adam J. Levitt DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC
Chicago, IL
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Cleveland, OH
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Central Islip, NY
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Philadelphia, PA
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Ann Arbor, MI
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New York, NY
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Santa Clara, CA
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Champaign, IL
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Washington, DC
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Chicago, IL
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San Antonio, TX
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Miami Gardens, FL
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Albuquerque, NM
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Houston, TX
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Baltimore, MD
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Tampa, FL
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San Diego, CA
James A. McKenna State of Maine Office of the Attorney General
Augusta, ME
John J. "Mike" McKetta, III Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, PC
Austin, TX
Douglas Earl McLaren Law Offices of Douglas Earl McLaren
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Denver, CO
Mark S. Melodia Holland & Knight LLP
New York, NY
Thomas Butler Merritt Littleton, NH, USA
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Houston, TX
Juliet M. Moringiello Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Harrisburg, PA
Richard L. Neumeier Morrison Mahoney LLP
Boston, MA
Nathan B. Oman William & Mary Law School
Williamsburg, VA
Rafael I. Pardo Emory University School of Law
Atlanta, GA
Jacqueline A. Parker Citibank
New York, NY
R. Ashby Pate Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC
Birmingham, AL
Robert S. Peck Center for Constitutional Litigation, PC
Washington, DC
Robert H. Pemberton Texas Third Court of Appeals
Austin, TX
Jeffrey M. Pollock Fox Rothschild LLP
Lawrenceville, NJ
Norman M. Powell Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Wilmington, DE
Cheryl B. Preston Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Provo, UT
Iain D. C. Ramsay University of Kent Law School
Canterbury, England
Bernard D. Reams, Jr. St. Mary's University School of Law
San Antonio, TX
David Reiss Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY
Curtis R. Reitz University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
William L. Reynolds University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law
Baltimore, MD
Caprice L. Roberts George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
A. James Robertson, II Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
James L. Robertson Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.
Jackson, MS
Kenneth Ross Bowman and Brooke LLP
Minnetonka, MN
Elizabeth A. Rowe University of Florida Levin College of Law
Gainesville, FL
Keith A. Rowley University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Las Vegas, NV
Linda J. Rusch Seattle, WA, USA
Michael L. Rustad Suffolk University Law School
Boston, MA
Jack M. Sabatino Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division
Trenton, NJ
Christopher Lynn Sagers Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland, OH
Karen J. Sarjeant Legal Services Corporation (Retired)
Silver Spring, MD
Ronald Joseph Scalise, Jr. Tulane University School of Law
New Orleans, LA
Milton R. Schroeder Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Phoenix, AZ
Daniel Schwarcz University of Minnesota Law School
Minneapolis, MN
Paul M. Schwartz University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CA
Victor E. Schwartz Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Washington, DC
John A. Sebert Tucson, AZ, USA
Marc M. Seltzer Susman Godfrey LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Stephen L. Sepinuck Gonzaga University School of Law
Spokane, WA
Brian D. Shannon Texas Tech University School of Law
Lubbock, TX
Allen E. Shoenberger Loyola University, Chicago School of Law
Chicago, IL
Michael N. Simkovic University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
Omari Scott Simmons Wake Forest University School of Law
Winston Salem, NC
George Prescott Slover Consumer Reports
Washington, DC
B. Rush Smith, III Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Columbia, SC
Douglas G. Smith Chicago, IL, USA
Nicholas F. B. Smyth Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office
Pittsburgh, PA
David V. Snyder American University, Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
Daniel J. Solove George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Henry J. Sommer National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center
Philadelphia, PA
Luis Eduardo Sprovieri Forino - Sprovieri - Dell 'Oca - Aielo LLP
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joan E. Steinman IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Chicago, IL
Jeffrey W. Stempel University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Las Vegas, NV
Larry S. Stewart Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. (Retired)
Miami, FL
H. Mark Stichel Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C.
Baltimore, MD
Laura D. Stith Supreme Court of Missouri
Jefferson City, MO
Elizabeth S. Stong U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
Brooklyn, NY
Guy Miller Struve Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York, NY
Charles A. Sullivan Seton Hall University School of Law
Newark, NJ
Evan M. Tager Mayer Brown LLP
Washington, DC
Louise Ellen Teitz Roger Williams University School of Law
Bristol, RI
Jeffrey E. Thomas University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Kansas City, MO
Jay Tidmarsh Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, IN
Joseph P. Tomain University of Cincinnati College of Law
Cincinnati, OH
Anne M. Tucker Georgia State University College of Law
Atlanta, GA
Vicki O. Tucker Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (Retired)
Richmond, VA
Sjef van Erp Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Bea Verschraegen University of Vienna, Faculty of Law
Vienna, Austria
Dominick Vetri University of Oregon School of Law
Eugene, OR
David C. Vladeck Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC
Frederick William (Bill) Wagner Wagner McLaughlin, P.A.
Tampa, FL
Sean P. Wajert Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Dennis J. Wall Law Office of Dennis J. Wall
Winter Springs, FL
Spencer W. Waller Loyola University, Chicago School of Law
Chicago, IL
Nicholas J. Wallwork Phoenix, AZ
Stephen J. Ware University of Kansas School of Law
Lawrence, KS
Christiane C. Wendehorst University of Vienna, Department of Civil Law
Vienna, Austria
Alan M. White City University of New York School of Law
Long Island City, NY
Gerard E. Wimberly, Jr. Akerman LLP
New Orleans, LA
Jane K. Winn University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, WA
William J. Woodward Temple University Beasley School of Law (Emeritus)
Oakland, CA, USA
William A. Worthington Taylor Book Allen & Morris, LLP
Houston, TX
Candace Zierdt Stetson University College of Law
Gulfport, FL

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