Beginner’s Guide to Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes in Auto Cases

Almost every state has an Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes (UDAP) consumer protection statute modeled after the one developed by the Federal Trade Commissions. These statutes are generally uniform across the country but with important differences unique to each state. Bringing a UDAP claim is an excellent starting point for consumer cases. Drawing from decades of experience in bringing UDAP claims, John Gayle and Blaine Elliot will explore how to address common challenges associated with bringing UDAP claims in an auto case.

What You Will Learn

• How to bring UDAP claims for auto cases
• What entities are covered
• What actions violate these statutes
• What damages and fees are recoverable

Speakers

Blaine received his J.D. from the University of Missouri Kansas City in 1996 and is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Missouri and Kansas. He describes his practice a small town, general practice, a place where those in a small town can find a variety of the legal services they need, but his passion is consumer law, with his focus primarily on autofraud. He took his first autofraud case in 1996 and has been a NACA member since 2004.

John Cole Gayle, Jr. is a nationally known expert on Consumer Law. His practice primarily involves Lemon Law, fraudulently induced contracts, debt settlement, and the FCRA. He is author of the 1988, 1990, 1998, and 2022 legislative amendments of the Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act (Virginia’s lemon law), and he has been involved in amendments to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. He has authored articles on Virginia’s Lemon Law for various periodicals, wrote the chapter on Consumer Statutory Remedies in the Virginia Product Liability Treatise (to be published). He was chair of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Legislative Subcommittee on Consumer Law and is the past Virginia State Chair of NACA. He received his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College, cum laude, and his J.D. from the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 1979, where he was on the National Moot Court team. He is past vestryman of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, was instrumental in initiating and developing St. Stephens’ Prison Ministry to the Richmond City Jail, and he has facilitated adult Christian education classes. In 2021 John was inducted into the Virginia Lawyer’s Hall of Fame sponsored by Lawyers Weekly of Virginia.

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