New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act & Forms

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Analysis of the case law surrounding the Act, and a complete guide to assessing and filing a claim in Superior Court for relief under the Act.

The 2024 edition of New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act & Forms is now two volumes to provide comprehensive analysis for prosecuting and defending against consumer fraud claims in New Jersey, with new, revised, and expanded materials. This book analyzes the interplay between the Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), the relevant Administrative Rules, the New Jersey Court Rules, and case law interpreting these subjects, as well as provides sample forms for CFA claims.

This edition covers the latest state and federal consumer fraud court decisions through August 2023, adds a significant number of case examples for various issues, and provides new subsection headings to quickly pinpoint specific information.

The online material accompanying the book includes a number of forms for use by those prosecuting and defending claims.

NEW IN THIS EDITION

• New discussion of several elements of per se CFA violations
• A new chapter on tax preparation services
• Discussion of liability for abusive commercial practices following a 2022 amendment to the CFA
• New discussion of registration requirements for service contract providers, plus the disclosure required when a service contract is offered by a non-public entity using a public entity’s name
• Expanded coverage of the Predatory Towing Prevention Act
• Analysis of changes to private litigants’ obligation to notify the Attorney General of case activity

Paul DePetris

Paul DePetris is a partner at Perlman-DePetris Consumer Law and a sole practitioner concentrating on consumer and commercial individual and class action litigation, including Consumer Fraud Act, common law fraud, Lemon Law, warranty, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, commercial contract disputes and civil appeals. He also prepares trial court and appellate briefs for law firms on a wide variety of subjects. DePetris has prosecuted and defended Consumer Fraud Act claims involving real estate sales, tenancies, home repairs, home inspections, automobile sales and repairs, appliance sales, furniture sales, service contracts and debt collection. He has represented and counseled consumers, real estate brokers, real estate agents, landlords, home improvement contractors, home inspectors, automotive lenders, automotive dealerships and automotive repair shops about Consumer Fraud Act claims. DePetris is admitted to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bars.

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