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

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Includes a Live Web Event on 03/19/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)

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

John Cole Gayle, Jr.

Founder

The Consumer Law Group, P.C.

John Cole Gayle, Jr. founded his law firm, The Consumer Law Group, P.C., of Richmond, VA, in 2001. He has concentrated his practice in consumer law for over twenty-five years. His practice primarily involves lemon law, fraudulent contracts, and consumer credit problems. He is the chair of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association legislative subcommittee on consumer law and is the past NACA state chair of Virginia.

Blaine Elliot

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.