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Professor Nehf Discusses State's Consumer Sales Statute for Story in Indy Star
12/03/2018
A family in Indianapolis is suing Indianapolis Public Schools because it says the district misled them in the marketing of the opportunities available to students at one of its magnet high schools. It's a case that could set a precedent for Indiana's public schools, Professor James Nehf said in the story published December 2.
Marketing and advertising activity is regulated in several different ways. The Federal Trade Commission oversees some aspects and each state has its own deceptive consumer practice act that supplements federal law. Indiana’s statute is defined pretty broadly, Professor Nehf said in the story.
“The statute covers what is calls suppliers, defined as any person who regularly engages in or solicits consumer transactions,” he said in the piece. “Arguably a school is engaged in the disposition of educational services.”
Professor Nehf is the Cleon H. Foust Fellow and a John S. Grimes Fellow at IU McKinney. He has been teaching contracts, consumer law, and commercial law subjects for more than 20 years, and is an internationally recognized expert in consumer privacy and financial services law. He serves as an executive board member of the International Consumer Law Association, a global society of consumer law scholars and policy makers.
