united-states consumer-protection
How can tourists compare Consumer Protection laws, across the glut of USA jurisdictions?
<h4>1. What up-to-date resources compare the profusion of consumer protection legislations in the USA?</h4>
<h4>2.  How can tourists pick the American jurisdictions with the most consumer-friendly laws?</h4>
<p>Many travelers do not know, or are stunned to find out when something goes awry,  the fact that <a href="https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2021/08/drafting-choice-of-law-for-us-agreements" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;[i]n the United States, <strong>contracts are governed by state law: with rare exceptions (such as certain contracts to which the federal government is a party), there is no such thing as U.S. contract law. [emphasis mine]</strong> However, the laws of the 50 U.S. states — as well as those of the handful of U.S. territories — are generally consistent in applying a &quot;freedom of contract&quot; approach to commercial agreements between sophisticated (or presumed to be sophisticated) parties. Accordingly, choice of law and choice of forum provisions in commercial agreements are generally enforced in accordance with the contract language.&quot;</a></p>
<p>Even lawyers probably cannot know about, keep abreast of, or compare, the consumer laws for each  US jurisdiction that change constantly   — California's <a href="https://www.nitalemonlaw.com/resources" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Consumers Legal Remedies Act</a> vs.  New York's <a href="https://www.gibsondunn.com/new-york-court-of-appeals-clarifies-reach-of-new-york-consumer-protection-statute/#_ftn2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">General Business Law </a> vs. Washington state's <a href="https://www.atg.wa.gov/consumer-protection" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;Consumer Protection Act (RCW 19.86)&quot;</a> vs. <a href="https://oag.dc.gov/consumer-protection/other-consumer-help-agencies-and-websites/submit-consumer-complaint/district-columbia-consumer-protection-laws" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Consumer Protection Procedures Act DC Official Code §§ 28-3901 to 28-3913</a>.</p>

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<li>What up-to-date resources compare the profusion of consumer protection legislations in the USA?</li>
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<p>Each state publishes their laws. Google search is usually the first stop.</p>
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<li>How can tourists pick the American jurisdictions with the most consumer-friendly laws?</li>
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<p>Tourists don’t usually pick their destination based on local consumer protection law; they base it on what they want to experience.</p>
<p>If they want to see the Statue of Liberty their plans have to include New York although long distance views are available from New Jersey. Yosemite necessarily involves California, New Orleans - Louisiana, Memphis - Tennessee etc.</p>

<p>You would start by reading <a href="https://www.nclc.org/resources/how-well-do-states-protect-consumers/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this evaluation</a>, and the associated appendices. This provides you with three-way evaluation of various legal facts which the authors deem to indicate &quot;consumer-friendliness&quot;. In some states coverage of insurance is strong and in some it is weak; in some states the area of &quot;consumer suit without proof of impact&quot; is a strong protection and in some it is weak. You can then determine for yourself which criterion is most important to you. Bear in mind that this is limited to the scope of Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices laws, which is only a subset of contractual relations. For the Uniform Commercial Code, you would look at a resource like <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/table_ucc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>, and for consumer data privacy, <a href="https://www.security.org/resources/digital-privacy-legislation-by-state/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this one</a>. You will really need to specify the kinds of law you are looking for, more specific than &quot;consumer protection&quot;.</p>
