Consumer Law Research Guide

The administrative agencies which regulate the various aspects of consumer law, including, among others, the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Consumer Financial Protection Board, publish their rules and regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Some selected sections include:

• Title 16 of the CFR - This details the commercial practices regulated by the Federal Trade Commission, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• 17 CFR § 160 - This section covers the privacy of consumer financial information under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

For a guide to the federal executive-branch regulatory process and the process of conducting federal administrative law research in general, see the Law Library's Administrative Law Research Guide.  Federal agencies' regulations appear in the following publications: