{"id":131,"date":"2008-11-14T12:48:08","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T17:48:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-29T15:41:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T20:41:55","slug":"stetson-law-seminars-educate-florida-seniors-about-consumer-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2008\/11\/14\/stetson-law-seminars-educate-florida-seniors-about-consumer-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Stetson Law seminars educate Florida seniors about consumer fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contact Brandi Palmer<br \/>Communications Specialist<br \/>727-562-7381<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulfport, Fla. <\/strong>&#8211; Stetson University College of Law&#8217;s Elder Consumer Protection Program will present free seminars for seniors throughout Florida about the dangers of consumer fraud at events from August through December.<\/p>\n<p>Elder Consumer Protection Fellows Professor Nick Cox, Erika Dine, and Bronwyn Stanford will speak about how to avoid being victimized by consumer scams at the following events:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tampa Bay area<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Identity Theft and Price Gouging,&#8221; Sept. 9, 12 p.m., Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Duffy Center, 10110 N. 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Stetson, a national leader in the field of elder law, has partnered with the Florida Attorney General&#8217;s Office, AARP and the legal community to increase public awareness of consumer fraud against senior citizens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Stetson University College of Law\u2019s Elder Consumer Protection Program<br \/>\nwill present free seminars for seniors throughout Florida about the<br \/>\ndangers of consumer fraud at events from August through December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[748,747,620],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-1","tag-consumer-fraud","tag-seminars","tag-seniors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stetson Law seminars educate Florida seniors about consumer fraud - 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