Consumer protection refers to the laws designed to aid retail consumers of goods and services that have been improperly manufactured, delivered, performed, handled, or described. Such laws provide the retail consumer with additional protections and remedies not generally provided to merchants and others who engage in business transactions, on the premise that the consumers do not enjoy a sufficient bargaining position with respect to the businessmen with whom they deal and therefore should not be strictly limited by the legal rules that govern recovery for damages among businessmen. The overarching goal is to protect individuals and the interest of the public in general from unfair and misleading activity in business and commerce (such as false advertising and deceptive trade practices) and scams perpetrated by criminals (such as identity theft and pyramid schemes) that harm a substantial number of consumers.
Bremo Bluff is an unincorporated town in Fluvanna County, Virginia. It located on the James River, at the railroad junction of CSX Transportation's James River line and the Buckingham Branch Railroad's branch to Dillwyn, Virginia. The Bremo Historic District, covering a plantation which may have been designed in part by Thomas Jefferson, is located in the town, as is the Bremo Slave Chapel; the former is a National Historic Landmark, while the latter is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.