Sentences with phrase «deceptive acts»

In the complaint filed on February 2, 2017, the county alleged the defendants «engaged in deceptive acts and practices, false advertising, fraud, and unjust enrichment».

While no suit has been officially filed, bidding documents from the Attorney General's office indicate that the state is preparing to hire outside counsel for «commencing legal action against Theranos, Inc. and its closely related subsidiaries for violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act arising out of Theranos Inc.'s long - running scheme of deceptive acts and misrepresentations relating to the capabilities and operation of Theranos blood testing equipment.»

Back in January, it was reported that the CFPB's lawsuit claimed Navient committed deceptive acts such as giving the wrong payment information to borrowers, processing their payments incorrectly, not responding to customer complaints, and falsely reporting that injured military veterans, who can qualify for student loan forgiveness, had defaulted on their loans, which damaged their credit score.

First, the State Attorney General has filed a groundbreaking complaint against the infamous scanner troll MPHJ Technology, alleging unfair and deceptive acts under Vermont's Consumer Protection Act (PDF of the complaint).

TSR is applied to any telephone sales to protect consumers from deceptive acts and claims.

Pennsylvania attorney general Josh Shapiro filed the suit against Navient Corp. on Thursday with suspected widespread abuses and deceptive acts on loan administration.

The Bureau's complaint alleges that Aria and his businesses violated the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's prohibition against deceptive acts and practices by misleading consumers about their services.

IC 24 -5-15-5 Deceptive acts Sec. 5.

According to the CFPB director, Richard Cordray, the agency is going to make sure that the companies that are practicing deceptive acts contrary to law will not be tolerated and they will make sure that they will pay for their insolence.

There would still be an element of cherry picking if only the «good» series were portrayed, but there wouldn't be the overtly deceptive act of pretending the MXD series supports the contention in question when in fact it does not when viewed in its entirety.

To make matters worse, Lacroix and Paradis - Royer allegedly misappropriated investor funds and engaged in other deceptive acts.

The FTC also claimed that VTech USA expressly violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by engaging in several deceptive acts or practices, including by falsely stating in its privacy policy that most personal information (including registration data) submitted by users through the Planet VTech and Learning Lodge platform / apps would be encrypted in transmission / storage, but this was, in fact, not done.

The court went on to affirm dismissal of Offerors» unfair or deceptive act claim on the basis that such a claim could only survive under the state's law when the act in question affected the public interest.

It also argued that the sale of a home between non-merchants does not fall under the VCFA, which only prohibits deceptive acts or practices «in commerce.»

This behavior has gotten the attention of state attorneys general, starting with Vermont, who filed a complaint in May against the same now infamous «scanner troll» (MPHJ Technology), alleging unfair and deceptive acts under Vermont's Consumer Protection Act (PDF of the complaint).

That's why the FTC charged Facebook with eight counts of deceptive acts and practices.

In the complaint filed on February 2, 2017, the county alleged the defendants «engaged in deceptive acts and practices, false...

Advertisers that fail to abide by the FTC's instructions could be found in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act, which bans «unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.»

A project creator was charged with using «unfair or deceptive acts» to raise more than $ 120,000 on the crowdfunding platform, which he allegedly spent on personal expenses.

If the company withheld information, which would be a deceptive act, the company could face record fines for violating its promises to the agency.

«The Attorney General, unlike a private litigant... is required only to prove that unfair or deceptive acts or practices took place in trade or commerce; she is not required to prove or quantify resulting economic injury,» the judge wrote.

He said there's a «strong possibility» that Facebook violated its consent decree while Cambridge Analytica violated federal rules that prohibit unfair, deceptive acts or practices.

The CFPB concluded that the company and its affiliates violated the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's prohibitions against unfair and deceptive acts and practices, and also the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Smith was consequently held liable as an individual, with a jury finding that his poor home inspection performance constituted «unfair or deceptive acts or practices» which violated the Montana Home Inspection Trade Practices Act and the Montana Consumer Protection Act.

Engage, directly or indirectly, in a fraudulent or deceptive act, practice, or course of business in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization.

(D) Engage, directly or indirectly, in an unconscionable, unfair, or deceptive act or practice, as those terms are used and defined in Chapter 1345.

(L) Engage, directly or indirectly, in any fraudulent or deceptive act, practice, or course of business in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization.

A mortgage vet would also know that under HOEPA's Section 129 (I), the Federal Reserve has expansive powers to deal with unfair and deceptive acts or practices (UDAP) regarding ALL loans.

(c) Any violation of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce under section 480 - 2.

(a) Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce are unlawful.

(d) No person other than a consumer, the attorney general or the director of the office of consumer protection may bring an action based upon unfair or deceptive acts or practices declared unlawful by this section.

The following are deceptive acts: (1) To charge or receive money or other valuable consideration before the complete performance of services that a credit services organization has agreed to perform for or on behalf of a consumer, unless the credit services organization has under section 8 of this chapter: (A) obtained a surety bond issued by a surety company admitted to do business in Indiana; or (B) established an irrevocable letter of credit.

I think the definition of a deceptive act is one of those things that you know it when you see it but the FTC said that an act or practice is deceptive if:

The OCC has issued guidance to national banks on credit card practices that are unacceptable because they may constitute unfair or deceptive acts or practices.

The Florida law which governs this reduces to saying «Unfair methods of competition, unconscionable acts or practices, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful», and then refers the reader (judge interpreting the law) to their intent to give due consideration to the Federal Trade Commission Act (because they don't say what counts as a deceptive or unfair practice).

Deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any business, trade or commerce or in the furnishing of any service in this state are hereby declared unlawful.

Chapter 93A protects the public against «[u] nfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices,» and authorizes consumers to sue businesses engaging in such activities.