Sentences with phrase «deceptive trade practices in»

Defended online consumer retailer in state - court class action involving alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices in connection with shipping and handling charges

Defended electronics retailer and consumer equipment warranty company in state - court putative class action involving alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices in connection with electronics warranties

In the event that you have a legal malpractice claim in Massachusetts, the 93A demand is against an attorney for unfair and deceptive trade practices in the attorney client relationship.

His client, a commercial landlord, was accused by a tenant of having breached the lease and committing unfair and deceptive trade practices in violation of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A.

The States recommend that all parties actively engaged in the sale and delivery of debt relief services be prohibited from engaging in unfair and deceptive trade practices in the telemarketing of debt relief services, either directly or under § 310.3 of the TSR, which applies to those who knowingly assist or support deceptive telemarketing acts or practices.

This consent order concerns advertisements by Voyager Travel LLC, formerly d / b / a LDS Travel and Meridian Trips LLC, (collectively Voyager Travel) and Brian Mickelsen, the owner and former member of the LLC, in his personal capacity, that violated the Department's advertising requirements specified in 14 CFR Part 399, and constituted unfair and deceptive trade practices in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

He contends that this violates 14 CFR 399.84 (a) and constitutes an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

He contends that this violates 14 C.F.R. § 399.84 (a) and constitutes an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

The Board has also ignored my request to deny approval of Continuing Education credit for seminars on Vaccination of Companion Animals provided by Pfizer Animal Health drug company which are fraudulent by omission of material facts, a conflict of interest, and thereby influence Veterinarians to continue deceptive trade practice in the marketing of vaccines.

Not exact matches

«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.

The Federal Trade Commission monitors advertising and marketing to prohibit unfair or deceptive practices and enforce truth - in - advertising laws.

Davis Family Vineyards Files Trademark Infringement Lawsuit: Today, the award - winning and family operated, Healdsburg - based Davis Family Vineyards filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement and unfair and deceptive trade practices against Napa Valley newcomer Davis Estates LLC and others in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California...

Schneiderman, who once represented financial firms in private practice, has used the Martin Act to pursue his «Insider Trading 2.0» initiative, obtaining multimillion - dollar settlements from financial institutions such as Deutsche Bank, BlackRock, and Barclays, as well as settlements with banks such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs over deceptive practices leading up to the financial crisis.

This consent order involves violations by the foreign air carrier Emirates of Articles 17 and 19 of the Montreal Convention1 and the statutory prohibition against unfair and deceptive trade practices, 49 U.S.C. § 41712, in connection with monetary claims resulting from damage, loss, or delay to baggage checked on Emirates» flights to or from the United States.

Violations of section 41101 and 14 CFR 399.80 also constitute violations of 49 U.S.C § 41712, which prohibits air carriers and ticket agents from engaging in unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition in the provision of air transportation.

This consent order concerns advertisements by Trafalgar Tours West, Inc., d / b / a Trafalgar Tours («Trafalgar Tours»») that violate the Department's advertising requirements specified in section 399.84 of the Department's regulations (14 CFR 399.84), and constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. 5 41712.

This consent order concerns advertisements by Ritz Tours, Inc. («Ritz Tours»), that violate the Department's advertising requirements specified in section 399.84 of the Department's regulations (14 CFR 399.84), and constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

This consent order concerns advertisements by Vantage Travel Service, Inc., d / b / a Vantage Deluxe World Travel («Vantage Deluxe»), that violate the Department's advertising requirements specified in section 399.84 of the Department's regulations (14 CFR 399.84), and constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

These advertisements, in addition, constituted an unfair and deceptive trade practice and an unfair method of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

Violations of sections 41301 and 41703 also constitute an unfair and deceptive trade practice and unfair method of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

This consent order concerns violations by BlueStarJets, LLC, (BlueStar) of the Department's aviation licensing requirement, 49 U.S.C. § 41101, and regulatory and statutory prohibitions against ticket agents engaging in unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition found in 14 CFR 399.80 and 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

Those violations also constituted an unfair and deceptive trade practice and unfair method of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

This consent order concerns violations by OneSky Network, LLC (OneSky), of the Department's aviation licensing requirement, 49 U.S.C. § 41101, and regulatory and statutory prohibitions against ticket agents engaging in unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition found in 14 CFR 399.80 and 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

This consent order concerns violations by Destination Southern Africa, Inc., and Destination Southern Africa d / b / a South African Airways Vacations (collectively «Destination Southern Africa») of the Department's advertising requirements specified in section 399.84 of the Department's regulations (14 CFR 399.84) that also constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

These advertising practices, in addition, constituted an unfair and deceptive trade practice and an unfair method of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. $ 41712.

This consent order concerns advertisements by Costa Cruise Lines N.V. 1, («Costa Cruise Lines») that violate the Department's advertising requirements specified in section 399.84 of the Department's regulations (14 CFR 399.84) and constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

This consent order involves violations by Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana SpA (Alitalia) of Article 19 of the Montreal Convention (Convention) and the statutory prohibition against unfair and deceptive trade practices, 49 U.S.C. § 41712, in connection with monetary claims resulting from delay of checked baggage on Alitalia flights to or from the United States.

This consent order concerns advertisements by Unique Vacations, Inc., («Unique Vacations») that were published in print and electronic media for Sandals Resorts that violate the Department's price advertising requirements specified in section 399.84 of the Department's regulations (14 CFR 399.84) and constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

This notice is intended to provide guidance on two matters related to compliance with 14 CFR 399.84, the Department's rule on full fare advertising, and the underlying statutory proscription in 49 U.S.C. § 41712 against unfair and deceptive trade practices.

These violations also constituted unfair and deceptive trade practices and unfair methods of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

Traditionally, consumer protection regulation has consisted of barring trade practices which are misleading, deceptive, unfair, or unconscionable, or in any way restrict trade.

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

The Board believes that it is appropriate at this time to provide guidance on the types of sales practices specifically relating to commissions, fees and other charges that have been found to be deceptive and misleading, and violate commercial honor and just and equitable principles of trade.2 Therefore, the following are relevant factors regarding commissions, fees and other charges in determining whether a Member or Associate has presented retail customers with a distorted and misleading view of the likelihood of earning profits by investing with a Member:

The proposed amendments contained in § 310 (a)(2)(x) make it an unfair and deceptive trade practice for a debt relief company to misrepresent any material aspect of its services including, but not limited to, the time it will take for the debt relief company to settle the consumers» debts, the cost of the services, the impact on a consumers» creditworthiness, the debt relief company's prior success rates, and the status of the debt relief company (i.e., as a non-profit).

If the trade associations decide to band together to challenge the new FTC rules in court, it appears clear it will be seen by regulators and others as nothing more than a desperate attempt of an industry whose members have been labeled as engaging in deceptive and abusive practices to continue those bad acts.

You will not, and will not allow or authorize others to, use the Services, the Sites or any Materials therein to take any actions that: (i) infringe on PetSmart Charities» or any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual or proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including those regarding export control); (iii) are defamatory, trade libelous, threatening, harassing, invasive of privacy, stalking, harassment, abusive, tortuous, hateful, constitute discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sex, disability or other protected grounds, or are pornographic or obscene; (iv) interfere with or disrupt any services or equipment with the intent of causing an excessive or disproportionate load on PetSmart Charities or its licensors or suppliers» infrastructure; (v) involve knowingly distributing viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines; (vi) involve the preparation and / or distribution of «junk mail», «spam», «chain letters», «pyramid schemes» or other deceptive online marketing practices, or any unsolicited bulk email or unsolicited commercial email or otherwise in a manner that violate any applicable «anti-spam» legislation, including that commonly referred to as «CASL»; (vii) would be or encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international laws or regulations; (viii) involve the unauthorized entry to any machine accessible via the Services or interference with the Sites or any servers or networks connected to the Sites or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Sites, or attempt to breach the security of or disrupt Internet communications on the Sites (including without limitation accessing data to which you are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account for which you are not expressly authorized); (ix) impersonate any person or entity, including, without limitation, one of PetSmart Charities» or another party's officers or employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (x) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Sites; (xi) collect or store personal data about other account users or attempt to gain access to other account users» accounts or otherwise mine information about other account users or the Sites, or interfere with any other user's ability to access or use the Sites; (xii) execute any form of network monitoring or run a network analyzer or packet sniffer or other technology to intercept, decode, mine or display any packets used to communicate between the Sites» servers or any data not intended for you; (xiii) attempt to circumvent authentication or security of any content, host, network or account («cracking») on or from the Sites; or (xiv) in PetSmart Charities» sole discretion, are contrary to PetSmart Charities» public image, goodwill, reputation or mission, or otherwise not in furtherance of our Vision of a lifelong, loving home for every pet.

You will not, and will not allow or authorize others to, use the Services or the Sites to take any actions that: (i) infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including those regarding export control); (iii) are defamatory, trade libelous, threatening, harassing, invasive of privacy, stalking, harassment, abusive, tortuous, hateful, discriminatory based on race, ethnicity, gender, sex or disability, pornographic or obscene; (iv) interfere with or disrupt any services or equipment with the intent of causing an excessive or disproportionate load on the Animal League or its licensors or suppliers» infrastructure; (v) involve knowingly distributing viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines; (vi) involve the preparation and / or distribution of «junk mail», «spam», «chain letters», «pyramid schemes» or other deceptive online marketing practices or any unsolicited bulk email or unsolicited commercial email or otherwise in a manner that violate the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN - SPAM Act of 2003); (vii) would encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, federal or international laws, rules or regulations; (viii) involve the unauthorized entry to any machine accessible via the Services or interfere with the Sites or any servers or networks connected to the Sites or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Sites, or attempt to breach the security of or disrupt Internet communications on the Sites (including without limitation accessing data to which you are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account for which you are not expressly authorized); (ix) impersonate any person or entity, including, without limitation, one of the Animal League's or other's officers or employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (x) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Sites; (xi) collect or store personal data about other Animal League members, Site users or attempt to gain access to other Animal League members information, or otherwise mine information about Animal League members, Site users, or the Sites; (xii) execute any form of network monitoring or run a network analyzer or packet sniffer or other technology to intercept, decode, mine or display any packets used to communicate between the Sites» servers or any data not intended for you; (xiii) attempt to circumvent authentication or security of any content, host, network or account («cracking») on or from the Sites; or (xiv) are contrary to the Animal League's public image, goodwill, reputation or mission or otherwise not in furtherance of the Animal Leagues stated purposes.

If demonstrated and thorough action to stop the deceptive trade practices has not been taken by this Board within ninety days of receipt of this letter I will file a class action suit against the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners on behalf of the people of Texas, for negligence in the execution of their responsibilities, and I will request a Court order to instruct the Board to perform their duties.

Given that it is the compact of this Board with the State of Texas to protect the people of Texas, and whereby it is provided in the Texas Administrative Code Title 22, Part 24, Chapter 577, Subchapter B, Rule 577.16: Responsibilities of the Board (a) The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners is responsible for establishing policies and promulgating rules to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity, skills, and practice in the profession of Veterinary medicine in accordance with the Veterinary Licensing Act, I hereby assert that the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners must take demonstrated and thorough action to stop the deceptive trade practices and fraud in the marketing of vaccinations for companion animals.

Thompson will, in the days and weeks ahead, be contacting state and federal officials to stop the improper sales of Grand Theft Auto IV to anyone under seventeen years of age, as any such sales violate state and federal fraudulent and deceptive trade practices statutes.

The FTC charged Deutsch in its complaint with violating Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45, which makes unlawful deceptive trade acts and practices, because the tweets falsely appeared to be independent reviews of the PS Vita.

I am not a lawyer but if Murry Salby has signed what he believed to be a contract and the other contracting party hasn't fulfilled its obligations under that contract, then Macquarie «University» seems to be in violation of Australian contract law; perhaps deceptive trade practices and given that Murry Salby residency and employment in Australia may have been tied to the contract; immigration law.

And they also cite the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, claiming the companies engaged in «deceptive trade practices» — an allegation similar to the Massachusetts attorney general's investigation currently underway into Exxon.

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 practtrade 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 practTrade Commission Act (because they don't say what counts as a deceptive or unfair practice).

Consumer protection laws in some jurisdictions would find such a scheme to be an actionable deceptive trade practice, while consumer protection laws in other jurisdictions would find that it was not an actionable deceptive trade practice.

The Act is specifically applicable to «consumer realty,» and, accordingly, representations made in connection with the sale of real property may constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices where they are misleading.»

Sec. 11 - 135, «they engage in unfair and deceptive trade practices «in the sale of consumer realty.

Mr. Wish's trial practice includes a concentration on complex commercial litigation, and he has successfully tried a number of business disputes involving breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and business torts in both state and federal courts.

She has a wide range of experience representing clients in contractual disputes and business disputes in Texas, as well as in cases pending throughout the United States, involving product liability, including pharmaceutical product liability, commercial and creative contract negotiations and claims, wrongful death, toxic torts, mass torts, environmental exposures, technology matters, premises liability, deceptive trade practices, and warranty claims.

He has many years of experience representing a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small business owners in all phases of litigation including complex commercial cases, corporations, contracts, deceptive trade practices, mass toxic tort cases, premises liability, products liability, and general civil litigation.