The court also rejected the Brokers argument that the Consumers had failed to plead the public interest prong of the state's
deceptive trade practices law because the Brokers had provided the disclosures required by the state property condition disclosure law.
Carrie has extensive experience in defending her clients under consumer protection laws, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and
deceptive trade practices laws.
Brokers still must comply with any state laws, such as unfair or
deceptive trade practices laws, that could preclude them from charging an administrative fee.
Not exact matches
The Federal
Trade Commission monitors advertising and marketing to prohibit unfair or
deceptive practices and enforce truth - in - advertising
laws.
The plaintiff is claiming violations of New York consumer - protection
laws,
deceptive and unfair
trade practices, false advertising and fraud.
Currently, there are nine states that have enacted Internet Safety
Laws (California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia) which require online dating sites to follow prescribed compliance measures to avoid penalties for violation of unfair
trade or
deceptive practices.
While not required by
law (although the Federal
Trade Commission prohibits any
deceptive practices), creating a privacy policy is important if you want people to buy your products.
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.
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.
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 pract
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 pract
Trade 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.
Among others, Mr. Ferdinand's experience includes, appellate litigation; bankruptcy adversary proceedings; bid protests, debarments, and appeals; breach of contract and Uniform Commercial Code claims; broker disputes; commercial landlord - tenant actions, including commercial evictions; condominium association litigation; consumer fraud and
deceptive trade practices act claims; corporate governance; directors» and officers» claims; ethics and professional liability; health
law; injunctions; insurance issues; lien claims, including commercial and residential construction liens; planning board actions; post-judgment collection; restrictive covenants; shareholder and partnership disputes; and shareholder derivative claims.
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 suit also alleges the publisher violated Alex Malarkey's right to privacy, cast him in a false light, intruded on his seclusion, defamed him, violated Illinois
law barring
deceptive trade practices, and financially exploited him in violation of an Illinois
law barring the exploitation of people with disabilities.
Violations of the Texas
Deceptive Trade Practices Act — Texas has a strong, consumer - oriented deceptive practices law, and business found guilty of violation of the Texas DTPA can be forced to pay treble damages and attorney's fees to a successful p
Deceptive Trade Practices Act — Texas has a strong, consumer - oriented
deceptive practices law, and business found guilty of violation of the Texas DTPA can be forced to pay treble damages and attorney's fees to a successful p
deceptive practices law, and business found guilty of violation of the Texas DTPA can be forced to pay treble damages and attorney's fees to a successful plaintiff.
Likewise, our experience covers a broad range of substantive areas of
law, including fraud, bankruptcy, media and entertainment,
trade secrets and restrictive covenants, unfair and
deceptive trade practices, RICO, insurance and reinsurance, breach of contract, consumer protection, product liability, and antitrust, among many others.
They accused the company and its directors and promoters of violations of state and federal securities
laws and
deceptive trade practices, among other claims.
As The Seattle Times reports, three men filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in the US District Court in Florida last week, claiming that the frequent «Get Windows 10» upgrade prompts were in violation of
laws regarding unsolicited electronic advertising, and potentially in breach of Federal
Trade Commission regulations on «
deceptive and unfair
practices».
The Buyer filed a multicount lawsuit against the Buyer's Representative, Listing Broker, and the Seller alleging violations of the state's property condition disclosure
law, fraud, breach of contract, negligence, and
deceptive trade practices.