Debt collection agents may not lie to you, harass you, or use
unfair practices when they try to collect a debt from you, and they must honor and obey a request in writing from you to prevent any further contact.
Debt collectors may not engage in
unfair practices when they try to collect a debt.
Not exact matches
This political nightmare began in July
when Ottawa launched a consultative process on how best to address tax planning
practices that it believes are being used to gain
unfair tax advantages.
The company also argues that Qualcomm withheld nearly $ 1 billion in payments
when Apple cooperated with South Korean authorities as it investigated the company's
unfair trade
practices — precisely what the U.S. and Apple are going to court over now.
When the tariffs were announced, US Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer accused China of
unfair trade
practices, such as using large government subsidies to boost the production of panels and give China a leg up over international competitors.
Several members, including Reps. Diana DeGette (D - CO) and Debbie Dingell (D - MI), pointed out that FTC consent decrees — settlement orders companies enter into
when the FTC finds that they have engaged in
unfair or deceptive
practices — lack teeth because the FTC can only assess fines if the company subsequently violates the order.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) apparently agrees with President Donald Trump
when it comes to China's
unfair trade
practices with the United States.
Noting Walmart's ongoing high - profile fight with credit company Visa, and recent news that consumers in the U.K. are preparing a 19 billion - pound ($ 24.5 billion USD) class action lawsuit against MasterCard alleging
unfair practices, he added, «Whether retailers are large or small,
when credit card and related transaction fees for merchants run rampant, it directly and immediately increases the cost of doing business.
When Donald Trump ran for president, he promised to protect US industries from
unfair trade
practices.
When Trump rages about
unfair trading
practices, he usually directs his ire at China and Mexico.
«Hanna's commitment to these
unfair trade
practices speaks volumes about how grossly out of touch he is
when it comes to Upstate New York families.
When you look at schools in other states that don't have high accountability, that don't have the right laws in place, some of the individual charter schools have
practices that are
unfair, inappropriate or unjust, those things need to be dealt with.
I also have a hard time getting past the inherent hypocrisy of the Big 6's laments about
unfair practices,
when they themselves played a huge part in running the indies out of business by refusing to negotiate terms for the indies that even came close to the terms negotiated with the big box stores.
The Consumer Credit sourcebook (CONC) says that the following
practices are considered
unfair or improper
when dealing with statute barred debts:
The States» enforcement actions provide ample evidence of the types of
unfair and deceptive
practices that financially distressed consumers encounter
when they seek credit solutions via debt relief services.
While dogs with a good recall may respond even
when exposed to highly distracting stimuli, it would be
unfair to
practice a recall with a dog with a so - so recall under a heavily distracting area
My first contact with them and their Street Fighter II Soundtrack wasn't all that exciting, as they used an
unfair comparison between their remaster and the original tracks to prove the superiority of their product (for those wondering, they left the original track at its original volume level, which was very low, and put it side by side with their new track which was louder to get the «WOW» effect, a common
practice today
when showing off remasters).
When a company displays a pattern of
unfair and deceptive trade
practices, your damages can be trebled (tripled).
Conclusion: Among others, the «lessons» that can be gleaned from the VTech and VTech USA cases include: (i) IoT / connected toys and devices remain very vulnerable in the face of haphazard / sloppy security
practices; (ii) inadequate security safeguards will no longer be tolerated by regulators, particularly
when children's information or other sensitive information is involved; (iii) robust and adequate security safeguards involve multi-level tiers of protection per the above; (iv) vendors should never misrepresent the state of their security
practices in their privacy policies; and (iv) in a connected world, regulators are willing to work together and share data and resources to combat «deceptive and
unfair practices that cross national borders» (in the words of the FTC).
The case first captured attention in 2013
when the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that students are «consumers» and education a «consumer product», and that consumers do not need to prove reliance on a false, misleading or deceptive representation to establish an
unfair practice and a right to a remedy.
Berger & Montague's Consumer Protection Group protects consumers» rights
when they are injured by false or misleading advertising, defective products, data privacy breaches, and various other
unfair trade
practices.
93A, it may be an «
unfair and deceptive business
practice» to even attempt to deny liability for professional misconduct
when they should have known they were liable.
This comes
when the People's Bank of China started cracking down on the country's Bitcoin exchanges to identify and put an end to any
unfair practices.
The
practice become contentious
when it creates an
unfair advantage for a carrier, as it did with Bell's Mobile TV app
when it first launched.
«In particular, the FCC's action... has restored the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to act
when broadband providers engage in anticompetitive,
unfair or deceptive acts or
practices,» according to an FCC statement that followed the rollback announcement.