Sentences with phrase «with deceptive practices»

The ban means advertising a variety of financial products potentially associated with deceptive practices is now prohibited on Facebook.

This can be potentially used in a appeal against companies with deceptive practices.

Addepar is a team of successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and technologists who are unhappy with the deceptive practices, arduous manual processes, and lack of actionable information in wealth management.

Not exact matches

Just last week, Facebook announced that it is banning ads promoting cryptocurrencies in an effort to prevent users from advertising «financial products and services frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.»

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The social media giant said it would prohibit ads for financial products and services «that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.»

Retail Sales: False advertising and other deceptive practices, defective merchandise, problems with rebates, coupons, gift cards and gift certificates and failure to deliver were listed.

Complaints related to autos are all across the board and include: misrepresenting the true mileage of a used car, selling used vehicles with undisclosed mechanical problems, deceptive sales practices and unlicensed used car dealers.

The offer might prove too tempting to someone who might otherwise never take out an auto - title loan, said the regulator in a bulletin to lenders: «This business model could also be perceived as a deceptive practice because it appears calculated to bring the consumer into the store with the promise of one product, but later effectively requires the consumer to go to another location to purchase another product.»

A CFPB spokesperson said in an email to Vox that the bureau is authorized to take «supervisory and enforcement action against certain institutions engaged in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws,» including the failure of institutions to engage in «reasonable data security practices» in connection with consumer report information.

Although Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has expressed an interest in digital currencies, the company said ads for them were «frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.»

The social network said Tuesday that it would ban all ads for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, in order to stop promotions that it sees as «frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.»

Facebook banned ads associated with digital currencies in January this year, citing deceptive advertising practices.

``... that prohibits ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices, such as binary options, initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency.»

@Linda, while I absolutely agree with your comment, for me there is an even greater and broader purpose in pursuing this conversation in a public place: so that people can become aware of some of the deceptive (whether intentionally or not) and dangerous behaviours and practices that sometimes (often?)

Despite the defendant's claim that the Illinois law claim was preempted by the federal law, the court allowed the plaintiff's lawsuit to proceed with a deceptive business practices claim based on a violation of the Illinois law alone.

«Wedderspoon has been able to get away with this deceptive and fraudulent practice because the FDA doesn't recognize honey of any kind as being an antibacterial agent.

AG Eric Schneiderman today joined members of the state and federal working group he co-chairs to announce a $ 5 billion settlement with Goldman Sachs over the bank's deceptive practices leading up to the financial crisis.

«As the top state law enforcement officials charged with investigating consumer complaints of fraudulent, deceptive and abusive financial practices in our respective states, we know from first - hand experience that the need for strong consumer financial protection is undiminished in the years since the financial crisis.»

Suffolk County is suing Connecticut - based Purdue Pharma along with a number of other pharmaceutical companies for deceptive practices that it claims led to the county's opioid and heroin epidemic.

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.

[Response: Although scientists could do a lot better at framing arguments so they resonate with the public, I hope none of us will ever feel tempted to fight back by adopting the kind of deceptive practices used in things like the Singer and Michaels publications you mentioned.

Online trolling is the practice of behaving in a deceptive, destructive, or disruptive manner in a social setting on the Internet with no

«Beware the receiver of any message» could easily be a modern battle cry for those inundated with advertisements, mass marketing, internet memes, deliberately deceptive fake news reports, the growing practice of social manipulation through push polling, and similar forms of agenda promotion via online discussion and sharing communities.

This consent order concerns advertisements published by Compania Mexicana de Aviacion S.A. de C.V. (Mexicana) that failed to comply with the Department's rule on full fare advertising, 14 CFR 399.84, and thereby violated the statutory proscription in 49 U.S.C. § 41712 against unfair and deceptive practices.

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.

This order concerns violations by Allegiant Air, LLC, (Allegiant) of (1) the requirements of 14 CFR Part 382 (Part 382) with respect to properly coding and recording its disability - related complaints in connection with required disability reporting to the Department of Transportation (Department), as well as providing dispositive written responses to written consumer complaints alleging a violation of Part 382, and related statutory provisions, 49 U.S.C. § § 41702 and 41705; (2) the Department's full - fare advertising requirements, 14 CFR 399.84; and (3) 49 U.S.C. § 41712, which prohibits carriers from engaging in unfair and deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition.

This notice is intended to give further guidance to air carriers and other sellers of air transportation on how those additional taxes, fees, and restrictions that are permitted to be listed separately from a fare quotation may be disclosed in advertisements.1 This guidance will be used by the Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings in its compliance and enforcement activities associated with 14 CFR 399.84, the Department's full fare advertising rule, and 49 U.S.C. 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices.

This consent order concerns fare displays by Southern Sky Air & Tours, LLC d / b / a Myrtle Beach Direct Air & Tours, (Direct Air) a U.S. Public Charter operator, on its website and in other print and Internet advertisements that failed to comply with the Department's rule on full fare advertising, 14 CFR 399.84, and therefore constituted an unfair and deceptive practice and unfair method of competition in violation of 14 CFR 380.27 and 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

This consent order concerns air fare advertisements by Expedia, Inc. (Expedia), that failed to provide the full fare or adequate notice of additional taxes and fees with respect to certain sale fares in violation of the Department's full - price advertising requirements, 14 CFR 399.84, and therefore constituted an unfair and deceptive practice and unfair method of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

This consent order concerns radio advertisements by Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A., (Iberia Airlines) that fded to comply with the Department's rule on fare advertising, 14 CFR 399.84, and thereby violated the statutory proscription in 49 U.S.C. § 41712 against unfair and deceptive practices.

This consent order concerns Internet advertising of air tour packages by National Leisure Group, Inc. («NLG»), a ticket agent, on its website (www.vacationoutlet.com) and several other websites, that failed to comply with advertising requirements specified in Part 399 of the Department's regulations (14 CFR Part 399) and constitute an unfair and deceptive practice 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 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.

The law firm said it was carrying out the action because «authors using Author Solutions have complained of deceptive practices, including enticing authors to purchase promotional services that are not provided or are worthless, failing to pay royalties, and spamming authors and publishing blogs / sites with promotional material».

The law firm has asked authors who have self - published with the company or any of its brands who feel they have been «the victim of deceptive practices» to contact them.

Their major crime seems to be that they do so impartially and honestly rather than resorting to deceptive contracts and business practices such as I've heard are common with some traditional publishing houses.

So, while on one level, this practice is kosher, it's deceptive to the reader, and the biggest problem with that is, this practice only works if the deception remains in place.

The problem with vanity press publishers is low quality, deceptive practices, and bad reputations.

Read what others have said about the companies you're considering, including whether they are involved in a lawsuit with any state or federal regulators for engaging in deceptive or unfair practices.

The Ontario government took aim at this deceptive practice with a new law last year: it prevents unsavoury agents from trying to drive up a home's selling price or motivating a buyer to pull the trigger on a purchase.

The bank's parent, Synchrony Financial, entered into a $ 225 million consent decree with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2014 regarding deceptive and discriminatory credit card practices dating back to 2009, when the bank was part of GE.

You could probably get the banks in trouble with regulators if you wanted because the calculators imply that you would earn more than you actually would — a deceptive practice.

The FTC updated the TSR in 2010 to curb deceptive and abusive practices associated with debt relief services.

Let's look at the facts in the news story «CFPB sues Nationwide Biweekly for deceptive mortgage practices» with the following excerpt.

Prohibited acts.A credit services organization, a salesperson, agent, or representative of a credit services organization, or an independent contractor who sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall not: (1) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration before completing performance of all services, other than those described in subdivision (2) of this section, which the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer unless the credit services organization has obtained a surety bond or established and maintained a surety account as provided in section 45 - 805; (2) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration for obtaining or attempting to obtain an extension of credit that the credit services organization has agreed to obtain for the buyer before the extension of credit is obtained; (3) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is substantially the same as that available to the general public; (4) Make or use a false or misleading representation in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization, including (a) guaranteeing to erase bad credit or words to that effect unless the representation clearly discloses that this can be done only if the credit history is inaccurate or obsolete and (b) guaranteeing an extension of credit regardless of the person's previous credit problem or credit history unless the representation clearly discloses the eligibility requirements for obtaining an extension of credit; (5) 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; (6) Make or advise a buyer to make a statement with respect to a buyer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that is false or misleading or that should be known by the exercise of reasonable care to be false or misleading to a consumer reporting agency or to a person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit; or (7) Advertise or cause to be advertised, in any manner whatsoever, the services of a credit services organization without filing a registration statement with the Secretary of State under section 45 - 806 unless otherwise provided by the Credit Services Organization Act.

I have brought up the fraudulent activity and deceptive practices (of the school) with AG Lori Swanson, Senators Franken and Klobuchar, CFPB, FTC, FBI, MN Office of Higher Education, US AG, NY AG, and many others (including the Dept. of Education).

Consumers should beware that these deceptive practices are to their detriment, and that they should research the histories and reputability of not - for - profit corporations with the same care and vigor that they research a for - profit entity.

«GAO found the experiences of its fictitious consumers to be consistent with widespread complaints and charges made by federal and state investigators on behalf of real consumers against debt settlement companies engaged in fraudulent, abusive, or deceptive practices,» the report concluded.

(b) The purpose of this Act is to provide prospective consumers of credit services companies with the information necessary to make an informed decision regarding the purchase of those services and to protect the public from unfair or deceptive advertising and business practices.