...Federal Trade Commission announced Monday. The FTC had charged SlimAmerica, Inc., and its principals with deceptive advertising of their Super-Formula diet product, which was billed as a "New Triple Medical Breakthrough." Ads for the...
...bad shape. If it were a commodity that was sold and exported, the only way we could sell it is with false and deceptive advertising. How can we allow an American terrorist to live his life in prison while we go to other countries and kill their...
...nutrition and food safety, said it filed the complaint Friday with the FTC, whose role includes preventing false and deceptive advertising. An FTC spokeswoman would not confirm or deny whether the complaint was filed. When it gets a complaint, the...
...stepped over the line from advertising hype to unlawful deception." Florida is the first state to file charges of deceptive advertising against the sweepstakes publisher and its spokesmen. Time Customer Service Inc., which handles the sweepstakes...
...Lawmaker takes aim at lawyer advertising COLUMBIA - A bill introduced this week in the state Senate would ban deceptive advertising by lawyers. The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Hawkins, would prevent lawyers from using a nickname that "creates...
...Commission wants more authority to penalize telephone companies that take advantage of consumers with fraud and deceptive advertising, Chairman Timothy Muris said Friday. Telephone carriers have been exempt from the FTC's enforcement authority...
...investigation of a dozen day-trading firms, the regulators contended the companies often lured investors with deceptive advertising about a high success rate and potential wealth, accepted people as customers who weren't suited for day trading...
...houses All-Tech Investment Group, a firm that recently paid $278,000 in Massachusetts to settle claims of deceptive advertising and making unauthorized transfers of customers' money. At the firm, day traders put up at least $50,000...
...reinstatement of some regulations. While the FAA cannot make an airline fly all its routes, it can prosecute for deceptive advertising if the published schedules don't reflect the service the airline actually provides, according to FAA spokesman...
...The FTC lawsuit accused three people and two companies, Promo Line Inc. and Audiotex Connection, of false and deceptive advertising, failing to disclose information about the computer program and misrepresenting long-distance phone billing...
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