This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
As its name indicates, the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (or “UDTPA,” for short) prohibits businesses from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Violating the UDTPA subjects a defendant to potential treble (triple) damages, costs, and attorney's fees.
To prevail on statutory misappropriation claim the Plaintiff must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that (1) it possessed a trade secret, (2) it took reasonable steps to protect the secrecy, (3) the secret was misappropriated, and (4) resulting damages.
(These practices are commonly called misleading or unfair business practices.) They include false advertising, misrepresentation, tied selling, and failing to comply with regulations. Under consumer protection laws, they are illegal and can lead to compensatory or punitive damages.
A misrepresentation of material fact; The representer made the misrepresentation without knowledge of its truth or falsity; The representer intended to induce another to act on the misrepresentation; and. An injury resulted to a party acting in reliance on the misrepresentation.
An act or practice is unfair where it (1) causes or is likely to cause substantial injury to consumers, (2) cannot be reasonably avoided by consumers, and (3) is not outweighed by countervailing ben- efits to consumers or to competition.
Claim for damages under FDUTPA has three elements: (1) a deceptive act or unfair practice; (2) causation; and (3) actual damages. FDUTPA allows for aggrieved persons to recover damages, declaratory relief, or an injunction if they were harmed by deceptive or unfair acts.
In decreasing order of effectiveness, these components of deception can be listed as masking, repackaging, dazzling, mimicking, inventing, and decoying.
9 See FTC Act Policy Statement on Deceptive Acts and Practices. There must be a representation, omission, or practice that misleads or is likely to mislead the consumer. An act or practice may be found to be deceptive if there is a representation, omission, or practice that misleads or is likely to mislead a consumer.
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