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.
(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) No supplier shall commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. Such an unfair or deceptive act or practice by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction.
The California Unfair Practices Act, beginning at Section 17000 of the California Business & Professions Code, prohibits unfair competition and “any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising.” A merchant who violates the Unfair Practices Act can be ...
An act or practice is unfair when 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 benefits to consumers or to competition. Congress codified the three-part unfairness test in 1994.
Nevada law states that a person engages in a deceptive trade practice if, in the course of his or her business, he or she: knowingly passes off goods or services for sale or lease as those of another person; knowingly makes a false representation as to the source, sponsorship, approval or certification of goods or ...
Unfair trade practices are practices that grossly deviate from good commercial conduct and are contrary to good faith and fair dealing. 1 Unfair trading practices are typically imposed in a situation of imbalance by a stronger party on a weaker one, and can exist from any side of the B2B relationship.
Deceptive Trade Practices: Examples False representation of the source, sponsorship, approval, certification, accessories, characteristics, benefits, or quantities of a good or service. Representing goods as original or new when, in fact, they are deteriorated, altered, reconditioned, reclaimed, or used.
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.
The NAIC defines unfair trade practices in the following ways: It misrepresents the benefits, advantages, conditions, or terms of any policy. It misrepresents the dividends or share of the surplus to be received on any policy.