We enforce federal competition and consumer protection laws that prevent anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices. Laws prohibiting unfair, deceptive, or abusive business practices protect consumers in each state.The District of Columbia lists a number of acts considered to be deceptive trade practices. Washington state consumers are allowed to bring private suits against individuals and businesses that engage in unfair or deceptive business practices. §§ 646.605, et seq. ; Pennsylvania's Unfair Trade Practices and. Georgia and Ohio have also issued alerts to warn business owners about the misleading and deceptive letters. 19. "MARRIOTT ASSETS" shall mean all electronic systems used to carry out business (including networking equipment, databases or data stores, applications,. Please fill out the form completely and describe your situation in as much detail as possible. Complaints are processed in the order in which they are.