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15 U.S.C. § 1334(b) (Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., Tit. 5, § 207(Supp. 2008) (Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act) Altria Group v. Good , 555 U.S. 70 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state law prohibiting deceptive tobacco advertising was not preempted by a ...
At the state level, many states have adopted the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act [12] including, but not limited to, Delaware, [13] Illinois, [14] Maine, [15] and Nebraska. [16] The deceptive trade practices prohibited by the Uniform Act can be roughly subdivided into conduct involving either a) unfair or fraudulent business practices and ...
Under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005 (amended 2017) each member state is required to regulate unfair business practices. [5] As the EU described its objectives: The objective of the EU Directive on unfair commercial practices from 2005 was to boost consumer confidence and make it easier for businesses, especially small and ...
[37] [38] The lawsuit claimed that Altria's marketing of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes constituted fraudulent misrepresentations under the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act (MUTPA) because it deceived smokers into thinking the products are safer than regular cigarettes.
The unfairness doctrine is a doctrine in United States trade regulation law under which the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can declare a business practice "unfair" because it is oppressive or harmful to consumers even though the practice is not an antitrust violation, an incipient antitrust violation, a violation of the "spirit" of the antitrust laws, or a deceptive practice.
Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP) is a proposal for bank regulation in the United States under Federal Reserve Regulation AA. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced in a press release on Saturday, May 2, 2008, that the proposed rules, "prohibit unfair practices regarding credit cards and overdraft services that would, among other provisions ...
In the United States, this form of unfair competition is prohibited under the common law and by state statutes, and governed at the federal level by the Lanham Act. Misappropriation of trade secrets, which occurs when one competitor uses espionage, bribery, or outright theft to obtain economically advantageous information in the possession of ...
Sean Faircloth (born May 23, 1960) is an American writer and politician from Maine who served as the State Senator for Bangor, Maine and as its mayor until November 2016 and left in 2017. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is also an attorney and five-term state legislator.