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  2. False advertising - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal government regulates advertising through the Federal Trade Commission [49] (FTC) with truth-in-advertising laws [50] and enables private litigation through a number of laws, most significantly the Lanham Act (trademark and unfair competition). Specifically, under Section 43(a), false advertising is an actionable civil ...

  3. US seafood restaurants warned over false claims of locally ...

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    A U.S. Federal Trade Commission official said on Wednesday that the country's leading seafood restaurant chains have been warned that the agency will crack down on false claims of locally caught ...

  4. Fin Tech Firm Dave Faces Legal Action Over Alleged Hidden ...

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    The lawsuit claims the company engaged in deceptive practices, including hidden fees, misleading advertising, and unclear cancellation mechanisms for recurring charges.

  5. Lyft lured drivers with false claims about pay, FTC says ...

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    Lyft lured drivers by advertising eye-catching earnings — up to $43 an hour in L.A. — but only 1 in 5 drivers were actually making these rates, the FTC said Lyft lured drivers with false ...

  6. Wikipedia:Deceptive advertising - Wikipedia

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    Deceptive advertising is any statement by an advertiser that is false or misleading, or that does not adequately identify itself as an advertisement. According to the United States Federal Trade Commission : "A basic truth-in-advertising principle is that it's deceptive to mislead consumers about the commercial nature of content.

  7. Puffery - Wikipedia

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    The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) defined puffery as a "term frequently used to denote the exaggerations reasonably to be expected of a seller as to the degree of quality of his product, the truth or falsity of which cannot be precisely determined."

  8. FTC bans marketing of Kinoki Cleansing Detox Foot Pads - AOL

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    The loud marketers of the Kinoki "Detox" foot pads that have barraged consumers with television and Internet ads for more than two years, claiming the patches can remove toxins from the body if ...

  9. FTC bans TurboTax from advertising ‘free’ services, calls it ...

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    The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its ...