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Deceptive Practices In Advertising In Mecklenburg
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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.
In some states, especially in North Carolina, consumers are given additional protection with Consumer Protection laws. Below are examples of business practices that are prohibited in North Carolina: False advertising. Claiming goods are of a certain quality when they are not.
The composition of goods is another common category of deceptive claims. For example, a product advertised as “wool” had better be 100 percent wool; a mixture of wool and synthetic fabrics cannot be advertised as wool.
The principal prohibition in the UDTPA is concise but powerful, stating “Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are declared unlawful.” G.S. § 75-1.1. has the tendency to deceive.
In some states, especially in North Carolina, consumers are given additional protection with Consumer Protection laws. Below are examples of business practices that are prohibited in North Carolina: False advertising. Claiming goods are of a certain quality when they are not.
The FTC enforces these truth-in-advertising laws, and it applies the same standards no matter where an ad appears – in newspapers and magazines, online, in the mail, or on billboards or buses.
To establish that an advertisement is false, a plaintiff must prove five things: (1) a false statement of fact has been made about the advertiser's own or another person's goods, services, or commercial activity; (2) the statement either deceives or has the potential to deceive a substantial portion of its targeted ...
A Consumer Protection Attorney Can Manage a Class Actions for False Advertising. Class actions are an effective option for people who have been harmed by false advertising and do not want to go it alone. They allow a number of people to sue false advertisers collectively, in a single lawsuit.
False advertising The defendant made false or misleading statements as to their own products (or another's); Actual deception occurred, or at least a tendency to deceive a substantial portion of the intended audience; The deception is material in that it is likely to influence purchasing decisions;