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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 ...
Truth in advertising may refer to: Initiatives and laws against false advertising; Truth in Advertising (organization), independent nonprofit American advertising ...
A basic truth-in-advertising principle is that it's deceptive to mislead consumers about the commercial nature of content. Advertisements or promotional messages are deceptive if they convey to consumers expressly or by implication that they’re independent, impartial, or from a source other than the sponsoring advertiser – in other words ...
Truth in Advertising: What Does 'Green' Really Mean? Bruce Kennedy. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:11 PM. Many companies and products claim to be green. But what does that actually mean? In some cases ...
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In 2017, Truth in Advertising investigated Goop and accused the company of making deceptive health claims about the products they sell. [12] [13] On May 5, 2019, Truth in Advertising filed a complaint [14] with the FTC regarding Williams-Sonoma, Inc.’s continued use of false Made in the USA marketing. In March 2020, the FTC announced a ...
Sadly, that isn’t covered by the truth-in-advertising law provided the seller doesn’t state it’s “Native made” but uses deceptive names like “Native-inspired” or “Southwestern” art.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-644) is a truth-in-advertising law which prohibits misrepresentation in marketing of American Indian or Alaska Native arts and crafts products within the United States.