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How To Protect Yourself From Bait And Switch in 2017

How To Protect Yourself From Bait And Switch in 2017

Shortly after the advent of print advertising, someone with too much time on his or her hands came up with the idea called bait and switch. It started in the horse trading industry, when buyers arrived to purchase muscular stallions...

May 2, 2017

Let’s Get Real: No More Deception in Real Estate Transactions

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Let’s Get Real: No More Deception in Real Estate Transactions

John Reed remembers a story told by his parents shortly after he entered the market to purchase a home. “Mom and Dad talked a lot about how a real estate agent and a bank tried to drive up the price...

May 2, 2017

Deceptive Trade Practices – How The Federal Trade Commission Prevents Them

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Deceptive Trade Practices – How The Federal Trade Commission Prevents Them

As one of the most influential federal consumer protection laws, the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) of 1914 continues to enforce antitrust statutes more that 100 years after President Woodrow Wilson signed the ground breaking legislation. The FTCA established the...

May 2, 2017

How Product Safety Laws Protect Consumers

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How Product Safety Laws Protect Consumers

In September of 1982, Johnson & Johnson recalled every type of the company’s popular Tylenol products because someone tampered with the mostly pain medications by injecting deadly potassium cyanide into the pills. The deadly episode forced legislators at the federal...

May 2, 2017