Unfair Trade Practice

  

If you’re a business that wants to stay in business, best stay away from unfair trade practices.

Unfair trade practices are illegal via Consumer Protection Law in the U.S. Unfair trade practice is a term that covers a whole slew of unethical business practices, to the detriment of consumers: false advertising, fake raffles, deceptive pricing (looking at you, Overstock), and skirting around manufacturing and safety standards. Or any standards, really.

Insurance companies, landlords, and lenders are all subject to getting in trouble with Consumer Protection Law too via unfair trade practices...any deception in the marketplace is game for a class action lawsuit. You. Don't. Want. This.

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