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The FTC took action against two dealer groups it targeted in 2012 for deceptive advertising. They were charged with violating the FTC's orders prohibiting them from deceptively advertising the cost of financing or leasing a car.
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A former FTC official and current partner with Hudson Cook LLP issues a warning about dealer advertising.
Read More →In addition to paying civil penalties and reimbursements to the state, the owners of the dealerships must work to resolve 45 consumer complaints. This is the second such settlement the dealers have reached with the state.
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A coalition of consumer-protection groups asked the FTC to investigate CarMax for selling recalled vehicles. CarMax officials claim the chain is doing the best it can with a broken system.
Read More →Four affiliated dealerships in western Massachusetts have agreed to pay $175,000 over six months to resolve allegations that they regularly published misleading advertising and failed to follow through on sales prices and promotions.
Read More →The FTC has approved final consent orders settling charges that Nissan North America Inc. and an advertising agency deceptively advertised a Nissan Frontier truck pushing a dune buggy up a steep hill, something the truck cannot do.
Read More →After the FTC discovered that it was not disclosing substantial fees in its advertising, Courtesy Auto Group is now barred from stating the amount of any payment in its ads without disclosing the terms.
Read More →As part of the settlement, the six dealerships must reform their advertising practices and pay fines of up to $15,000. A seventh dealer was served with a statutory notice of the attorney general’s intention to file a lawsuit.
Read More →The magazine’s resident legal wiz revisits the FTC’s standard for deception in response to the agency’s crackdown on false advertising.
Read More →Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has filed a lawsuit against Monroe Dodge-Chrysler Inc., claiming the dealer advertised prices not all consumers qualified for and failed to disclose all required terms.
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