The FTC has issued a Notice that it has determined that bait and switch sales practices are unfair or deceptive trade practices, and violate the FTC Act.
Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Bait and Switch Sales Practices. (1975).
Transcript of Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Bait and Switch Sales Practices. (created 2022).
The FTC administrative decisions establishing penalty offenses concerning bait and switch sales practices:
- Steven Rizzi, 85 F.T.C. 274 (1975).
- Wilbanks Carpet Specialists, Inc., 84 F.T.C. 510 (1974).
- S. States Distrib. Co., 83 F.T.C. 1126 (1973).
- Seekonk Freezer Meats, Inc., 82 F.T.C. 1025 (1973).
- Leon A. Tashof, 74 F.T.C. 1361 (1968), ²¹´Ú´Ú’d, 437 F.2d 707 (D.C. Cir. 1970).
- Holiday Carpets, Inc., 76 F.T.C. 673 (1969).
- Lawrence TV Corp., 73 F.T.C. 687 (1968).
- Consumers Prods. of Am., Inc., 72 F.T.C. 533 (1967), ²¹´Ú´Ú’d, 400 F.2d 930 (3d Cir. 1968).
- Royal Constr. Co., 71 F.T.C. 762 (1967).
- James R. Boarman, 70 F.T.C. 1463 (1966).
- Aluminum Indus., Inc., 67 F.T.C. 1 (1965).
- Lifetime, Inc., 59 F.T.C. 1231 (1961).
- Better Living, Inc., 54 F.T.C. 648 (1957), ²¹´Ú´Ú’d, 259 F.2d 271 (3d Cir. 1958).
About Notices of Penalty Offenses
A Notice of Penalty Offenses is a document listing certain types of conduct that the FTC has determined, in one or more litigated administrative cases, to be unfair or deceptive in violation of the FTC Act.
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