Sentence examples for a deceptive practice from inspiring English sources

The F.T.C. investigated and in 2011 cited the privacy changes as a deceptive practice.

In another adjustment since December, the Fed shifted the burden somewhat to the borrower to prove a deceptive practice.

Among other changes, his bill would define as a deceptive practice any failure by the airlines to disclose cancellations or expected delays in advance.

Farmers have also been facing a vexing challenge on the ground: keeping chile grown outside New Mexico from being sold as homegrown, a deceptive practice that is common and hard to detect.

(The New York Times) Pesky Fees Last year, the Federal Trade Commission sent out letters to 22 hotel chains warning them that failure to include all mandatory fees is a deceptive practice.

In a closely watched lawsuit, filed last month in Massachusetts state court, her father, James Brady, said Wheaton's policy of pocketing the difference between the cost of a study-abroad program and the full Wheaton tuition was a deceptive practice.

I also learned of a rather deceptive practice known as greenwashing - in which a consumer will be led to think the product or service is truly green, but when you look deeper into it - as in the case of cage-free eggs - that is not the case.

Mr. Grossman argued that the vendors entered into a sham bookkeeping transaction with Charter that met the federal definition of a prohibited deceptive practice.

The Transportation Department has also deemed it "an unfair and deceptive practice" to continue operating a chronically delayed flight and will fine airlines that do so.

A: Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices ("DUTPA") consumer protection statutes provide relief for deceptive acts affecting commerce.

The Board may shorten the time period referred to in subparagraph (A), if the Board makes a specific finding that such action is necessary to comply with the findings of a court or to prevent an unfair or deceptive practice.