Sentence examples for deceptive acts from inspiring English sources

First are the consumer-protection laws, which bar "unfair or deceptive acts and practices".

If there were "deceptive acts," the government could and should bring cases, if not criminal, then civil, against the individuals.

Even the best-trained psychologist can have a difficult time filtering through the deceptive acts and statements that can accompany an eating disorder.

The appeals court said that the suit could go forward under one broad New York statute that bans "deceptive acts or practices" in business.

The investigation followed a complaint from Electronic Privacy Information Center EPICC) to the FTC which charged Snapchat with using "unfair and deceptive acts and practices".

The only problem is that the "multiple fraudulent and deceptive acts" that the government alleged didn't take place at JPMorgan Chase; they happened at Bear Stearns during 2005 to 2007.

In July 1999, a jury found that Microsoft committed a deceptive act that violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, but rejected the rest of Bristol's case.

Attorney generals in 50 American states this week began a joint investigation and have warned that they believed the use of robo-signers "may constitute a deceptive act and/or an unfair practice or otherwise violate state laws".

"The sale of identical books to foreign buyers at prices significantly lower than to domestic buyers, while publicly stating that domestic prices are due to high costs, could constitute an unfair or deceptive act," the letter said.

That was clear in an exchange between Justice Antonin Scalia and the shareholders' lawyer, Stanley M. Grossman, who was arguing that the test he advocated for liability would set the bar high enough so that "it will not ensnare someone who does engage in a deceptive act but doesn't understand that the reason for it is to further a scheme".

But the letter is just another deceptive act from a deceptive marketer.