Patent trolls have been criticized for broadly distributing vague, misleading letters demanding payment for a license; they leave the recipient scratching their heads as to the extent of their liability, yet fearful enough of the costs of litigation to entertain entering into a license.
That was a bit misleading because the payments included some won by agencies and states, whereas the costs were just those borne by the Justice Department.
On Thursday, two MPs on the Commons public accounts select committee accused the corporation of "lurching from one disaster to another" and potentially misleading parliament over severance payments.
For example, Cordray's agency has found examples of student loan specialists charging illegal late fees, misleading borrowers about their minimum monthly payments, processing payments in a way that maximizes late fees, and harassing borrowers with late-night or early-morning calls in violation of federal law.
"While recent examples are more blatant than in the past", says Lipschutz, "over the last few years the insurance industry has tried to convince Medicare private plan enrollees to join 'grassroots' organizations that are designed to protest any cuts to Medicare Advantage plan payments, sometimes using misleading and/or inaccurate rhetoric.
Leo J. Hindery Jr., the chairman of YES, described Cablevision's claim of $1 billion in payments through 2012 as "erroneous, misleading and disingenuous".
Most importantly, the government response to the consultation was highly misleading, claiming a support for its personal independence payment proposals that simply wasn't expressed.
He tells me that although he didn't necessarily feel he was being "robbed", he quickly realised that "whole payment process and deductions were horribly misleading as there's little to no chance of someone understanding how the process works unless A) you work for them, or B) until you get stung".
He tells me that although he didn't necessarily feel he was being "robbed", he quickly realised that "whole payment process and deductions were horribly misleading as there's little to no chance of someone understanding how the process works unless A) you work for them, or B) until you get stung". .
People will see lots of violations for things like misleading representation of performance and failures to disclose payments to fund distributors and soft dollars.
