The S.E.C. also found that the agencies did not sufficiently disclose or document changes to their ratings criteria.
A lawsuit filed this month in California Superior Court in Sacramento against Hyundai Motor America claims that multimedia advertising for the 2011-12 Elantra compact sedan trumpeted its 40 miles-per-gallon rating without sufficiently disclosing that this is just one of the car's economy ratings.
These actions violated the 2010 Open Internet Transparency Rule, according to the Commission, which requires broadband providers to sufficiently disclose details of their network practices to the public. .
According to Green Century's report: "Most of these companies are exploring substitutes for BPA to some degree, but do not commit to phasing out the chemical, are not funding the exploration of substitutes and fail to sufficiently disclose information about how they are addressing consumer concern on the issue".
A challenge to the wiretapping program could proceed, he said, provided the surveillance was "sufficiently well disclosed".
It must be pointed out that these studies were conducted using qualitative methylation analysis techniques that may not be sufficiently accurate to disclose subtle, but clinically relevant differences of methylation.
Concerning discriminant validity to assess whether the constructs are sufficiently distinct from each other, the evaluation measures disclosed weaknesses in the 'participation' and 'reasonableness' constructs.
"The matters not disclosed [by the chairman] cannot be viewed as sufficiently serious as to change a shareholder's view," the judge said.
The company has never disclosed its total funding although Talmon Marco, the co-founder and CEO, has said that it is "sufficiently funded".
