Misleading and “deceptive” shall mean deceptive as that term is interpreted under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Misleading and “Deceptive” shall mean any act or omission that is misleading or deceptive within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act or California Business & Professions Code § 17200 or § 17500.
Misleading means causing a consumer to accept as true or valid that which is false or invalid. Whether a representation is misleading is determined by the net effect of the totality of related representations.
Examples of Misleading in a sentence
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More Definitions of Misleading
Misleading and “deceptive” shall have the same meaning as those terms are interpreted under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Misleading and “deceptive” shall mean any act or omission that is misleading or deceptive within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Misleading in the Act means that labeling is deceptive if it is such as to create or lead to a false impression in the mind of the reader. A "false impression" may result not only from a false or deceptive statement, but may also be instilled in the mind of the purchaser by ambiguity or misdirection. It may also be caused by failure to inform the consumer of facts that are relevant to those statements actually made. In other words, the label that remains silent as to certain consequences may be as deceptive as the label that contains extravagant claims.
Misleading means giving the wrong idea or impression.
Misleading means information that:
Misleading means “deceptive” and is “calculated to lead astray or to . . . give a wrong impression. Misleading. Black’s Law Online Dictionary, https://thelawdictionary.org/?s=misleading (last visited January 18, 2024).
Misleading means, with respect to a prospectus, that such prospectus (x) contains an untrue statement of material fact, (y) omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or (z) omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.