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Law Office of Eric W. Fetter, P.A.

2015 Stanley Street
Orlando, Florida 32803

Phone: 407.650.1733

Fax: 407.896.0496

Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices

Orlando Consumer Protection Attorney - Lawyer, Eric W. Fetter proudly provides professional Fair Debt Collection Reporting and other Consumer Protection Law legal services in Orlando, Orange County Florida, and throughout the Central Florida area.

If you have questions, concerns, or needs regarding consumer law protection relating to unfair and deceptive acts and practices legal issues, we urge you to seek the legal advice of an experienced consumer protection attorney - lawyer. Contact the Law Office of Eric W. Fetter, P.A., by calling (407) 650-1733 to schedule a confidential legal consultation.

As a Consumer Protection Law Attorney - Lawyer, Eric Fetter proudly serves the Orlando, Orange County, and Central Florida area.

Under Florida law, businesses are prohibits from engaging in unfair and deceptive acts and practices which may cause harm consumers, businesses and individuals. The Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (also known as FDUTPA) is a very strict compliance consumer protection law that allows consumers to legally seek and recover their actual damages from a business that violate the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, in addition to having their attorneys’ fees paid.

Florida Statute 501.204 states "Unfair methods of competition, unconscionable acts or practices, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful".

The Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act protects both individuals and business who are victims of deceptive, unfair, and fraudulent acts.

These acts and practices may include, but are not limited to:

• False advertising;

• High-pressure sales tactics;

• "Bait and switch" or "come-on" advertising;

• Billing fraud;

• Use of contract language that misleads consumers;

• Misrepresentation of product ingredients or origins;

• The use of misleading labels or tags and the implementation of packaging designs and advertising similar to a known consumer brand or trade name;

• Deceptive or unfair credit card acts or practices;

• Deceptive or unfair consumer leases;

• Deceptive mail-order and telephone solicitation;

• Passing off goods or services as those of another;

• Intentionally causing the likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of goods or services;

• Intentionally causing the likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding as to affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification by, another.

• Using deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection with goods or services.

• Giving the impression that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, or qualities that they do not have or that a person has a sponsor-ship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection that he does not have.

• Giving the impression that goods are original or new if they are deteriorated, altered, reconditioned, reclaimed, used, or second-hand.

• Giving the impression that goods or services are of particular standard, quality, or grade, or that goods are of particular style or model, if they are of another.

• Disparaging remarks that the goods, services, or business of another by false or misleading misrepresentation of fact.

• Advertises goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised.

• Advertising goods or services with intent not to supply reasonably expected public demand, unless advertisement discloses a limitation of quantity.

• Making false or misleading statements of fact concerning the reasons for, existence of, or amounts of price reductions.

• Engaging in any other conduct which similarly creates the likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding.

Be proactive in protecting your legal rights by seeking the advice and representation of an experienced consumer protection unfair and deceptive acts and practices attorney - lawyer legal who serves the Orlando, Orange County, and Central Florida area. Contact the Law Office of Eric W. Fetter, P.A., by calling (407) 650-1733.

Orlando Consumer Protection Attorney - Lawyer, Eric W. Fetter proudly provides professional Fair Debt Collection Reporting and other Consumer Protection Law legal services in Orlando, Orange County Florida, and throughout the Central Florida area.