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Lawyer’s Puffery as Best Personal Injury Lawyer Leads to Reprimand

Photo by rawpixel.com on Pexels.comLawyers, like other professionals and business owners, need to get the word out to the public about their skills and expertise, and advertising in social media, print, TV, radio, and even billboards is not unusual. However, … Continue reading

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"more predictive, consistent, stable" is puffery, but misrepresentation of what credit score you'd get isn't

Fair Isaac Corp. v. Trans Union, LLC, 2019 WL 1436018, No. 17-cv-8318 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 30, 2019)FICO sued TransUnion for breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing, copyright infringement, conversion, and false advertising. Since 1989, TransUnion, one … Continue reading

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Pa. Supreme Court fixes ridiculously overbroad holding of puffery

Commonwealth v. Golden Gate National Senior Care LLC, — A.3d —-, 2018 WL 4570102, No. 16 MAP 2017 (Pa. Sept. 25, 2018) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reinstated a bunch of claims against a bunch of nursing homes under the state … Continue reading

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Court considers fake reviews not deceptive if they're just puffery

Jive Commerce, LLC  v. Wine Racks America, Inc., 2018 WL 3873675, No. 1:18-CV-49 TS-BCW (D. Utah Aug. 15, 2018)The parties compete in the wine rack and wine cellar industry. Jive’s principal Jason Miller was formerly employed by WRA. Miller fell … Continue reading

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claim that bulb lasts "up to" 25 times longer isn't puffery

Young v. Cree, Inc., 2018 WL 3659305, No. 17-cv-06252-YGR (N.D. Cal. Aug. 2, 2018)Young alleged that Cree engaged in an “unfair and deceptive practice of … promising consumers” that Cree’s light-emitting-diode bulbs “will last for particularly long periods of time … Continue reading

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