Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916
The Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916 (May 29, 1916, 39 Stat. 165, ch. 130, § 1.), forbade businesses and advertisers to make deliberately misleading and fraudulent statements about the goods they were selling within the District of Columbia .[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jones, D. G. Brian; Richardson, Alan J.; Shearer, Teri (June 2000). "Truth and the Evolution of the Professions: A Comparative Study of 'Truth in Advertising' and 'True and Fair' Financial Statements in North America during the Progressive Era". Journal of Macromarketing. 20 (1): 23–35. doi:10.1177/0276146700201003.
- ^ "Code of the District of Columbia". Council of the District of Columbia.
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