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Ducoffe, Robert Hal – 1986
The Supreme Court tentatively extended First Amendment protection to commercial speech, but left the issue of defining and regulating deceptive advertising to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has employed tools such as the cease-and-desist order, affirmative disclosure, and corrective advertising. The FTC Act did not define deception, but…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advertising, Consumer Protection, Deception
