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Trade Restraints - Federal Trade Commission - False Representation As Unfair Method Of Competion, Michigan Law Review Apr 1937

Trade Restraints - Federal Trade Commission - False Representation As Unfair Method Of Competion, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

An order to cease and desist, directed against the defendant publisher and others, forbade the following trade practices: representing that its encyclopedias were given away and that only the "extension service" was sold; representing the work as given away to selected persons among whom the prospective buyer was one; representing the work as new; selling the same under two names; representing its usual price as higher than that at which it was offered; representing any person as a contributor who was not a contributor; representing any person as giving a testimonial who had not done so; publishing garbled testimonials; and …


The Patman Act In Practice, Blackwell Smith Mar 1937

The Patman Act In Practice, Blackwell Smith

Michigan Law Review

A recent act of Congress directed against price discrimination and related phases of buying and selling has already become famous as the Robinson-Patman Act, so named for its two principal sponsors in Congress. This act has been much written about, and yet those whose law practice confronts them with daily problems in its application to the actuality of the business world find daily new aspects. The act has something to say with reference to every business transaction (in or related sufficiently to interstate commerce) which involves a price or a service or a facility in connection with the sale of …


Injunctions - Interest Necessary To Enjoin The Practice Of A Profession Without A License, Michigan Law Review Jan 1937

Injunctions - Interest Necessary To Enjoin The Practice Of A Profession Without A License, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Three individual plaintiffs, as registered optometrists, and the Michigan Society of Optometrists, on behalf of themselves and duly registered members of their profession, filed a bill to enjoin the defendant corporation from violating a section of the Michigan Optometrical Act, and to specifically enjoin the advertisement of glasses and using in connection with such advertisement the statement, "Scientific eye examination included." Held, suit may be brought by parties engaged in a profession to enjoin unfair trade and practice even though such practices are punishable by criminal penalties. Seifert v. Buhl Optical Co., 276 Mich. 692, 268 N. W. …