The Act prohibits providers of legal services from advertising in an untrue, fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading manner. The Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs is authorized to investigate such advertising and may issue public reprimands and cease and desist orders. The Act requires that notice and a hearing be
The Act prohibits merchants from compelling a purchaser to disclose the purchaser's phone number as a contingency of a credit card sale. Merchants, as a condition of accepting a check or draft, are prohibited from imprinting the information from a purchaser's credit card on the check
The Act expands the definition of trade secret and other related terms, provide remedies for misappropriation of trade secrets, permits payment of attorneys' fees in cases of bad faith misappropriation, requires preservation of secrecy in judicial proceedings, and establishes a statute of limitations for trade secret misappropriation actions.
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The Act restricts the scope of the Used Car Dealers' Registration Act by excluding franchised motor vehicle dealers from the statutory definition of a used car dealer, from representation on the State Board of Registration of Used Car Dealers, and from used car dealer license and registration requirements
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The Act defines and sets forth regulations for going out of business sales. The penalties provided under the Fair Business Practices Act of 1975 apply to violations of the new Code subsections.
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The Act extensively revises provisions relating to actions by the administrator of the Fair Business Practices Act of 1975. The Act permits the administrator to issue cease and desist orders and to impose civil penalties. The Act provides additional court-imposed remedies, including restitution to injured consumers.
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The Act adds a new Code section prohibiting the use of automatic dialing equipment or the use of the United States mail to solicit telephone calls to ‘976’ numbers.
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The Act includes office supply transactions within the protections provided by the Fair Business Practices Act of 1975, and forbids false representations and substitutions by office suppliers. It amends O.C.G.A. 10-1-392, 10-1-397, 10-1-399 and creates O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.1.
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The Act regulates promotional giveaways and contests under the Fair Business Practices Act by requiring disclosure of the value and chance of receiving the prizes, gifts or awards.
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