False Advertising
Posted on Mar 17, 2011 10:40am PDT
In the age of the Internet and cable television, consumer fraud has reached epidemic proportions. Products and services are routinely advertised with little if any regard for the truth. Consumers spend billions of dollars each year on products that don’t work as advertised and services that fail to live up to expectations.
The trial lawyers at The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP have decades of experience litigating and resolving claims and lawsuits all over the United States involving consumer fraud and false advertising claims. If you or someone close to you has been the victim of fraud or false advertising we are here to help ensure that your rights are fully protected. We are involved in litigation relating to a wide-range of false advertising and fraud cases.
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