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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
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edit
]
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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
.
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"Code of the District of Columbia"
.
Council of the District of Columbia
.