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FTC Sues Importer of LED Bulbs and COVID-19 PPE for “Made in USA” Violations

Hunton Andrews Kurth

The FTC, through the Department of Justice, has entered a settlement with two companies and the joint corporate President for falsely claiming that the LED lighting products and personal protective equipment (PPE) they sold were “Assembled in the USA,” “Buy American Act Compliant,” “Manufactured in the USA” and “100% Made in the USA,” despite having been imported from China.

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The cost of low cost landlords insurance

Cover4LetProperty

If you are a landlord, then like a lot of people, you probably regard the cost of insurance as an inevitable and necessary expense – but, at the same time, you’ll want to keep the cost of it as low as possible. To be on the lookout for what you consider is cheap landlords’ insurance, therefore, is in many ways only quite natural. Beware of the headline price One possible problem with products branded as low-priced or cheap landlords’ insurance, though, is that the attractive price tag may have b

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Piracy Incidents Decline, But Horizon Isn’t Clear

Triple-I: Business Insurance

Maritime piracy in the first half of 2022 is at its lowest level since 1994, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) says , with 58 incidents, down from 68 for the same period last year. Nevertheless, the organization cautions against complacency. For the full year 2020, IMB listed 195 actual and attempted attacks, up from 162 in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic may have played a role in that rise in pirate activity – as it is tied to underlying social, political, and economic problems – and 2022 may

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