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# false advertising

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# Bia Belle Beauty
Beauty website's claim that mink-hair eyelashes were made 'cruelty free' found to be misleading by ASAI
Four people complained to the authority that it was impossible for hair from a mink, a wild animal, to be obtained without cruelty.
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Oct 31st 2018, 6:20 AM
# false advertising
Complaint upheld after Santa no-show at Donegal nightclub's 'misleading' 99c drinks night
The complaint was lodged over a Facebook ad for a ‘Snow Rave’ in The Pulse Venue in Letterkenny.
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Aug 30th 2018, 7:45 PM
# Canada
Families to sue sperm bank after being given donations from convicted felon
At least 36 women in Britain, Canada and the US are believed to have been inseminated with the sperm.
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Apr 16th 2016, 3:24 PM
# Only in America
Subway settles lawsuit over foot-long sandwiches that measure less than 12 inches
Bring your rulers to lunch.
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Oct 21st 2015, 10:48 PM
# false advertising
Complaints against Vodafone, Dublin Airport and a psychic healer upheld
In total, the Advertising Standards Agency dealt with 13 complaints last month.
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Aug 5th 2014, 1:43 PM