PMP Associates, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.

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• approving and applying other, less specific factors that the FTC also uses to discern unfairness
• approving and applying other, less specific factors that FTC also uses to discern unfairness
• stating factors to consider, including whether act or practice falls under “some common-law, statutory, or other established concept of unfairness,” “is immoral, unethical, oppressive, or unscrupulous,” or causes substantial injury to consumers or business competitors
• upholding dismissal of complaint, stating that refusing to do business “is not within any recognized conception of unfairness, is neither immoral, unethical, oppressive nor unscrupulous, and would not cause substantial injury to consumers, competitors or other businessmen.”
• sustaining a demurrer in a lawsuit against a newspaper for allegedly refusing to sell advertising space to a business enterprise providing escort services to the general public, holding that the plaintiff had failed to state facts constituting an unfair trade practice
• Chapter 93A \directs us to consider the interpretations of unfair acts and practices under s.5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act....\

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