sue company false advertising?
i used to work for a company that was an SEO (search engine optimization) the company had all of us telemarketers call random businesses all over the USA telling them if they signed up for our service we would be able to put them in the showcase position on yahoo and google. (((showcase means when you search on yahoo or google and your looking for a business… lets say a pet groomer…you would type in "pet groomer" and the first 3 listings you see are the showcase positions))) now what they really did was barely put them in the yahoo and google database where maybe if you went to page 4 or 5 you would see them….crazy huh? ya well i was wondering how i could get them in trouble to stop them from lying! could i sue them for false advertising? what is your opinion?
5 Responses
begood1977
04 Mar 2010
glassesguru
04 Mar 2010
You could report them to the attorney general. That’s really about all you have, however a class action suit sounds in order for your previous clientele.
polypundit
04 Mar 2010
Not if you were, how shall i put this, unceremoniously discharged. Fired employees cannot sue their employee on the grounds of false advertising as the courts consider it a "vengeful allegation."
hamrrfan
04 Mar 2010
You can only sue someone if you are the injured party.
cyanne2ak
04 Mar 2010
No, you cannot personally sue them because you have not suffered any injury from their practices. However, you CAN file a complaint with your local Chamber of Commerce and Better Business Bureau.
IF and a big IF you could get all of the old clients together to file a class action suit then they may be able to collect damages, but you would collect nothing seeing as how you were not harmed by t his in any way. So you would put a lot of time and effort in to just get to revenge on them, keep in mind though that it may be awkward for you to talk to the clients considering you were one of the ones that called around and ask them to sign up. I would just let it go. It’s wrong that they did it, but trying to punish them will just make you miserable. You should however report them, so that they can not continue this practice. You can got to the Chamber of Commerce or the Better Business Bureau to see if there is anything they can do to shut them down. Good Luck.