1.   Boston-based John Hancock also gave improper awards and gifts to sales agents, used misleading advertising and unapproved policy forms and kept incomplete files.

2.   According to consumer and health industry groups, the lawsuit is apparently the first of its kind involving allegations of misleading advertising by an HMO in a membership drive.

3.   Boston-based John Hancock also gave improper awards and gifts to sales agents, used misleading advertising and unapproved policy forms, and kept incomplete files.

4.   But Spano was also cited by the committee for misleading advertising.

5.   But the manufacturers decided not to specify the number of vertical lines, leaving the door open for misleading advertising.

6.   But various federal and state agencies look for misleading advertising and sometimes take action against promoters or companies that stretch the truth too far.

7.   Older people with age-related impairments to the frontal cortex do poorly on gambling tasks and, experiments show, are prone to believe misleading advertising.

8.   The Federal Trade Commission can bring suit against a company for selling personal data only if the company has violated laws governing false and misleading advertising.

9.   The recall, announce Monday, comes after two class-action lawsuits alleged misleading advertising.

10.   The states made their move without federal authorities, who have been uncoordinated in their efforts to protect consumers from misleading advertising and leasing agreements.