Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act
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The Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is a state law that protects consumers and businesses from unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent practices in trade and commerce in Illinois.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2324097 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act Context triple: [Illinois Compiled Statutes, hasPart, Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act]
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A.
Illinois Compiled Statutes
The Illinois Compiled Statutes are the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the U.S. state of Illinois.
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B.
Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
The Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is a municipal agency responsible for licensing and regulating businesses, enforcing consumer protection laws, and supporting economic activity within the city of Chicago.
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C.
Federal Trade Commission Act provisions
The Federal Trade Commission Act provisions are U.S. federal laws that establish and empower the Federal Trade Commission to prevent unfair or deceptive business practices and promote consumer protection and fair competition.
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D.
McClure-Volkmer Act
The McClure-Volkmer Act is a 1986 U.S. federal law that revised and relaxed certain gun control provisions while adding new regulations on firearms sales and ownership.
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E.
Truth in Lending Act
The Truth in Lending Act is a U.S. federal law that requires lenders to clearly disclose key terms and costs of consumer credit to promote informed borrowing and protect consumers from unfair lending practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act Target entity description: The Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is a state law that protects consumers and businesses from unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent practices in trade and commerce in Illinois.
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A.
Illinois Compiled Statutes
The Illinois Compiled Statutes are the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the U.S. state of Illinois.
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B.
Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
The Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is a municipal agency responsible for licensing and regulating businesses, enforcing consumer protection laws, and supporting economic activity within the city of Chicago.
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C.
Federal Trade Commission Act provisions
The Federal Trade Commission Act provisions are U.S. federal laws that establish and empower the Federal Trade Commission to prevent unfair or deceptive business practices and promote consumer protection and fair competition.
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D.
McClure-Volkmer Act
The McClure-Volkmer Act is a 1986 U.S. federal law that revised and relaxed certain gun control provisions while adding new regulations on firearms sales and ownership.
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E.
Truth in Lending Act
The Truth in Lending Act is a U.S. federal law that requires lenders to clearly disclose key terms and costs of consumer credit to promote informed borrowing and protect consumers from unfair lending practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Illinois statute
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consumer fraud law ⓘ state consumer protection statute ⓘ |
| allows |
class actions under certain circumstances
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private right of action ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
businesses in Illinois
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consumers in Illinois ⓘ |
| benefits |
individual consumers
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legitimate businesses competing fairly ⓘ |
| construction | liberally construed to effectuate its purpose ⓘ |
| covers |
deceptive acts or practices
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fraud in trade or commerce ⓘ unfair acts or practices ⓘ unfair methods of competition ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Illinois Attorney General ⓘ |
| governs |
advertising practices
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marketing practices ⓘ other aspects of trade and commerce in Illinois ⓘ sales practices ⓘ |
| isComparableTo | other U.S. state consumer protection acts ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Illinois Compiled Statutes ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Illinois
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linked to:
Illinois
|
| legalEffect | supplements common law fraud remedies ⓘ |
| legalNature | remedial statute ⓘ |
| legalRemedy |
attorney’s fees in certain cases
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damages ⓘ injunctive relief ⓘ |
| policyGoal |
to deter deceptive business practices
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to promote fair competition ⓘ |
| protects |
borrowers and other consumers in commercial transactions
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purchasers of goods ⓘ purchasers of services ⓘ the public interest in honest marketplace practices ⓘ |
| purpose |
to protect businesses from unfair competition
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to protect consumers from deceptive practices ⓘ to protect consumers from fraudulent practices ⓘ to protect consumers from unfair practices ⓘ |
| regulates | trade and commerce ⓘ |
| requires | a nexus to Illinois for application ⓘ |
| scope | broadly construed in favor of consumers ⓘ |
| standardOfProof | preponderance of the evidence in civil actions ⓘ |
| targets |
concealment of material facts in consumer transactions
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misrepresentation in consumer transactions ⓘ omission of material facts in consumer transactions ⓘ |
| typeOfLiability | civil liability ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act Description of subject: The Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is a state law that protects consumers and businesses from unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent practices in trade and commerce in Illinois.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Illinois Compiled Statutes
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hasPart
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Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act
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Consumer Protection Division (Illinois Attorney General)
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legalAuthority
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Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act
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subject linked to:
Consumer Protection Division