Joseph Samuel Leventhal's Answers

Joseph Samuel Leventhal
San Diego Litigation Lawyer.
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Attorney answers:

  1. Daniel Nathan Ballard
  2. Robert John Bogdanowicz III
  3. Joseph Samuel Leventhal

Does the US Air force have misleading commercials?

Asked by a user in Oklahoma City, OK - over 1 year ago.

I agree with Daniel's response and disagree somewhat with Robert's response. It's an impossible question to answer as a hypothetical. The most common legal standard asks what a "reasonable consumer" would think when viewing an advertisement. You question raises the prospect of "high school recruits" and this would be a fundamental question in any lawsuit - should the "reasonable consumer" be considered a high school student or an average consumer, perhaps even though the advertisements do...