Enforma Spokesman Garvey Not Liable For Weight-Loss Claims – Judge
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Federal Trade Commission presented insufficient evidence to support its claim that a former baseball player's statements about the efficacy of Enforma Natural Products' weight-loss supplements were "knowingly false" or made with "reckless disregard of the truth," a federal judge has concluded
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FTC v. Garvey
Commission files notice of appeal Jan. 23 following Los Angeles federal court's ruling that former baseball player Steve Garvey's statements about Enforma Natural Products' weight-loss supplements were not "knowingly false" or made with "reckless disregard of the truth" (1"The Tan Sheet" Nov. 11, 2002, p. 7). Appeal follows Commissioner Thomas Leary's remarks at Jan. 16 conference that FTC plans to seek consumer redress for false ad claims from endorsers...