FTC v. Garvey
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
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...