Hi-Tech Hunts Growth As FTC Picks Up Scent On Disputed Weight Loss Claims
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FTC asks a federal court to re-instate a contempt order stemming from Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals’ misleading claims for weight loss supplements that an appellate court overturned. Hi-Tech, meanwhile, argues for recusal of the judge who found the firm in contempt and ordered two executives to jail.
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