Infomercials are popular methods for selling nutritional supplements and other products. However, they must follow the same rules that govern other advertising. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act to regulate unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce. That includes the [...]

In the conclusion to the FTC’s follow-up action against Kevin Trudeau for making deceptive claims about his books, a federal judge has ordered Trudeau to pay more than $37 million for violating a 2004 stipulated order by misrepresenting the content of his book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.” We [...]

Best-selling author Kevin Trudeau has come under fire again for violating an injunction banning him from making infomercials that misrepresent the contents of his latest book entitled “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.” To read the FTC’s brief in support of contempt, click here. If successful, this will be the [...]