Food, Beverage & Nutrition Law Blog » Kevin Trudeau http://nutrisuplaw.com Arnstein & Lehr LLP Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:18:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kevin Trudeau slapped with $37M judgment and injunction http://nutrisuplaw.com/kevin-trudeau-slapped-with-37m-judgment-and-injunction/ http://nutrisuplaw.com/kevin-trudeau-slapped-with-37m-judgment-and-injunction/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:48:25 +0000 Joel Rothman http://nutrisuplaw.com/?p=353 kevin trudeau weight loss cure Kevin Trudeau slapped with $37M judgment and injunctionIn 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 originally reported on the FTC action in a post in September of 2007.  At that time we noted that if successful, this will be the second contempt order entered against Trudeau.

Well, it’s official.  Contempt order two has been entered and Trudeau has been ordered to repay the victims of his scams to the tune of $37 million.

Trudeau has had several run-ins with the FTC, as detailed in the case filings archived at the FTC website.  To access the entire FTC v. Trudeau case file, click here.

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If successful, this will be the second contempt order entered against Trudeau. Trudeau has had several run-ins with the FTC, as detailed in the case filings archived at the FTC website.

This latest Trudeau incident provides some insight into the intersection of supplement marketing practices and the first amendment. The FTC could not, consistent with the First Amendment, prevent Trudeau from writing about whatever he chose in his books. However, the FTC can, and has, enjoined Trudeau from making unfair and deceptive claims about what he writes in those books, including, as in this instance, claims that a weight loss plan is “easy” when it actually involves eating a 500 calorie starvation diet combined with daily injections of a prescription drug banned in the U.S.

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