[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19615]


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[Federal Register: August 11, 1994]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3510]

 

Wyatt Marketing Corporation, Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices, 
and Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, a California-based company 
from distributing an infomercial, from making false claims regarding a 
book on the availability of government grants and loans, and from 
making or selling any commercial that misrepresents it as an 
independent program, rather than a paid advertisement. The respondent 
is required to have a disclosure statement for any commercial 15 
minutes or longer, and to have substantiation for future claims 
regarding the availability of grants, loans or other benefits from any 
source, the terms or conditions of getting government loans or grants, 
and methods for starting or operating a business.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued July 27, 1994.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Starek's statement are available from the Commission's 
Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Bloom, FTC/New York Regional Office, 150 William St., 13th 
Floor, New York, N.Y. 10038. (212) 264-1207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, May 18, 1994, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 25904, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Wyatt Marketing Corporation, 
Inc., et al., for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested 
parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, 
suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-19615 Filed 8-10-94; 8:45 am]
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