[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 18414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8862]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3562]


Louis Bass, 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 Wisconsin corporation, 
doing business as Crestwood Company, from making false or 
unsubstantiated performance claims about any communication aid it 
offers in the future, and from making representations concerning the 
efficacy of the communication devices in enabling individuals with 
disabilities to communicate through facilitated communication, unless 
the respondent possesses competent and reliable scientific evidence to 
substantiate the representation.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued March 13, 1995.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order 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:
Jeffrey Klurfeld or Kerry O'Brien, San Francisco Regional Office, 
Federal Trade Commission, 901 Market St., Suite 570, San Francisco, CA. 
94103. (415) 744-7920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, January 4, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 467, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Louis Bass, Inc., 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, 52)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-8862 Filed 4-10-95; 8:45 am]
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