Legal Opinion
Basic Research, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission
District Court, D. Utah
Decided May 23, 2011No. 2:09-po-00779PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
CLARK WADDOUPS, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
On June 19, 2006, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Decision and Order that reflected the terms of a settlement agreement between Basic Research 1 and the FTC. Before Basic Research can make representations about its products in advertisements, it must “possess and rely upon a reasonable basis for the representation, which shall consist of competent and reliable scientific evidence.” 2 Basic Research contends it bargained for this “reasonable basis” standard and that the FTC is now trying to eliminate that…
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