Nu Skin International, Inc., et al; Proposed Consent Agreement With Analysis To Aid Public Comment

概要

In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would prohibit, among other things, a Provo Utah-based multi-level marketing company and its principals from making deceptive claims about its purported baldness treatment, purported wrinkle lotion, purported burn cream, or substantially similar products, and require them to possess scientific evidence to substantiate a variety of product performance, benefits, efficacy, or safety claims for those and other products. The respondents would also be required to make certain disclosures in connection with future earnings claims to prospective distributors, and disgorge a total of $1.225 million.