JustTooMuchTime
02-11-2014, 11:00 PM
"As, according to the FTC, POM’s ads were misleading, POM’s First Amendment argument fails; false and misleading claims are not protected. The FTC acknowledges that First Amendment protection is available to potentially misleading claims that could be presented in a non-misleading manner by adding an effective disclaimer. However, this case does not concern future potentially misleading claims but past claims that, according to the FTC, were actually misleading, despite disclaimers or disclosures. "
FDA Law Blog: FTC Files Brief in POM Wonderful LL Appeal Arguing First Amendment Protection Is not Available for POM (http://www.fdalawblog.net/fda_law_blog_hyman_phelps/2014/02/ftc-files-brief-in-pom-wonderful-ll-appeal-arguing-first-amendment-protection-is-not-available-for-p.html)
Makes me wonder how any of this might be related to the Cato Institute brief filed on behalf of Kevin Trudeau
http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/Trudeau.pdf
FDA Law Blog: FTC Files Brief in POM Wonderful LL Appeal Arguing First Amendment Protection Is not Available for POM (http://www.fdalawblog.net/fda_law_blog_hyman_phelps/2014/02/ftc-files-brief-in-pom-wonderful-ll-appeal-arguing-first-amendment-protection-is-not-available-for-p.html)
Makes me wonder how any of this might be related to the Cato Institute brief filed on behalf of Kevin Trudeau
http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/Trudeau.pdf