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NOTE: Here is where you can find advertising law information based on news briefs that appeared in past issues of Advertising Compliance Service, "Your Single Essential Advertising Law Resource," during the month of January 1999.
COMPUTER GIANT AGREES TO PAY $290,000 TO SETTLE FTC CHARGES A recently finalized FTC order with Gateway 2000 requires the computer giant to pay $290,000 to settle FTC charges that Gateway made false and misleading statements in advertising its refund policy and misleading claims about its on-site warranty service. FTC is requiring that the money be paid to the U.S. Treasury since individual consumers who should have received a refund couldn't be identified. NOTE: A consent agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission of a law violation. When the Commission issues a consent order on a final basis, it carries the force of law with respect to future actions. Each violation of such an order may result in a civil penalty of $11,000. (Gateway 2000, FTC Dkt. No. C-3844, January 7, 1999.)
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