How a TINA.org Reader Tip Led to a Record Penalty for False Made in USA Claims
FTC says civil penalty against Williams-Sonoma is “the largest ever in a Made in USA case.”
March 2018: A federal judge granted the company’s motion for summary judgment finding that no issue of fact existed.
November 2013: A class-action lawsuit making false advertising allegations was filed against a maker and manufacturer of disc drives, Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc. Specifically, the complaint alleges that the company represents that the external hard drives with Thunderbolt I/O interface perform at “shocking speeds up to 10 Gb/s” when, according to plaintiffs, the Thunderbolt drives cannot reach such speeds. (Dash et al v. Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc., Case No. 13-cv-06329, E.D.N.Y.).
FTC says civil penalty against Williams-Sonoma is “the largest ever in a Made in USA case.”
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Got milk? Apparently not.
Flag on the play.