Hi-Tech Avoids FTC Contempt Charge, But Not The Judge

Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. will present evidence that it is compliant with a Federal Trade Commission order against marketing weight loss supplements with unsubstantiated claims, but it will make its arguments to the same judge who previously found it in contempt.

In the U.S. District Court for the Northern Georgia District, Judge Charles Parnell Jr. on Nov. 4 rejected FTC’s motion for a summary judgment against Hi-Tech of contempt of a...