Federal Trade Commission v. National Urological Group, Inc. et al

  1. October 11, 2017

    Hi-Tech To Pay $40M In Sanctions In FTC Labeling Suit

    A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday ordered Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. and three individuals to pay $40.1 million in compensatory sanctions for allegedly violating an injunction in a Federal Trade Commission suit.

  2. November 19, 2015

    Hi-Tech Fails To DQ FTC's Trial Team In Labeling Row

    A Georgia federal judge on Thursday rejected Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals' bid to disqualify the Federal Trade Commission's trial team from its suit over allegedly false labels on the company's weight loss supplements, saying the matter was already decided in 2012 and that Hi-Tech didn't offer any new evidence to warrant disqualification.

  3. November 16, 2015

    Hi-Tech Blasts FTC For Accessing Imprisoned CEO's Email

    Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. strongly criticized the Federal Trade Commission on Monday for accessing a privileged email its CEO received while in prison, urging a Georgia federal judge to either dismiss the agency's false advertising case or disqualify the agency's attorneys and denying that its motion is "untethered to reality."

  4. November 04, 2015

    Hi-Tech Evades Contempt Finding In FTC Suit For Now

    A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday declined to impose sanctions on Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals for allegedly violating a 2008 injunction in the Federal Trade Commission's suit against the supplement maker, saying that the regulator's request is premature.

  5. October 27, 2015

    Judge Refuses To Recuse Himself In Diet Pill Sanctions Row

    A Georgia federal judge said Tuesay he won't step down from presiding over the Federal Trade Commission's suit against a supplement maker, ruling Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals had failed to show how his decisions or line of questioning in court suggested bias.

  6. October 13, 2015

    Supplement Co. Wants FTC Attys Booted From Labeling Suit

    Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. argued on Tuesday that the Federal Trade Commission's trial team should be disqualified from the agency's suit over allegedly false labels on Hi-Tech's weight loss supplements, claiming the agency wrongfully found out about a privileged document that Hi-Tech owner Jared Wheat had received in prison.

  7. October 09, 2015

    Hi-Tech Fights $35M FTC Contempt Motion in Supplement Suit

    Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Friday fought back at an attempt by the Federal Trade Commission to have a Georgia federal court reinstate previously vacated findings of contempt and sanctions over allegedly false labels on its weight loss supplements, calling the FTC's motion "premature."

  8. October 06, 2015

    Hi-Tech Asks Judge For Recusal Over Seeing Privileged Docs

    Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Monday once again asked a Georgia federal judge to remove himself from a case the Federal Trade Commission is bringing against the company over dietary supplement labels, claiming a fair verdict isn't possible when the judge has seen privileged communications.

  9. September 17, 2015

    FTC Slams Supplement Co. Recusal Bid In Labeling Suit

    The Federal Trade Commission stood by a Georgia federal judge who Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. says should recuse himself from the FTC's suit over diet supplement labels, saying the judge can't step down just because Hi-Tech doesn't like his rulings.

  10. August 24, 2015

    Supplement Co. Says 'Tainted' Judge Should Exit FTC Row

    A health supplement company and its president asked a Georgia federal judge to step down from a Federal Trade Commission suit against them over weight loss supplement labels on Sunday, saying the judge was "tainted" by reviewing privileged documents.

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