Sellers of At-Home Treatment for Opioid Withdrawal and Addiction Barred from Making Deceptive Claims

The marketers of Elimidrol, a powdered drink mix touted as enabling opiate-addicted consumers to overcome addiction and withdrawal, have settled an FTC complaint that their claims were false and misleading. The proposed stipulated order requires Sunrise Nutraceuticals, LLC, and its principal, Joshua Erickson, to have competent and reliable scientific evidence to back up claims for […]

FTC Dismisses Complaint Challenging Merger of Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to dismiss without prejudice its administrative complaint challenging the proposed merger between Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center – two hospitals located three miles apart in Huntington, West Virginia. The FTC’s administrative complaint, issued in November 2015, alleged that the proposed merger violated U.S. antitrust law. The […]