UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
NATIONAL TALENT ASSOCIATES, INC., et al.
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 96-2617 (KSH)
Katherine Sweeney Hayden, D.J.
Order of Permanent Injunction
Plaintiff, the United States of America, having filed a Complaint for
Monetary Civil Penalties, Injunctive and Other Relief, and defendants
having answered; and the parties having presented evidence at trial;
and it appearing from all the evidence that defendants have violated
and, unless restrained by Order of this Court, will continue to
violate an Order entered by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") on
November 26, 1975 (Docket No. 8960), 86 F.T.C. 1201 (1975), and a
Modified Order entered on January 21, 1986, 107 F.T.C. 1 (1986)
(hereinafter "the Modified Order"); it is therefore
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that:
I. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter and over all
parties to this action.
II. The Complaint For Monetary Civil Penalties, Injunctive And Other
Relief states a claim for relief against the defendants under the
Federal Trade Commission Act, 5 U.S.C. § 45(l).
III. The defendants, National Talent Associates, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation, National Talent Associates, Inc., an Illinois corporation
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "NTA"), and Jerome P.
Ashfield ("Ashfield"), individually and as an officer of NTA,
consented to and are bound by the Modified Order. The evidence
establishes that defendants have violated the Modified Order by, inter
alia, (a) representing directly or indirectly that NTA and its
salespeople have the "expertise essential for the judging and
selection of the most qualified persons to be used as models, actors,
actresses or entertainers in the commercial advertising, talent,
modeling or entertainment industries" (Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the
Modified Order); (b) representing directly or indirectly that a
person's chances for selection by any person or agency "will be aided,
increased or enhanced by entering into a contract with National Talent
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
NATIONAL TALENT ASSOCIATES, INC., et al.
Plaintiff, the United States of America, having filed a Complaint for Monetary Civil
T.C. 1; it is therefore
The Complaint For Monetary Civil Penalties, Injunctive And Other Relief states a claim for
The defendants, National Talent Associates, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, National Talent
The evidence establishes that defendants have violated the Modified Order by, inter alia,
on by any person or agency "will be aided, increased or enhanced by entering into a contract with
the information required to be disclosed in the 'Important Information' document"; and failing or
Effective sixty days from the entry of this Order, the defendants and each and all of their
presentation to a prospective consumer unless the company has demonstrated to the satisfaction of
representing directly or indirectly that NTA or its salespeople have the expertise essential
representing directly or indirectly that persons placed under contract by NTA can reasonably
failing or refusing to refund within 10 business days after the receipt of a valid notice of
Defendants NTA and Ashfield, and their successors, heirs and assigns, shall notify the
solution of a subsidiary or parent, or any other change that may affect the defendants' obligations
This Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter for the purposes of enabling any of the
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