UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
Case No.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,
Plaintiff
v.
SLIM DOWN SOLUTION, LLC, SLIM
DOWN SOLUTION, INC., S.S.T.
MANAGEMENT, INC., THE KARA
GROUP, LLC, RONALD ALARCON,
KATHLEEN ALARCON, MADERIA
MANAGEMENT, INC.,
POLYGLUCOSAMINE, LTD., AND
STEVEN PIERCE,
Defendants.
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STIPULATED ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") has filed a Complaint for
Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief against all defendants for their alleged deceptive acts or
and false advertisements in violation of Sections 5(a) and 12 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 45(a) and
52.
Without defendants Slim Down Solution, LLC, Slim Down Solution, Inc., S.S.T. Management,
Inc., The KARA Group, LLC, and their principals Ronald Alarcon and Kathleen Alarcon ("SDS
defendants") admitting liability for any of the alleged violations referred to in the Complaint, the
Commission and the SDS defendants have stipulated to the entry of the following Stipulated Order for
Preliminary Injunction ("Order"):
FINDINGS
1. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this case, and jurisdiction
SNIPPETS:
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,
SLIM DOWN SOLUTION, LLC, SLIM DOWN SOLUTION, INC., S.S.T. MANAGEMENT, INC., THE KARA GROUP,
"SDS defendants" shall refer to Slim Down Solution, LLC, Slim Down Solution, Inc.,
and any entity through which they do business.
"Target product" means Slim Down Solution tablets or any substantially similar product
other evidence based on the expertise of professionals in the relevant area,
the consumer to return or be reimbursed for the product or service.
individuals or in pools of computers available for shared use;
who include persons who are not employees of the
Associate Director for Advertising Practices
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the SDS defendants and their officers, directors, agents,
servants, employees, salespersons, distributors, corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates,
sale, distribution, or sale of any target product, including but not limited to:
Misrepresenting, expressly or by implication, including through the use of endorsements,
Making any representation, in any manner, expressly or by implication, including
Misrepresenting any other fact material to a consumer's decision to purchase any target
manufacturing, labeling, advertising, promotion, offering for sale, sale, or distribution of
continuity program for which they have not requested cancellation.
goods or services and authorization to submit a charge on a specified billing account for
the tape recording must include the
for any drug that is permitted in labeling for such drug under any tentative final or final
defendants, other than those transfers for actual, ordinary and necessary business expenses
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