Louis Weissman, Inc

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In tee Matter or LOUIS WEISSMAN, INC., ET AL.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS Docket C-1803. Complaint, Sept. 28, 1970—Decision, Sept. 28, 1970 ‘Consent order requiring New York City wholesalers of fur products to cease falsely invoicing their fur products.

Complaint Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Fur Products Labeling Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Louis Weissman, Inc., a corporation, and Louis Weissman, individually and as an officer of said corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of said Acts and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Fur Products Labeling Act, and it appearing to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest, hereby issues its complaint stating its charges in that respect as follows:

Parscrarit 1. Respondent Louis Weissman, Inc., is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York.

Respondent Louis Weissman is an officer of the corporate respondent. He formulates, directs and controls the policies, acts and practices of the said corporate respondent including those hereinafter set forth.

Respondents are wholesalers of furs with their office and principal place of business located at 103 West 30th Street, New York, New York.

Par. 2. Respondents are now and for some time last past have been engaged in the introduction into commerce, and in the sale, advertising, and offering for sale in commerce, and in the transporta- LOUIS WEISSMAN, INC., ET AL. 1301 1300 Decision and Order tion and distribution in commerce, of fur products; and have sold, advertised, offered for sale, transported and distributed fur products which have been made in whole or in part of furs which have been shipped and received in commerce; and have introduced into commerce, sold, advertised and offered for sale in commerce and transported and distributed in commerce, furs, as the terms “commerce,” “fur” and “fur product” are defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act.

Par. 8. Certain of said fur products or furs were falsely and deceptively invoiced by the respondents in that they were not invoiced as required by Section 5(b) (1) of the Fur Products Labeling Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under such Act. Among such falsely and deceptively invoiced fur products or furs, but not limited thereto, were fur products or furs covered by invoices which failed to disclose that the furs or the fur contained in the fur products were bleached, dyed or otherwise artificially colored, when such was the fact.

Par. 4. The aforesaid acts and practices of respondents, as alleged herein, are in violation of the Fur Products Labeling Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder and constitute unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts. and practices in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Decision AND ORDER The Federal Trade Commission having initiated an investigation of certain acts and practices of the respondents named in the caption hereof, and the respondents having been furnished thereafter with a copy of a draft of complaint which the Bureau of Textiles and Furs proposed to present to the Commission for its consideration and which, if issued by the Commission, would charge respondents with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Fur Products Labeling Act; and The respondent and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order, an admission by the respondents of all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the aforesaid draft of complaint, a statement that the signing of said agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by respondents that the law has been violated as alleged in such complaint, and waivers and other provisions as required by the Commission’s Rules; and - The Commission having thereafter considered the matter and Decision and Order U7 BTC.

having determined that it had reason to believe that the respondents have violated the said Acts, and that complaint should issue stating its charges in that respect, and having thereupon accepted the executed consent agreement and placed such agreement on the public record for a period of thirty (30) days, now in further conformity with the procedure prescribed in Section 2.34(b) of its Rules, the ‘Commission hereby issues its complaint, makes the following jurisdictional findings, and enters the following order: 1. Respondent Louis Weissman, Inc., is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the ‘State of New York.

Respondent Louis Weissman is an officer of said corporation. He formulates, directs and controls the acts, practices and policies of ‘said corporation.

Respondents are wholesalers of fur products with their office and principal place of business located at 103 West 30th Street, New York, New York.

2. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this proceeding and of the respondents, and the proceeding is in the public interest.

ORDER It is ordered, That Louis Weissman, Inc., a corporation, and its officers, and Louis Weissman, individually and as an officer of said corporation, and respondents’ representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the introduction into commerce, or the sale, advertising or offering for sale in commerce, or the transportation or distribution in commerce, of any fur product; or in connection with the sale, advertising, offering for sale, transportation or distribution of any fur product which is made in whole or in part of fur which has been shipped and received in commerce; or in connection with the introduction into commerce, or the sale, advertising or offering for sale in commerce, or the transportation or distribution in commerce, of furs, as the terms “commerce,” “fur” and “fur product” are defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act, do forthwith cease and desist from falsely or deceptively invoicing furs or fur products by failing to furnish an invoice as the term “invoice” is defined in the Fur Products Labeling Act, showing in words and figures plainly legible all the information required to be disclosed by Section 5(b) (1) of the Fur Products Labeling Act.

It is further ordered, That respondents notify the Commission at AAU Ua Pare aMeetd ty ade, aud shat LVVY 1300 Order least 30 days prior to any proposed change in the corporate respondent such as dissolution, assignment or sale resulting in the emergence of a successor corporation, the creation or dissolution of subsidiaries or any other change in the corporation which may affect compliance obligations arising out of the order. lt is further ordered, That the respondent corporation shall forthwith distribute a copy of this order to each of its operating divisions. It is further ordered, That respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) davs after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a report, in writing, setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with this order.