Blackstone School of Law, Inc
Volume 79 · 79 F.T.C. 285
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Blackstone School of Law, Inc, 79 F.T.C. 285 (1971). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v079-0058
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In roe Marrer oF BLACKSTONE SCHOOL OF LAW, INC., ET AL.* MODIFIED ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD. TO THE ALLEGED: VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket 5906: Complaint, July 18, 1951—Decision,. Aug. 23, 1971 -Order modifying an order of. February. 10, 1971, 78 F.T.C. 307, which required. respondent to clearly .disclose the limited utility of its law courses and its law degrees, staying enforcement of the latter provision (Paragraph 3), until the Commission rules on a similar question In the Matter of La Salle Hatension University, Docket No. 5907. The Commission by its order of June 24, 1971, 78 F.T.C. 1272, issued its. order in Docket No. 5907 without a similar proscription. Paragraph 3 of the February 10, 1971, modified cease and desist order in Docket-No. 5906. is herewith set aside. *Formerly Blackstone College of Law, Inc. Order 7 F.T.C.
Orver Serring Asipr Provision 1x Crease AND Desist Orper On February 10, 1971 [78 F.T.C. 307], the Commission issued an order to cease and desist modifying a June 29, 1954 [50 F.T.C. 1070], order against Blackstone College of Law, Inc. Paragraph 8 of the modified order proscribes, “Conferring or offering to confer an LL.B., LL.M., J.D., S.J.D. or any other degree in the field of law upon purchasers of respondent’s courses of study and instruction in law.” The modified order further provides that enforcement of said Paragraph 3 be stayed “unless and until the Commission disposes of the Order to Show Cause proceeding in Docket 5907 by a modified order containing a substantially similar proscription, or in the event that the order issued in Docket 5907 has a less strict proscription than - Paragraph 3, respondent herein will be bound by a similar provision in substantially the same form.”
The Commission, on June 24, 1971, having issued its order in Docket 5907 [78 F.T.C. 1272] without a proscription similar in content to Paragraph 3 of the above modified order:
It is ordered, That Paragraph 3 of the February 10, 1971, modified Commission cease and desist order be, and it hereby is, set aside.