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Baton Rouge Athletic Club and Health Spa, Inc

Volume 83 · 83 F.T.C. 1310

Citation
83 F.T.C. 1310
Docket
C-2487
Complaint
1974-01-28
Decision
1974-01-28
Document type
consent order
Case type
consumer protection
Statutes
FTC Act (section 5)
Industry
health spas
Outcome
consent order entered
Relief
affirmative_disclosure; cease_and_desist
Commission counsel
Thomas J. Daquila
Respondent counsel
William H. Cooper, Baton Rouge, La
Source
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Baton Rouge Athletic Club and Health Spa, Inc, 83 F.T.C. 1310 (1974). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v083-0115

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IN THE MATTER OF BATON ROUGE ATHLETIC CLUB AND HEALTH SPA, INC., ET AL.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT ‘Docket C-2487. Complaint, Jan. 28, 1974—Decision, Jan. 28, 1974 Consent order requiring two Baton Rouge, La., health spas to warn clearly that any body wrapping device or treatment offered by them may be dangerous to health, and that prospective users should seek a physician’s advice before using any such wrap. Appearances For the Commission: Thomas J. Daquila.

For the respondents: William H. Cooper, Baton Rouge, La. COMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Act, the Federal Trade Commission having reason to believe that Baton Rouge Athletic Club and Health Spa, Inc. (formerly Baton Rouge Health Club Management, Inc.), and Baton Rouge Health Club Management, Inc., Number Two, corporations, and Guy M. Bellelo and Raymond K. Roy, individually and as officers of the said corporations, hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of the said 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:

PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Baton Rouge Athletic Club and Health Spa, Inc. (formerly Baton Rouge Health Club Management, Inc.) is a corporation organized and engaged in business under and by virtue of Complaint 83 F.T.C.

Commission a report setting forth in detail the manner and form in which it has complied and is complying with Paragraphs III and VII of this order. 3 Ix.

It is further ordered, That Pepsico shall notify the Commission at least thirty (80) days prior to any proposed change in its corporate structure, 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 this order.

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