National Talent Associates, Inc
Volume 86 · 86 F.T.C. 1202
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IN THE MATTER OF
NATIONAL TALENT ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL.
Docket 8960. Complaint, Apr. 3, 1974—Decision, Nov. 26, 1975
Consent order requiring a New York City talent and modeling agency and three closely held corporations in New Jersey, Illinois and California, among other things to cease misrepresenting their ability to place customers into modeling and entertainment positions; using unethical and exploitative high pressure sales tactics and failing to disclose relevant facts. Further, respondents are
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misrepresenting, in any manner, the size, status, sales or purchasing position of respondents' dealership. It is further ordered:
(a) That respondents shall forthwith distribute a copy of this order to each of their operating divisions; (b) That respondents deliver a copy of this order to cease and desist to all present and future personnel engaged in the offering for sale, or sale, of any motor vehicle, and in the consummation of any extension of consumer credit or in any aspect of preparation, creation, or placing of advertising, and that respondents secure a signed statement acknowledging receipt of said order from each such person; (c) That respondents notify the Commission at least thirty (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; (d) That respondents post in a prominent place in each salesroom or other area wherein respondents sell motor vehicles or other products or services, a copy of this cease and desist order, with the notice that any customer or prospective customer may receive a copy on demand; (e) That the individual respondents named herein promptly notify the Commission of the discontinuance of their present business or employment and of their affiliation with a new business or employment. Such notice shall include respondents' current business address and a statement as to the nature of the business or employment in which they are engaged as well as a description of their duties and responsibilities; and (f) That the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days 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.