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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding the Matter of Facebook, Inc.
Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of FTC vs. Equifax, Inc.
20191657: NexPhase Capital Fund III, L.P.; New Harbor Capital Fund, LP
Lights of America, Inc., Usman Vakil, and Farooq Vakil
The Federal Trade Commission sued Lights of America Inc. and related defendants for violating federal law by misrepresenting the light output and life expectancy of their LED bulbs, and falsely comparing the brightness of their LED bulbs with that of other light bulbs. A federal court ordered the defendants to pay $21 million to the FTC to provide refunds and banned the defendants from misrepresenting material facts about lighting products. Millions of people bought these LED bulbs at Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, hardware stores, grocery stores, and on Amazon.com. The FTC has already returned more than $12 million to people who bought these light bulbs. The claims process is still open.
1907007 Informal Interpretation
20191598: Keane Group, Inc.; C&J Energy Services, Inc.
20191612: BDT Sunrise Holdings LLC; Tres Aguilas Enterprises LLC
20191622: Frontier Cooperative Company; Midwest Farmers Cooperative
20191642: Quad-C Partners IX, L.P.; The Resolute Fund III, L.P.
Lighting X-Change Company, LLC
In July 2019, the FTC sent refunds totaling more than $708,000 to consumers and businesses that had been tricked into paying for unordered light bulbs and cleaning supplies. The Commission’s February 2016 complaint alleged the Lighting X-Change defendants’ telemarketers failed to disclose to consumers that they were making a sales call, pretended they had a previous business relationship with the recipients, and falsely claimed that they wanted to send a free sample or catalog. Instead, they sent unordered light bulbs and cleaning supplies without disclosing the price up-front, and billed the recipients much more than market price for the products. A July 2017 order settling the charges banned the defendants from the illegal shipping and billing practices, and imposed a financial penalty that was used to provide the consumer refunds.