Firm agrees to refund to settle suit over weight-loss pills

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City-based company has agreed to pay refunds to consumers who purchased its weight-loss tablets to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed its advertising slogan, "Eat All You Want & Still Lose Weight," was deceptive.

Under the proposed settlement, Basic Research will pay a refund of $25 per box after being sued by law firms on behalf of consumers who purchased the product called Akavar beginning in 2007.

A Basic Research representative didn't respond to requests for comment. But the company has denied any wrongdoing and would still be able to use the slogan under the proposed agreement.

Salt Lake City attorney Jon Harper, who represents consumers, told The Salt Lake Tribune ( http://bit.ly/1EWLhIV ) that he couldn't comment other than to say the litigation was resolved "on terms satisfactory to the parties."

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[HuckleB]

1. How many other scam artists should be condemned similarly?

Why is snake oil such an easy sell in this day and age?

[jtuck004]

3. Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Chase...the list is long. n/t

[HuckleB]

5. True enough, but there are plenty of health care scam companies, too.

[jtuck004]

6. Absolutely. The list would need a scroll. n/t

[CBGLuthier]

2. Shouldn't consumer stupidity be cited as contributory negligence?

I agree companies should not be able to claim bullshit but I also wish that people could learn what bullshit smells like. I mean how fucking stupid do you have to be to believe such bullshit?

[MADem]

4. Really--like a magic pill (unless it's a frighteningly strong laxative) can overcome the

whole "calories do count" theme that has been popular for what, nearly a century, now?

[Cal Carpenter]

7. "..and would still be able to use the slogan under the proposed agreement.."