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ARTICLE · 03 MARCH 2020

FTC's February Closing Letters -- A Quick Recap

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Here's a quick recap of the Federal Trade Commission's closing letters from February, and they're both about "made in USA" issues.

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Here's a quick recap of the Federal Trade Commission's closing letters from February, and they're both about "made in USA" issues.

On February 5th, the FTC closed an investigation into whether LumenFocus may have overstated the extent to which its products were made in the United States. The FTC said that, although the company performs manufacturing processes in the U.S., some of its LED lighting products incorporate significant imported content. Although there aren't a lot of details in the closing letter, it appears that the FTC was concerned that the company used "made in USA" claims in marketing materials that advertised multiple products, even though not all of the advertised products were made here. The FTC wrote, "unqualified U.S.-origin claims in marketing materials –- including claims that products are 'Made,' 'Built,' or 'Manufactured' in the USA –- likely suggest to consumers that all products advertised in those materials are 'all or virtually all' made

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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