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F.T.C. v. TRUDEAU

No. 03 C 3904.

567 F.Supp.2d 1016 (2007)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. Kevin TRUDEAU, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

November 16, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. O'Toole, Federal Trade Commission, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth Tucci, Laureen Kapin, Sandhya Prabhu, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

David J. Bradford, Daniel Jay Hurtado, David Eric Jimenez-Ekman, Jenner & Block LLP, David L. Schiavone, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, Chicago, IL, Katharine R. Saunders, Latham & Watkins LLC, Lewis Rose, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT W. GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

Kevin Trudeau is one heck of a salesman. He is also a prolific author, self-described consumer advocate and "exposer of corporate and government corruption."1 He is also an ex-felon2 and, as discussed below, a contemnor of this court's orders. His favorite marketing tool is the "infomercial," a lengthy television advertisement...

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