President
OneSource Worldwide Network, Inc., operating in Dallas, Texas, and its president, James Fobair, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated advertising claims for a laundry detergent substitute they sold. According to the FTC's complaint, OneSource and Fobair falsely touted their product, "The EarthSmart Laundry CD," as an effective substitute for laundry detergents that not only cleans laundry but does so without polluting the earth's waterways. The proposed settlement would prohibit OneSource and Fobair from claiming that the Laundry CD or any similar product cleans as well as conventional laundry detergent and would require them to pay $50,000 in disgorgement. These funds are to be divided equally among the FTC and six states that participated in this action: Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada and Texas.