Sleep supplement maker agrees to pay about $1M in consumer protection case resolution

A DIET SUPPLEMENT COMPANY has agreed to pay nearly a million dollars in a court-ordered judgment entered this week arising from the enforcement of the California Automatic Renewal Law and False Advertising Law, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office announced last week.

American Behavioral Research Institute LLC, maker of the sleep supplement Relaxium, agreed to pay at least $925,000 in civil penalties and costs, as well as make restitution specifically to California consumers through a class action case already arranged, the district attorney’s office said on Sept. 5.