As of September 2010, the company and its principals were the subjects of a false advertising complaint by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).[7] In May 2012, after a hearing, the administrative law judge issued an opinion upholding certain false advertising allegations in the FTC's complaint—based on implied as opposed to express claims—and finding for Pom Wonderful on other points.[8] Pom Wonderful's action in the U.S. District Court has been pending since May 23, 2012.[9]