In a related case, four corporations and four individuals who, with Dolgin, were principals in the Design Travel vacation venture, were sued in July 1997 by the FTC and the Attorney General of North Carolina. The suit is still pending. The Commission vote to accept the stipulated final judgment and order was 4-0. It was filed in U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, and entered by the court August 18, 1998. This consent judgment is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the defendant of a law violation.
Consent judgments have the force of law when signed by the judge.