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As of September 2010, the company and its principals were the subject of a deceptive advertising complaint by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
In the 1960s, Baldwin became familiar as one of the "guiding faculty members" of the Famous Writers School, a heavily advertised correspondence school that drew criticism for allegedly deceptive advertising.
In 1994 the company was featured on the program "Dateline NBC" with an official from the FTC attacking the company for "deceptive advertising." While the FTC reversed its actions later, the resulting media frenzy caused the company's sales to plummet and for the company to file for bankruptcy protection.
In 1981, the Maryland Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division took Luskin's to court over deceptive advertising prices on three occasions.