According to the website Weight Loss Complaints, LA Weight Loss has reached a settlement agreement with the Oregon attorney General, and agreed to refund members in Oregon up to $200,000 for services and products they paid for, but never received.  The full press release and settlement agreements are posted at LA Weight Loss to Refund Members $200,000
According to the release:
The Oregon Attorney General has issued the following press release:
The Defunct Diet Center Chain and Oregon Franchise Agree to Pay $200,000.
Attorney General John Kroger announced a settlement that will provide up to $200,000 for Oregon consumers who bought …read more

(FranchisePick.Com)  The bankrupt Pure Weight Loss (formerly LA Weight Loss) chain and owner, Vahan Karian, who left thousands of former members and employees without hundreds of thousands of dollars in services, products, refunds and paychecks is due in court March 14.  FranchisePick.com contributor Sue wrote:
I just received a notice from Bankruptcy Court regarding the case of PWL [Pure Weight Loss]. There will be a “Meeting of Creditors” at 10 am, March 14th at the William J. Green Federal Building in Philadelphia (600 Arch St., 2nd floor conference room, 10:00 am).
I don’t know if I can make it (don’t have to attend if I …read more

(FranchisePick.Com) Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of comments have been posted on FranchisePick.Com by victimized Pure Weight Loss (until recently LA Weight Loss) members, some of whom lost several thousand dollars when the 400 unit chain closed abruptly last month with seemingly little regard for its members or employees. While most media attention focuses on the former group, an article posted today in The Times of Northwest Indiana also describes the plight of the Pure Weight Loss employees who were as surprised as their members at their employer’s abrupt closing.
The Times interviewed Ruth Moton, the former assistant regional manager …read more