Stemtech International, a formerly high-flying Pembroke Pines, Fla.-based dietary supplement maker, has filed for chapter 11 protection as it battles a former supplier and seeks Supreme Court review of a $1.6 million judgment from a 2008 copyright infringement case, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The multilevel marketing company says on its website that its products help stem cells grow and circulate in the body, maintaining and repairing organs and tissues and “providing you with an unmatched level of wellness, both inside and out.” Stemtech submitted the filing on Feb. 2 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Fort Lauderdale. The company remains in operation and has not laid off any of its employees, bankruptcy attorney Michael Seese said yesterday.
