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Chopra, Khan, Slaughter Take Control of the Federal Trade Commission
Commissioners Cut Procedures, Rescind Policy, Empower Staff, Target Tech With an unprecedented attack on policies the Federal Trade Commission had long embraced, the new majority of Democratic Commissioners revealed a…
Not All the Spaghetti Sticks: Post-AMG Court Rejects FTC 13(b) Statute Switch
The week started badly for the FTC when the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed its antitrust complaint against Facebook (as well as a similar case brought by the attorneys general of 46…
TINA.org Lobbies FTC to Use Penalty Offense Authority against Direct Sellers
TINA.org continues to aggressively beat the enforcement drum. Today, its leaders sent a letter to Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Samuel Levine encouraging the FTC “to implement a penalty offense…
Second Circuit Reverses the Commission and Orders Dismissal on 1-800-Contacts
The Decision 1-800-Contacts is one of the largest sellers of contacts online. One of the principal ways consumers shop for contacts is through key word searches. In the past, certain 1-800-Contacts competitors…
Post-AMG Scorecard (Updated): Different Roads Forward for the FTC in Pending Cases
The ripple effects continue from the Supreme Court’s holding in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC, explaining that Section 13(b) of the FTC Act does not allow (and never did allow) monetary remedies. In some…