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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 20-3590 (JEB) META PLATFORMS, INC., Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION How times have changed. Not so long ago, a company called Facebook so dominated the provision of personal social-networking services that a

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, : : Plaintiff, : Civil Action No.: 21-873 (RC) : v. : Re Document No.: 41

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 20-3590 (JEB) FACEBOOK, INC., Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION At the time of the last great antitrust battle in our courthouse — between the United States and Microsoft — Mark Zuckerberg was still in high

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. Case No. 1:22-mc-54 (RJL/GMH) MATCH GROUP, INC., Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In March 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Petitioner”)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-1080 (JDB) SURESCRIPTS, LLC, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before the Court are two motions for summary judgment. This case arises from loyalty pricing contracts offered beginning in 2010 by defendant S

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-1080 (JDB) SURESCRIPTS, LLC, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before the Court are two motions for summary judgment. This case arises from loyalty pricing contracts offered beginning in 2010 by defendant S

Memorandum Opinion and Order Gary Feinerman, United States District Judge The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) and the Attorney General of Florida brought this suit against Life-watch Inc. and its chief executive officer, Evan Sirlin, alleging violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 41 et seq., the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”),. 16 C.F.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. WILH. WILHELMSEN HOLDING ASA, WILHELMSEN MARITIME SERVICES AS, Civil Action No. 18-cv-00414-TSC RESOLUTE FUND II, L.P., DREW MARINE INTERMEDIATE B.V., AND DREW MARINE GROUP, INC.,

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, No. 23-3757 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:20-cv-00047- DWL v. SUCCESS BY MEDIA HOLDINGS OPINION INC., a corporation doing business as Success By Health, doing business as Success By Media, SUCCESS BY M

REYNA, Circuit Judge, concurring-in-part and dissenting-in-part. I. The Smartphone has defined modern life. Be it in the workplace, the home, airports, or entertainment venues across America, individuals are tethered to them handheld devices. Not long ago, users primarily spoke into these devices. Today, fingers tapping, grazing, pinching, or scrolling the

OPINION AND ORDER JESSE M. FURMAN, District Judge: In this civil enforcement action, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the State of Florida, and the State of New York (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) sue a group of corporate entities (the “Corporate Defendants”) that this Opinion will refer to as the “Tax Club Enterprise” or the “Enterprise,” and four people associated with the Enterprise (the

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:18-cv-01622 (TNM) TRONOX LIMITED et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION* Last year, two of the world’s largest titanium dioxide (“TiO2”) producers announc

ORDER MIRANDA M. DU, District Judge. I. SUMMARY Before the Court are Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Motion for Summary Judgment Against All Corporate Liability Defendants (“Motion”) (dkt. nos. 1235, 1280) and Motion For Summary Judgment Against All Individual and Relief Defendants (“Individual Liability Motion”) (dkt. nos. 1278, 1279). Also before the Court is Relief D

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION CORMAC J. CARNEY, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) brought this action for injunctive and monetary equitable relief against Commerce Planet, Inc. (“Commerce Planet”) and several of its directors and officers, including Michael Hill, Aaron Gravitz, and Charles Gugliuzza (collectively, “Defendants”), for deceptive and unfair busin

604 F.3d 1150 (2010) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEOVI, INC., DBA Neovi Data Corporation, DBA Qchex.com; G7 Productivity Systems, Inc., DBA Qchex.com; James M. Danforth, individually, and as an officer of Neovi, Inc. and G7 Productivity Systems, Inc.; Thomas Villwock individually, and as an officer of Neovi, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. No. 09-55093. United States Court of Appeals,

USCA11 Case: 20-10790 Date Filed: 11/04/2021 Page: 1 of 33 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 20-10790 ____________________ FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ON POINT CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, a limited

USCA11 Case: 20-10790 Date Filed: 11/04/2021 Page: 1 of 33 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 20-10790 ____________________ FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ON POINT CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, a limited

DAVIS, Circuit Judge: ' The Federal Trade Commission sued Kristy Ross in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland for engaging in deceptive internet advertising practices. After a bench trial, the district court entered judgment enjoining Ross from participating in the deceptive practices and holding her jointly and severally liable for equitable monetary consumer redres

*1091 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER JULIE A. ROBINSON, District Judge. This is a consumer protection action against several individual and corporate defendants for their roles in marketing and selling to consumers grant-related goods and services upon allegedly false representations that the consumers were guaranteed or likely to receive grants and

HARTZ, Circuit Judge. Abika.com is a website that has sold various personal data, including telephone records. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought suit against the operator of the website, Accusearch Inc., and its president and owner, Jay Patel (collectively, Accusearch), to curtail Accusearch’s sale of confidential information and to require it to disgorge its profits from the sale of information in telephone recor