FTC Acting Chairwoman Slaughter responds to trade group’s letter on proposed amendments to FTC Act Section 13(b)
By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/21
Earlier this week, FTC Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Commerce Committee responding to a letter sent to the lawmakers by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce regarding the legislation that has been introduced to amend Section 13(b) of the FTC Act. The legislation (H.R. 2668) would amend Section 13(b) to expressly give the FTC authority to seek, and a court to award, equitable monetary relief such as restitution or disgorgement. Last...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP