Enforcement Trends
Consumer protection law enforcement covers a multitude of legal regulatory matters initiated by federal and state agencies. Advertising and marketing-related enforcement action trends include developing issues that impact the litigation of alleged violations of unfair and deceptive trade practices statutes, such as Section 5 of the FTC Act.
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Richard Newman Authors Article for National Law Review on Supreme Court Decision to Rule on FTC Disgorgement Authority
FTC defense attorney Richard B. Newman recently authored an article for National Law Review titled “Supreme Court Decides to Rule on FTC’s Disgorgement Authority.” As previously blogged about here, the Supreme Court recently upheld the SEC’s disgorgement authority but imposed various limits, including the consideration of net profits and legitimate business expenses. The article examines…
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Richard B. Newman Quoted in Bloomberg Law on SCOTUS Decision in Liu and Implications on FTC Power to Take Money from Defendants
Richard B. Newman, an advertising practices and FTC defense attorney at Hinch Newman LLP, was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article on the highly anticipated decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Liu v. SEC. On June 22, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the Securities and Exchange Commission can obtain disgorgement as a form…
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Richard Newman Authors Article for mThink on Supreme Court Limitation of Regulatory Disgorgement Remedy
FTC compliance and defense lawyer Richard B. Newman recently authored an article for mThink titled “Supreme Court Limits Regulatory Right to Disgorgement in Judicial Enforcement Actions.” The article examines the June 2020 Supreme Court opinion in Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission. The article discusses how the Court rejected the Liu petitioners’ argument that the SEC…
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