by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Oct 15, 2020 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
I’ve previously written on the Supreme Court’s taking two cases involving the extent of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ability to seize property of all kinds under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act. Those cases, FTC v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC, CA19-825, and...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in two closely watched FTC cases. The two cases FTC v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC, and AMG Capital Management, LLC, et al. v. FTC are poised to determine whether a power the FTC has developed through the slow...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
While the Supreme Court’s ruling to reduce the SEC’s power to inflict so-called “disgorgement’ penalties on its targets is welcome news, it is disappointing that it did not go further. In a narrow win for the Petitioners the Supreme Court held:...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 16, 2020 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
“L’audace, l’audace, toujours l’audace” was the famous watchword of Napoleon, later adopted by Patton, to describe their belief in attack over defense. The French phrase meaning “Audacity, Audacity always Audacity” is becoming the slogan of more than one firm...
by NCLA | Feb 13, 2020 | Adi Dynar, Blog, John J. Vecchione
There is a case of importance and promise for injecting Constitutional protections in proceedings by administrative agencies. Faced with a recalcitrant Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), AXON Enterprises, Inc. (“AXON”) sued the FTC in federal court on January 3,...
