Cases

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GARLAND. GARLAND, Chief Judge: Cause of Action (“Action”), a nonprofit organization, filed a series of three Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Federal Trade Commission. The question presented is who should pay the costs of satisfying those requests. Action

MEMORANDUM OPINION EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge. Cause of Action (“COA” or “plaintiff’) brings this case regarding three requests it made to Defendant, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). Plaintiff claims that the Defendant improperly denied Plaintiffs fee waiver requests because the disclosure of informa

BY THE COURT: LabMD’s “Time Sensitive Motion to Stay Enforcement of the Commission’s Final Order Pending Appeal, and for a Temporary Stay While the Court Considers the Motion” is GRANTED. *818I. LabMD operated as a clinical laboratory from 2001 through early 2014. It received specimen samples for testing and reported the results t

*1277 MARTIN, Circuit Judge: LabMD, Inc. is an Atlanta-based laboratory that performed cancer-detection testing services for doctors. After the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) discovered that LabMD patient information files were available on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, it launched an investigat

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

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 In preparation for the high-stakes, national antitrust trial in this case set to begin in a matter of weeks, Plaintiff the Federal Trade

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

USCA4 Appeal: 21-1454 Doc: 88 Filed: 11/01/2022 Pg: 1 of 45 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-2215 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff – Appellee, and MARC-PHILIP FERZAN, of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, Rec

USCA4 Appeal: 20-2215 Doc: 101 Filed: 11/01/2022 Pg: 1 of 45 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-2215 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff – Appellee, and MARC-PHILIP FERZAN, of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, Rece

USCA4 Appeal: 21-1520 Doc: 88 Filed: 11/01/2022 Pg: 1 of 45 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-2215 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff – Appellee, and MARC-PHILIP FERZAN, of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, Rec

USCA4 Appeal: 21-1521 Doc: 88 Filed: 11/01/2022 Pg: 1 of 45 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-2215 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff – Appellee, and MARC-PHILIP FERZAN, of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, Rec

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA META PLATFORMS, INC., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 23-3562 (RDM) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This case has its origins in a 2011 agreement between Defendant Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Co

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA META PLATFORMS, INC., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 23-3562 (RDM) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This case has its origins in a 2011 agreement between Defendant Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Co

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 25 - 1959 (SLS) v. Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On August 15, 2025

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 25 - 1959 (SLS) v. Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Speech on matters of pu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, 1:25-cv-01886 Case No. ____________ Plaintiff, STIPULATED ORDER FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION, v. MONETARY

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

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.,