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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

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, No. 24-5747 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:11-cv-00283- v. JCM-NJK BENJAMIN E. HOSKINS, individually and as officer of OPINION Defendants Dream Financial; Logic Solutions, LLC; Oxford Debt Holdings, LLC S

OPINION IKUTA, Circuit Judge: Charles Gugliuzza appeals the district court’s order reversing a bankruptcy court’s grant of summary judgment and remanding for further fact-finding. We conclude that we lack jurisdiction and therefore dismiss the appeal. I The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) successfully brou

McKAY, Circuit Judge. This appeal arises from a bench trial in which the district court found that Appellant Meggie Chapman violated the “assisting and facilitating” provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 310.3(b). The underlying consumer protection action was brought by the Federal Trade Commission and four states against several indi

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

MEMORANDUM OPINION Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ... 14 BACKGROUND ... 15 I.The Foodservice Distribution Industry ...15 A.

EBEL, Circuit Judge. The four cases consolidated in this appeal involve challenges to the national do-not-call registry, which allows individuals to register their phone numbers on a national “do-not-call list” and prohibits most commercial telemarketers from calling the numbers on that list. The primary issue in this case is whether the First Amendment prevents the government

ORDER MARCIA MORALES HOWARD, United States District Judge THIS CAUSE is brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), pursuant to its authority under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act), 15 U.S.C. § 45, against Defendants Lanier Law LLC, Fortress Law Group LLC, Surety Law Group LLP (Surety), Liberty & Trust Law Group of Florida LLC (Liberty & Trust), Fortress Law Group, PC (Fort

*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

767 F.Supp.2d 147 (2011) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. Sean CANTKIER, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 09-00894 (BAH). United States District Court, District of Columbia. March 3, 2011. *148 Gregory A. Ashe, Lawrence Martin Hodapp, Ronald Gardell Isaac, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

579 F.3d 754 (2009) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin TRUDEAU, Defendant-Appellant. No. 08-4249. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued May 14, 2009. Decided August 27, 2009. *756 C. Steven Baker, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Chicago, IL, Lawrence Demille-Wagman, Attor

*607OPINION SALAS, District Judge. I. Introduction The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) brought this action under Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (the “FTC Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 45(a), against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (‘Wyndham Worldwide”), Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC (“Hotel Group”), Wyndham Hotels and Resorts,

624 F.3d 1 (2010) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. DIRECT MARKETING CONCEPTS, INC., d/b/a Today's Health and Direct Fulfillment; ITV Direct, Inc., d/b/a Direct Fulfillment; Donald W. Barrett; Robert A. Maihos; BP International, Inc., Defendants, Appellants, Healthy Solutions, LLC, d/b/a Direct Business Concepts; Health Solutions, Inc.; Alejandro Guerrero, d/b/a Alex Guerrero; Michael Howell; Greg Geremesz; Triad ML Marketing,

448 F.Supp.2d 908 (2006) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. QT, INC., Q-Ray Company, Bio-Metal, Inc., Que Te Park, a.k.a. Andrew Q. Park, and Jung Joo Park, Defendants. No. 03 C 3578. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. September 8, 2006. *909 *910

(2008) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. Scott TARRIFF, et al., Respondents. Misc. Action No. 08-217(RCL). United States District Court, District of Columbia. June 2, 2008. MEMORANDUM OPINION ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge. Presently before the Court is the Federal Trade Commission's Petition for an Order Enforcing Subpoenas

OPINION AND ORDER BUMB, District Judge. On March 8, 2012, Defendants Circa Direct LLC and Andrew Davidson (the “Defendants”) moved that they be awarded attorney’s fees and expenses. [Docket No. 40]. For the reasons that follow, that motion is GRANTED, in part, and DENIED, in part. I. Background A.The Preliminary Injunction On April

373 F.Supp.2d 558 (2005) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. AMERIDEBT, INC. et al., Defendants. No. Civ.A. PJM 03-3317. United States District Court, D. Maryland. May 9, 2005. *559 *560 Jeanne M. Crouse, Jeanne-Marie Sidonie Raymond Burke, Ramona Dee Elliott, Allison Ilene Brown, James An

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER FREDERICK J. KAPALA, District Judge: Currently before the court is a motion by plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), pursuant to Section 13(b) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), for a preliminary injunction enjoining defendants, OSF Healthcare System (“OSF”) and Rockford Health System (“RHS”), from consummating their affiliation agreement executed on J

827 F.Supp.2d 1199 (2011) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. GRANT CONNECT, LLC, et al., Defendants. No. 2:09-CV-01349-PMP-RJJ. United States District Court, D. Nevada. October 25, 2011. *1204 Blaine T. Welsh, U.S. Attorney's Office, Las Vegas, NV, Dotan Weinman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Roberto Anguizola, Tracey Thom

343 F.Supp.2d 451 (2004) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff v. AMERIDEBT, INC. et al., Defendants No. CIV.A.PJM 03-3317. United States District Court, D. Maryland. September 24, 2004. *453 Jeanne-Marie Sidonie Raymond Burke, Esquire, Allison Ilene Brown, Esquire, James Anthony Silver, Esquire, Lucy Emily Morris, Esquire, Maiysha