April 06, 2020
A Louisiana federal magistrate judge recused himself from a lawsuit the state's real estate appraisers board brought to challenge a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action after it was flagged that he had worked as a state government lawyer on issues tied to the case.
March 30, 2020
The Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board has urged a federal court not to let the Federal Trade Commission depose a departing expert economist to preserve her testimony for an in-house challenge of the board's fee rule, saying the agency's case is on hold.
March 16, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking an emergency federal court ruling to depose a departing agency expert economist so the commission can preserve her analysis for the agency's administrative proceeding challenging the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board fee rules.
September 27, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission told a Louisiana federal court that it's appealing an order to the Fifth Circuit that paused the agency's in-house antitrust case targeting the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board over fee regulations.
July 30, 2019
The Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board has won its bid in Louisiana federal court to pause an in-house antitrust enforcement case by the Federal Trade Commission over the board's rules governing fees it charges appraisal management companies.
July 24, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission pushed back against the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board's bid for a court hearing on its challenge to an enforcement action targeting its fee-setting rules, saying the court should first decide if it has jurisdiction over the case.
July 11, 2019
The Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board asked a federal judge on Wednesday for a conference in the board's challenge of a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action targeting its fee-setting rules, saying preparations for an upcoming administrative trial are bogging it down.