January 21, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission's consumer protection program could be upended by three pending U.S. Supreme Court petitions challenging the commission's authority to get fraudsters to fork over cash, but the FTC's competition enforcement could also be hurt if the justices ultimately strip its ability to seek financial penalties in court.
November 14, 2019
A limited-government advocacy group urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to settle a circuit split over what it called the Federal Trade Commission's "premeditated use of the courts" to obtain "virtually unfettered power" in certain enforcement actions.