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Supreme Court decision weakens FTC’s enforcement authority

On April 22, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that § 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act does not permit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to seek, or a court to award, equitable monetary relief (e.g., restitution or disgorgement). This decision denies the FTC one of its most important enforcement tools, one that had frequently been used in both consumer protection and antitrust litigations. Our team of antitrust, regulatory, and consumer protection lawyers review the decision and how companies will be impacted in this in-depth report.

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antitrust enforcement agencies, consumer protection, antitrust enforcement, federal trade commission ftc, federal trade commission ftc act, monetary relief, antitrustandcompetitionreport, antitrustcompetition