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FTC Will Ask Congress To Sharpen Monetary Relief Authority Dulled By Supreme Court Ruling

 
• By Eileen Francis

Justice Breyer suggests FTC ask Congress to strengthen its enforcement rules. It is “free to ask Congress to grant it further remedial authority,” according to court opinion stating a rule the FTC has wielded for forty years to impose financial penalties doesn’t grant it authority to obtain equitable monetary relief.

The Federal Trade Commission turns to Congress to recover its “strongest tool” to help consumers after the Supreme Court strikes its interpretation of a regulation it’s used for decades to require monetary relief from businesses across US industries linked to false advertising for products and services.

The court unanimously ruled that the FTC Act’s Sec

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