In Exit Message, FTC Consumer Protection Chief Urges Return Of 13(b) Monetary Relief Authority

“We have made significant strides in finding new ways to return money to consumers, but a fix to our 13(b) authority is badly needed,” says Sam Levine.

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Sam Levine resigns as the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection chief saying that return of the authority the agency lost in 2021 to require monetary relief from businesses linked to false advertising for products and services is “badly needed.”

In a 16 January post announcing his resignation after eight years at Bureau of Consumer Protection director, Levine also said the FTC has made “significant strides in finding new ways...

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