This client alert summarizes the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury on February 22, 2022, targeting Russia's financial services sector following Russia's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DNR and...more
2/24/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Blocked Entities ,
Blocked Person ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
General Licenses ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Sovereign Debt ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Ukraine
The latest edition of the FTC’s recent practice of holding open meetings brings a potential rule regarding earnings claims to the forefront. During the FTC’s open meeting, the Commission unanimously approved issuing an...more
I’ve never really understood the saying “You can’t have your cake and eat it, too,” but I was reminded of it when I read U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg’s opinion rejecting the FTC’s efforts to stay or voluntarily dismiss...more
2/9/2022
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Administrative Proceedings ,
Bad Faith ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Daubert Hearing ,
Daubert Standards ,
Due Process ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motions to Stay Proceedings ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Stays
If you had asked us last week, we would have predicted that the Supreme Court’s momentous AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC decision last year, in which the Court struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s nearly 50-year...more
1/27/2022
/ Administrative Authority ,
Administrative Procedure ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Certiorari ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Due Process ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Judicial Review ,
Jurisdiction ,
SCOTUS
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it agreed to settle claims against Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), a business credit reporting agency engaged in deceptive and unfair practices with small and mid-sized...more