Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission
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Federal Judge Loren AliKhan has reinstated Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Donald Trump was illegal. Trump's removal of independent agency officials is contested,
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WGAL on MSNFederal agency warns of gold bar scam in Lancaster CountyThe scammers posed as agents of the Federal Reserve and told a woman that to protect her money and bank accounts accessed through the computer, she should purchase gold bars.
Decisions are the latest move by commission chairman Andrew Ferguson to reverse actions by his Democratic predecessor Lina Khan
The Supreme Court cleared the way for mass Education Department layoffs, bolstering President Donald Trump’s federal workforce cuts while legal battles continue.
The FTC’s "click-to-cancel" rule would have required companies to make canceling a subscription as simple as signing up. But a federal appeals court blocked the policy days before it could take effect.
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A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships, has been blocked by a federal appeals court just days before it was set to go into effect.
Many companies have been accused by regulators of using imprecise labeling to induce shoppers to pay more through appeals to their patriotism.
The Federal Trade Commission stated the decision to deny Scott Sheffield’s petition to allow him to serve on Exxon Mobil’s board was due to a technicality. But it added that it still “plans to consider his arguments in support of reopening and vacating the final order.