A&B ABstract: For decades, the FTC has pursued defendants allegedly engaged in “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce” in violation of the FTC Act.[i] Specifically, the FTC has used Section 13(b) of the FTC Act to file dozens of lawsuits in federal court each year and recover billions of dollars in […]
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Recent Cases Deepen the Divide Among Circuits on Standing to Sue for Violations of FACTA
A&B Abstract: Recent cases by the Eleventh Circuit and the D.C. Circuit deepen the divide among the courts on the standing of consumers to sue for violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”). In Muransky v. Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., 922 F.3d 1175 (11th Cir. 2019) and Jeffries v. Volume Services of America, […]