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FTC Act Administrative Proceedings Constitutional Challenges

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Federal Court Permits FTC Administrative Action Against Dealer Group to Continue—At Least for Now

A Texas federal court recently declined to enjoin an administrative action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) against Asbury Automotive Group (“Asbury”), one of the largest automobile dealer groups in the United...more

A&O Shearman

Harbinger of cases to come: Axon decision sets the stage for future constitutional challenges to administrative proceedings

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Key Points - The U.S. Supreme Court held that litigants can bring constitutional challenges in federal district court against the FTC and SEC without fully exhausting administrative proceedings....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supreme Court Decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC Has Wide Reaching Implications for Administrative Enforcement Proceedings

On April 14, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a consolidated opinion in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran.[1] We previously covered the oral argument in these cases here. These cases address whether respondents...more

Jones Day

U.S. Supreme Court Paves the Way for Challenging Agencies' Structure in Federal District Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court holds that district courts have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to the structure of Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") administrative...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SCOTUS Decision Sets Up Constitutional Challenges to FTC Administrative Proceedings

Key Points - In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held in Axon v. FTC that the FTC Act (and the SEC Act) do not prohibit a federal court from hearing challenges to the constitutionality of either Commission’s...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Allows for Early Challenges to Federal Agency Enforcement Actions

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On April 14, the Supreme Court unanimously held that federal district courts have jurisdiction to review constitutional challenges to the structures of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SCOTUS Unanimously Holds That Respondents in FTC and SEC Administrative Law Proceedings May Challenge the Constitutionality of...

On April 14, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in two related cases, Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC (No. 21-86) and SEC v. Cochran (No. 21-1239), holding that respondents may challenge the constitutionality of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Holds That Respondents in Agency Enforcement Actions May Raise Constitutional Challenges Outside of Administrative...

On April 14, 2023, in a decision involving appeals regarding two separate agency enforcement actions, the Supreme Court unanimously held that respondents in such actions may raise certain constitutional challenges outside of...more

Hogan Lovells

U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for constitutional challenges to FTC, SEC

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On April 14, 2023 the United States Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous opinion in Axon v. Federal Trade Commission that certain constitutional challenges to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Securities and Exchange...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: The FTC (Always) Wins

This week, a divided Ninth Circuit panel holds (with some apparent reluctance) that constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cannot be brought directly in federal court, but must instead wend their way...more

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