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Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal

A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired ...

Who Is Rebecca Slaughter? Democrat Restored To FTC

A federal judge restores the fired FTC commissioner, dealing a legal blow to Trump's efforts to control independent agencies.
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FTC's Click-to-Cancel blocked: Court decision makes subscription tracking more essential

A federal rule designed to make it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions was blocked by a court just days before it ...

One of the Democrats Trump unlawfully fired from the FTC is back

Four months after President Donald Trump defied Supreme Court precedent to remove two Democratic commissioners from the ...

FTC reverses bans on two executives joining Chevron, Exxon boards

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday reversed bans on the CEOs of takeover targets joining the boards of Chevron and ...

FTC Considers Spyware Firm Leader’s Bid to End Surveillance-Business Ban

The Federal Trade Commission under Republican Chair Andrew Ferguson has shown a more balanced regulatory approach and this ...

Federal Judge to Trump on FTC Commissioner Firing: No, You Can't Fire Whomever You Want

The ruling upholds protections afforded to officers of the "quasi legislative or quasi judicial agencies" created by Congress ...

Trump's firing of Democratic FTC commissioner was unlawful, judge rules

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, one of the Democratic FTC Commissioners President Trump had fired back in March, said she looks ...

Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry

The spyware maker was banned from the surveillance industry in 2021, but was caught flouting the ban less than a year later. Now the founder wants the ban lifted altogether.