The FTC historically had a 3–2 partisan split, with the president's party having a one-seat advantage. But President Trump ...

Wayne State University law professor Stephen Calkins said he expects FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Melissa ...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson released a formal statement addressing the controversial dismissals of ...

President Donald Trump's firing of the Federal Trade ... party role of challenging actions that might overstep legal authority or cross into political partisanship. "This looks bad for the ...

CFA said the actions by the FTC’s new leadership make it clear that they are "prioritizing partisan games over their crucial role in protecting Americans’ sensitive personal data. "The current ...

Notwithstanding the partisan fight over recent Rule amendments ... the FTC can bring claims for deception or unfairness under the FTC Act, as it did in both of its HBNR cases.

President Donald Trump fired Democratic Federal Trade Commission (FTC ... He suspects that, while lower courts will hold Trump's actions as illegal according to the precedent, "the Supreme ...

“I think it was timed as a threat,” the FTC official said. The firings along partisan lines could backfire on Republicans in the future under a Democratic White House administration, the ...

You know, the FTC's been around for a long time since 1914 and the FTC Act creates commissioners who start in seven-year terms in a staggered basis and that no more than three can be of one party.