In an action by the FTC to curtail Defendant's sale of confidential information and require it to disgorge profits, summary judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed where a practice may be "unfair" under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) even if it does not violate some law independent of the FTCA.
Read FTC v. Accusearch Inc., No. 08-8003
Appellate Information
Filed June 29, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Hartz
Counsel
For Appellants:
Deborah L. Roden, Gay Woodhouse Law Office, P.C., Cheyenne, WY
Gay Woodhouse, Gay Woodhouse Law Office, P.C., Cheyenne, WY
For Appellee:
Lawrence DeMille-Wagman, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Washington,
DC
William Blumenthal, General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington,
DC