FTC半年度联邦法院诉讼状态报告（2023 年 6 月）

No.141

SEMIANNUALFEDERALCOURTLITIGATIONSTATUSREPORT

OfficeoftheGeneralCounsel

BureauofCompetition

BureauofConsumerProtection

RegionalOffices

June30,2023

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

SUMMARYOFCASES iii

PETITIONSFORREVIEW 1

(A)OrderstoCeaseandDesist 1

(B)Rulemakings 1

INJUNCTIONSANDCONSUMERREDRESS 2

(A)PreliminaryInjunctions(Mergers/Acquisitions) 2

(B)PreliminaryInjunctions(Other) 6

(C)PermanentInjunctions/ConsumerRedress 6

CIVILPENALTYANDENFORCEMENTCASES 56

(A)ConsumerProtection 56

(B)Competition 72

SUBPOENAANDCIDENFORCEMENTPROCEEDINGS 72

SUITSTOENJOINFTCACTIONANDOTHERDEFENSIVELITIGATION 74

AMICUSCURIAEBRIEFSORPARTIALINTERVENTIONS 85

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SUMMARYOFCASES

Dist.Ct.

Ct.App.0F*

S.Ct.

Total

PETITIONSFORREVIEW

0

2

0

2

INJUNCTIONAND

CONSUMERREDRESSCASES

42

14

1

57

CIVILPENALTYAND

ENFORCEMENTCASES

29

1

0

30

SUBPOENAANDCID

ENFORCEMENTS

5

0

0

5

SUITSTOENJOINFTC

ACTIONANDOTHER

DEFENSIVELITIGATION

15

4

1

20

AMICUSCURIAEBRIEFS

2

10

0

12

TOTALS

93

31

2

126

*Includesallcasesinwhichappellateproceedingshavetakenplaceduringthereportingperiodorarepending;thesecasesarenotcountedintheDistrictCourtcolumn,evenifsuchproceedingsareoccurringsimultaneously.

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PETITIONSFORREVIEW

(A)OrderstoCeaseandDesist

ILLUMINAv.FTC,No.23-60167(5thCir.)

Parties:Illumina,Inc.

Grail,LLC

AssignedAttorneys:MatthewHoffman(OGC)

AnishaDasgupta

NatureofAction:PetitionforreviewoffinalCommissionorder.

Status:Petitionforreviewfiled4/5/23.

IlluminaandGrail’sopeningbrieffiled6/5/23;Commission’sansweringbriefdue7/26/23;IlluminaandGrail’sreplybriefdue8/16/23.

Oralargumentscheduledfor9/12/23.

TRAFFICJAMEVENTSv.FTC,No.21-60947(5thCir.)

Parties:TrafficJamEvents,LLC

DavidJeansonne

AssignedAttorneys:MarielGoetz(OGC)

ImadAbyad

NatureofAction:PetitionforreviewoffinalCommissionorder.

Status:Petitionforreviewfiled12/21/21.

TrafficJamEvent’sopeningbrieffiled3/28/22;Commission’s

answeringbrieffiled6/10/22;TrafficJam’sreplybrieffiled9/9/22.

Oralargumentheld5/3/23.

(B)Rulemakings

(NonePending)

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INJUNCTIONSANDCONSUMERREDRESS

(A)PreliminaryInjunctions(Mergers/Acquisitions)

FTCv.AMGEN,No.1:23-cv-03053(N.D.Ill.)

Parties:AmgenInc.

HorizonTherapeuticsPLC

StatesofNewYork,California,Illinois,Minnesota,Washington,andWisconsin(Co-Plaintiffs)

AssignedAttorneys:NathanBrenner(OfficeofDirector/BC)

JordanAndrew(BC/MergersI)

JacobDanziger

EvelynHopkins

EvanJohnson

MattJoseph

StephenMohr

DylanNaegele

TylerSanborn

AnjelicaSarmiento

AndrewScheperle

HillaShimshoni

JessicaWeiner

RachelSifuentes(BCP/MRO)

NatureofAction:Actionforpreliminaryinjunctiontoblocktheproposedacquisitionof

HorizonTherapeuticsPLC.,apharmaceuticalcompany,byAmgenInc.

Status:Complaintfiled5/16/23.

StipulatedTROentered5/17/23.

Amendedcomplaintfiled6/22/23.

Answertoamendedcomplaintandcounterclaimsfiled6/29/23.

FTCv.INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGENo.3:23-cv-1710(N.D.Cal.)

Parties:IntercontinentalExchange,Inc

BlackKnight,Inc

AssignedAttorneys:AbbyDennis(OfficeofDirector/BC)

NealJonathanPerlman

SusanMusser

JanetKim(BC/MergersII)

LauraAntonini

AshleyMasters(BC/MergersIII)

CaitlinCipicchio

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CatharineBill

ChristopherLamar

DanielAldrich

JessicaDrake

LaurenSillman

NicolasStebinger

NinaShishirThanawala

PeterAlanRichman

StevenCouper

ChristopherMatthewMegaw(BC/MergersIV)

NatureofAction:Actionforpreliminaryinjunctiontoblockproposedacquisitionofrival

mortgageloantechnologyproviderBlackKnight,IncbyIntercontinentalExchange,Inc(ICE).

Status:Complaintfiled4/10/23.

EmergencymotionforTROfiled4/21/23.

Defendants’answerstocomplaintandaffirmativedefensesfiled4/25/23.Commission’smotiontostrikeaffirmativedefensesfiled5/16/23.

Defendants’responsetoCommission’smotiontostrikefiled5/30/23.

Commission’sreplyfiled6/6/23.

Statusconferenceheld6/22/23.

Defendants;submissionaddressingthecourt’sauthoritytostaytheadministrativehearingfiled6/23/23;Commission’sresponsefiled6/28/23.

FTCv.LOUISIANACHILDREN’SMEDICALCENTER,No.2:23-cv-1890(E.D.La.);No.1:23-cv-01103(D.D.C.)

Parties:LouisianaChildren’sMedicalCenter

HCAHealthcare,Inc.

AttorneyGeneraloftheStateofLouisiana(Intervenor)

AssignedAttorneys:DanielMatheson(OfficeofDirector/BC)

JamesWeingarten

SusanMusser

NealPerlman

AdamPergament(MergersIV/BC)

MarkSeidman

StephenRodger(MergersI/BC)

NatureofAction:ActiontorequirecompliancewithfilingrequirementsofHSRActin

connectionwithacquisitionbyLouisianaChildren’sMedicalCenter(LCMC)ofthreecompetinghospitalsfromHCAHealthcare,andforpreliminaryinjunctionpendingcourt’srulingonthemerits.

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Status:Petitionfiled4/20/23.

Defendants’motionstodismissforlackofpersonaljurisdictionandtotransfercasefiled4/24/23;Commission’soppositiontomotionsfiled4/26/23;Defendants’replyfiled4/28/23.

Orderdenyingmotiontodismissasmoorandgrantingmotiontotransfercaseentered5/23/23.

CasetransferredtoE.D.La.6/7/23.

MotiontointervenebytoIntervenebyAttorneyGeneraloftheStateofLouisianafiled6/9/23.

Defendant’smotiontoconsolidatecasewithLouisianaChildren’s

MedicalCenterv.AttorneyGeneraloftheUnitedStates,No.2:23-1305,filed6/13/23.

Defendants’answertopetitionfiled6/20/23.

Ordergrantingmotiontoconsolidatecasesentered6/22/23.

FTCv.METAPLATFORMS,INC.etal.,No.5:22-cv-04325(N.D.Cal.)

Parties:MetaPlatforms,Inc.

WithinUnlimited,Inc.

AssignedAttorneys:AbbyDennis(OfficeofDirector/BC)

SusanMusser

JeanineBalbach(BC/MergersII)

PeggyBayerFemenella

EricElmore

JustinEpner

JoshuaGoodman

SeanHughto

FrancesAnneJohnson

AndrewLowdon

LincolnMayer

TimothySinger

MichaelBarnett(BC/MergersI)

AdamPergament(BC/MergersIV)

AnthonySaunders

BradleyGrossman(OGC)

NatureofAction:Actionforpreliminaryinjunctiontoblocktheproposedacquisitionof

WithinUnlimited,Inc.,avirtualrealityfitnesscompany,byMetaPlatforms,Inc.

Status:Complaintfiled7/27/22.

TROentered7/29/22.

AmendedComplaintfiled10/7/22.

Commission’smotiontostrikecertainaffirmativedefensesfiled9/9/22;Defendants’oppositionfiled9/23/22;Commission’sreplyfiled

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9/30/22;oralargumentheard10/21/22;motiongrantedinpart11/2/22.

Defendants’motiontodismissamendedcomplaintfiled10/13/22;

Commission’soppositionfiled10/27/22;Defendants’replyfiled10/31/22.

Commission’smotionforpreliminaryinjunctionfiled10/31/22;

Defendants’oppositionfiled11/14/22;Commission’sreplyfiled11/21/22.

Evidentiaryhearingheldfrom12/8/22to12/20/22.

Orderdenyingpreliminaryinjunctionentered1/31/23.

FTCv.MICROSOFTCORP.,No.3:23-cv-2880(N.D.Cal.)

Parties:MicrosoftCorporation

ActivisionBlizzard,Inc

A,Inc

AssignedAttorneys:JamesHarrisWeingarten(OfficeofDirector/BC)

JenniferFleury

AmandaLeighButler(BC/MergersII)

CemAkleman

DavidMorris

EdmundSaw

EthanGurwitz

JosephAlexanderAnsaldo

JamesAbell

JamesGossmann

KassandraDiPietro

MariaCirincione

MeredithLevert

MerrickPastore

MichaelBlevins

MichaelAnthonyFranchak

NicoleCallan

PeggyFemenella

StephenSantulli

ErikaRuthWodinsky(WR-SF)

NatureofAction:Actionforpreliminaryinjunctiontoblockproposedacquisitionof

ActivisionBlizzard,IncbyMicrosoftCorporation.

Status:Complaintfiled6/12/23.

TROentered6/13/23.

Evidentiaryhearingheldon6/22/23to6/29/23.

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(B)PreliminaryInjunctions(Other)

(NonePending)

(C)PermanentInjunctions/ConsumerRedress1F*

FTCv.ACROServicesLLC,No.3:22-cv-00895(M.D.Tn.)

Parties:ACROServices,LLC,alsod/b/aCapitalComplianceSolutions

AmericanConsumerRightsOrganization,alsod/b/aTristarConsumerLawOrganization

FirstCallProcessingLLC

MusicCityVentures,Inc.,alsod/b/aTriStarConsumerGroup

NashvilleTennesseeVentures,Inc.,alsod/b/aIntegrityResolutionGroupRelianceSolutions,LLC,alsod/b/aRelianceServices,LLC

Thacker&AssociatesInt’lLLC

ConsumerProtectionResources,LLC

SeanAustin

JohnStevenHuffman

JohnPrestonThompson

AssignedAttorneys:MargaretBurgess(SER)

AlanBakowski

NatalyaRice

AllegedConduct:DeceptiveactsorpracticesinviolationofSection5(a)oftheFTCActand

TelemarketingSalesRuleinconnectionwiththesaleofpurportedcreditcarddebtreliefservices.

Status:Complaintfiled11/7/22.

TROentered11/21/22.

Stipulatedpreliminaryinjunctionorderentered12/13/22.

Stipulatedordersforpermanentinjunctionandmonetaryjudgmententered4/28/23.

Commission’smotionfordefaultjudgmentastoACROServicesLLC,

AmericanConsumerRightsOrganization,ConsumerProtection

Resources,LLC,FirstCallProcessingLLC,MusicCityVentures,INC.,NashvilleTennesseeVentures,Inc.,RelianceSolutions,

LLC,Thacker&AssociatesInt'lLLCfiled6/16/23.

FTCv.AMERICANVEHICLEPROTECTIONCORP.,No0:22-cv-60298(S.D.Fla.)

Parties:AmericanVehicleProtectionCorp.

TonyGonzalez

*Unlessotherwisenoted,casesinvolvesuitsforpermanentinjunctionandotherequitablerelief.Post-judgmentproceedingsindistrictcourtarenotgenerallyreported.

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TonyGonzalezConsultingGroup,Inc.

CharlesGonzales

CG3Solutions,Inc.

DanielKole

KoleConsultingGroup,Inc.

AssignedAttorneys:HansClausen(SER)

ChristopherGleason

HaroldKirtz

Allegedconduct:DeceptiveactsorpracticesinviolationofSection5(a)oftheFTCActand

theTelemarketingSalesRuleinconnectionwiththemarketingandsaleofpurportedextendedautomobilewarranties.

Status:Complaintfiled2/2/22.

OrderconsolidatingcasewithNo.22-cv-60301entered2/28/22.Motiontodismisscomplaintbydefendantsfiled3/25/22;FTC’s

oppositionfiled4/8/22;defendants’replyfiled4/15/22.Defendants’motiontodismissdenied10/24/22.

StipulatedorderforpermanentinjunctionandmonetaryjudgmentastodefendantsAmericanVehicleProtectionCorp.,CG3Solutions,TonyGonzalezConsultingGroup,TonyGonzales,andCharlesGonzalesentered3/27/23.

Jointmotiontostayproceedingsfor60daystocompletesettlementnegotiationsfiled5/2/23.

Commission’snoticeofsettlementfiled6/22/23.

StipulatedorderforpermanentinjunctionandmonetaryjudgmentastodefendantsDanielKoleandKoleConsultingGroup,Inc.entered6/23/23.

Orderclosingcaseentered6/27/23.

FTCv.AMERICANFUTURESYSTEMS,INC.,No.2:20-cv-02266(E.D.Pa.)

Parties:AmericanFutureSystems,Inc.d/b/aProgressiveBusinessPublications

d/b/aProgressiveBusinessPublications,Inc.d/b/aCenterforEducation&EmploymentLaw

ProgressiveBusinessPublicationsofNewJersey,Inc.d/b/aProgressiveBusinessPublications,Inc.d/b/aCenterforEducationand

EmploymentLaw

InternationalCreditRecovery,Inc.d/b/aICR

EdwardM.Satell

RichardDiorio,Jr.

CynthiaPowell

CommonwealthofPennsylvania(co-plaintiff)

AssignedAttorneys:AmyHocevar(ECR)

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ChristianCapece

DerekDiaz

HarrisSenturia

MarisSnell

FildeBanate

ConorDuffy

AllegedConduct:DeceptiveactsorpracticesinviolationofSection5(a)oftheFTCActand

theUnorderedMerchandiseStatute,andinviolationofPennsylvania

consumerprotectionlaw,inconnectionwithDefendants’deceptivesellingofandcollectionofpaymentforpublicationsubscriptions.

Status:Complaintfiled5/13/20.

MotiontofilefirstamendedcomplaintaddingplaintiffCommonwealthofPennsylvaniafiled7/23/2020;motiongranted1/20/21.

Amendedcomplaintfiled1/21/21.

MotiontodismissforfailuretostateaclaimfiledbyDefendantsRichardDiorio,Jr.,InternationalCreditRecovery,Inc.,andCynthiaPowell2/4/21;Commissionresponsefiled3/4/21;Defendantreplyfiled

3/25/21;motiondenied4/30/21.

MotiontodismissforDefendantsAmericanFutureSystemsInc.,

ProgressiveBusinessPublicationsofNewJersey,Inc.,andEdwardM.Satellfiled2/11/21;motiondenied4/30/21.

Defendants’motionforjudgmentonthepleadingsfiled6/24/21;motiondenied7/26/21.

StipulatedpermanentinjunctionastodefendantsInternationalCreditRecovery,Inc.,RichardDiorio,Jr.,andCynthiaPowellentered3/24/2023.

Plaintiffs’andDefendants’crossmotionsforsummaryjudgmentfiled6/26/23.

FTCv.AMERICANSCREENING,LLC,No.23-1616(8thCir.);No.4:20-cv-1021(E.D.Mo.)

Parties:AmericanScreening,LLC

RonKilgarlin,Jr.

ShawnKilgarlin

AssignedAttorneys:DillonLappe(BCP/ENF)

OmolaraJoseney

AnneCollesano

AllegedConduct:DeceptiveactsorpracticesinviolationofSections5(a)and12oftheFTC

Actinconnectionwiththesaleandmarketingoffacemasks,sanitizer,andotherpersonalprotectiveequipmentrelatedtothecoronaviruspandemic.

Status:Complaintfiled8/4/20.

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FTC’smotionforsummaryjudgmentfiled10/1/21;defendants’oppositionfiled11/1/21;replyfiled11/15/21.

OrdergrantingFTC’smotionforsummaryjudgmentinpartanddenyinginpart,leavingamountofequitablemonetaryrelieftobe

determinedattrial,entered4/6/22.

Ordervacatingtrialanddirectingpartiestoconferregardingremainingmonetaryreliefissuesentered4/8/22.

Jointstatusreport,reportingthatpartieshavebeenunabletoreach

agreementtosettlecaseandarepreparedtoproceedwithbenchtrialonappropriateamountofmonetaryrelief,filed5/9/22.

FTCmotionforsummaryjudgmentgranted7/14/22.Defendant’s

memoranduminresponsetoFTC’sproposedjudgmentfiled8/9/22;

FTC’soppositiontodefendant’sresponsetoproposedfinalorderforpermanentinjunctionandothermonetaryrelieffiled8/16/22.

Finalorderandjudgmentforpermanentinjunctionandmonetaryreliefentered1/31/23.

Defendants’noticeofappealfiled3/30/23;amendednoticeofappealfiled3/31/23.

SuggestionoffilingbankruptcyastodefendantAmericanScreeningfiled4/12/23.

Appellants’openingbrieffiled6/9/23;Commission’sbriefdue8/30/23.

FTCv.APEXCAPITALGROUP,LLC,No.22-55342(9thCir.);No.2:18-cv-09573(C.D.Cal.)

Parties:ApexCapitalGroup,LLC

CapstoneCapitalSolutionsLimited

ClikTrixLimited

EmpirePartnersLimited

InterzoomCapitalLimited

LeadBlastLimited

MountainVentureSolutionsLimited

NutraGlobalLimited

OmniGroupLimited

RendezvousitLimited

SkyBlueMediaLimited

TacticSolutionsLimited

PhillipPeikos

DavidBarnett

SIATransactPro

MarkMoskvins

ThomasW.McNamara(Receiver)

WellsFargo&Co.(ProposedIntervenor)

WellsFargoBankN.A.(ProposedIntervenor)

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AssignedAttorneys:JonathanW.Ware(BCP/ENF)

SarahWaldrop

DelilahVinzon(WRO/LA)

MichaelBergman(OGC)

AllegedConduct:DeceptiveactsandpracticesinviolationofSection5(a)oftheFTCAct,

theRestoreOnlineShoppers’ConfidenceAct,andtheElectronicFundTransferActinconnectionwiththemarketingofsupposedly“freetrial”offersforpersonalcareproductsanddietarysupplementsonline.

Status:Complaintfiled11/14/18.

ExparteTROentered11/16/18.

Stipulatedpreliminaryinjunctionsentered12/19/18.

AmendedcomplaintnamingSIATransactProandMarkMoskvinsfiled5/30/19.

Stipulatedordersforpermanentinjunctionandmonetaryjudgmentasto

DavidBarnett,PhillipPeikos,ApexCapitalGroup,LLC,CapstoneCapitalSolutionsLimited,ClikTrixLimited,EmpirePartners

Limited,InterzoomCapitalLimited,LeadBlastLimited,MountainVentureSolutionsLimited,NutraGlobalLimited,OmniGroup

Limited,RendezvousITLimited,SkyBlueMediaLimited,andTacticSolutionsLimitedentered9/11/19.

StipulatedorderforpermanentinjunctionandmonetaryjudgmentastoMarkMoskvinsandSIATransactProentered1/15/20.

MotiontosetasidemonetaryjudgmentinlightofAMGfiled7/9/21;

Commission’soppositionfiled8/9/21;replyfiled8/16/21;motiondenied9/3/21.

WellsFargo’smotiontointervenetochallengemonetaryjudgmentfiled1/18/22;Commission’soppositionfiled2/7/22;WellsFargo’s

replyfiled2/21/22;orderdenyingmotiontointerveneentered3/10/22.

WellsFargo’snoticeofappealfiled3/31/22.

WellsFargo’sopeningbrieffiled8/10/22;Commission’sansweringbrieffiled10/11/22;Receiver’sansweringbrieffiled10/11/22;Wells

Fargo’sreplyfiled12/1/22.

Oralargumentscheduledfor10/20/23.

FTCv.BCOCONSULTINGSERVICES,INC.,No.8:23-cv-00699-JWH(ADSx)(C.D.Cal.)

Parties:BCOConsultingServices,Inc.d/b/aStudentsLoanServicesLLC

SLAConsultingServicesInc.f/k/aStudentLoanAdvocatesLLC

GianniOlilang

BrandonClores

KishanBhakta

AllanRadam

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AssignedAttorneys:KatherineAizpuru(BCP/DFP)

SamuelJacobson

MaryWeaver

AllegedConduct:DeceptiveactsorpracticesinviolationofSection5(a)oftheFTCAct,the

TelemarketingAct,andtheGramm-Leach-BlileyActinconnectionwiththemarketingandsaleofstudentloandebtreliefservices.

Status:Complaintfiled4/24/23.

ExparteTROentered5/2/23;amendedexparteTROentered5/3/23;TROextended5/16/23.

Stipulatedpreliminaryinjunctionentered5/22/23.

FTCv.BINTOPERATIONSLLC,No.4:21-cv-00518-KGB(E.D.Ark.)

Parties:BINTOperationsLLC

LashondaMoore

MarlonDeandreMoore

StateofArkansas(Co-Plaintiff)

AssignedAttorneys:ReidTepfer(SWR)

LuisGallegos

AnneLejeune

DavidAlex

SerenaMosley-Day

AllegedConduct:DeceptiveactsorpracticesinviolationofSection5(a)oftheFTCAct,the

ConsumerReviewFairnessAct,andArkansasstateconsumerprotectionlawsinconnectionwiththeoperationofa“blessingloom”stylepyramidscheme.

Status:Complaintfiled6/16/21.

Defendants’motiontodismissforlackofjurisdictionfiled8/05/21;motiondenied3/31/22.

Commission’smotionforsummaryjudgmentfiled1/27/23;defendants’oppositionfiled2/16/23;Commission’sreplyfiled2/18/23.

FTCv.CONSUMERDEFENSE,LLC,Nos.18-15462,19-16000,19-17326;20-15143,20-15144(9thCir.);No.2:18-cv-00030(D.Nev.)

Parties:ConsumerDefense,LLC

ConsumerLink,Inc.

PreferredLaw,PLLC

AmericanHomeLoanCounselors

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ConsumerDefenseGroup,LLC(formerlyknownasModificationReview

Board,LLC)

ConsumerDefense,LLC

BrownLegal,Inc.

AMPropertyManagement,LLC

FmgPartners,LLC

Zinly,LLC

JonathanP.Hanley

BenjaminR.Horton

SandraX.Hanley

AmericanHomeLoans,LLC

AssignedAttorneys:GregoryAshe(BCP/FP)

AllegedConduct:DeceptiveactsorpracticesinviolationofSection5(a)oftheFTCActand

theMortgageAssistanceReliefServiceRuleinconnectionwiththemarketingandsaleofmortgageassistancerelief.

Status:Complaintfiled1/8/18.

TROentered1/10/18.

FTCMotionforpreliminaryinjunctionfiled1/8/18;Defendants’oppositionfiled2/12/18;Commissionreplyfiled2/14/18;PreliminaryInjunctionentered2/20/18.

DefendantBenjaminRHorton’smotiontodismissfiled1/22/18;

Commission’sresponsetomotionfiled2/5/18;replyfiled2/15/18;motiondenied6/7/18.

DefendantsAMPropertyManagement,LLC,AmericanHomeLoan

Counselors,AmericanHomeLoans,LLC,BrownLegal,Inc,

ConsumerDefenseGroup,LLC,ConsumerDefense,LLC,FMGPartners,LLC,JonathanP.Hanley,SandraX.Hanley,PreferredLaw,PLLC,Zinly,LLC’smotionstodismissfiled2/12/18;

Commission’sresponsestomotionsfiled2/26/18;repliesfiled3/5/18;motiondenied6/7/18.

NoticeofappealtoNinthCircuitofpreliminaryinjunctionfiled03/21/18(No.18-15462).Appellants’openingbrieffiled4/18/18;

Commission’sansweringbrieffiled5/16/18;replybrieffiled

6/6/18;Oralargumentheld9/14/18.Decisionby9thCircuit

affirmingdistrictcourt’sentryofpreliminaryinjunctionentered6/17/19.

ReceiverThomasMcNamaramotionforordertosellReceivership

propertyfiled4/18/18;Commissionconcurrencefiled4/30/18;Defendants’oppositionfiled5/1/18;Receiverreplyfiled5/8/18;Ordergrantingmotionentered1/18/19.

StipulatedfinalorderforpermanentinjunctionandmonetaryjudgmentastodefendantBenjaminHortonentered6/5/18.

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Commission’smotionforentryofclerk’sdefaultastodefendants

ConsumerDefense,LLC(Nevada)andConsumerLink,Inc.filed8/7/18;Clerk’sentryofdefaultastoConsumerDefense,LLC

(Nevada)andConsumerLinkInc.entered1/28/19;defaultvacatedon6/14/19.

DefendantHanleymotiontovacateordergrantingReceiver’smotiontosellpropertyfiled1/28/19;Receiveroppositionfiled1/31/19;

Commissionoppositionfiled2/5/19;Orderdenyingmotionentered4/30/19.

DefendantHanleynoticeofappealtoNinthCircuitoforderdenying

motiontovacateordergrantingReceiver’smotiontosellpropertyfiled5/10/19(No.19-16000);NinthCircuitorderdismissing

appealforfailuretofilefeesentered7/17/19.

Commission’smotionfordefaultjudgmentagainstdefendantsConsumerDefense,LLC(Nevada)andConsumerLink,Inc.filed5/7/19;

Commissionnoticeofwithdrawalofmotionfiled6/25/19.

Commissionmotionforsummaryjudgmentfiled7/15/19;defendants’oppositionfiled10/2/19;defendantHanley’soppositionfiled10/5/19;Commissionreplybrieffiled11/5/19.

OrdergrantingCommissionmotionforsummaryjudgmententered12/5/19.

ReceiverThomasMcNamaramotiontoapprovesaleofParkCitycondofiled8/30/19;Commissionconcurrencefiled9/13/19;defendants’oppositionfiled9/13/19;receiver’sreplyfiled9/20/19;order

grantingmotionentered10/9/19.

DefendantHanley’snoticeofappealtoNinthCircuitofordergranting

receiver’smotionforapprovalofsaleofParkCitycondofiled

11/12/19(No.19-7326);NinthCircuitorderdismissingHanley’sappealforfailuretoprosecuteentered3/20/20.

DefendantSandraHanley’snoticeofappealtoNinthCircuitofordergrantingsummaryjudgmentfiled2/3/20(No.20-15143).

DefendantJonathanHanley’snoticeofappealtoNinthCircuitofordergrantingsummaryjudgmentfiled2/3/20(No.20-15144).

AppellantsHanleys’openingbriefsfiled6/23/21;FTC’sresponsebrieffiled8/23/21;Hanleys’replybrieffiled9/13/21.

DecisionbytheNinthCircuitvacatingmonetaryjudgmentunderSection13(b)andremandingtotheDistrictCourttoconsiderwhether

awardisappropriatepursuanttoSection19entered1/22/22.

FTCmotionforentryofjudgmentpursuanttoSection19filed3/22/22;Defendants’oppositionfiled4/5/22;FTCreplyfiled4/12/22.

OrdergrantingFTCmotionformonetaryjudgmentpursuanttoSection19entered12/30/22.

Judgmentof$11,906,792againsttheHanleysentered1/3/23.

Hanleys’motionforordertostopFTCfromdistributingfundsfiled

1/20/23;Commission’soppositionfiled2/3/23;Hanleys’replyfiled2/9/23.

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FTCv.CREDITBUREAUCENTER,LLC.,No.21-2945(7thCir.),No.1:17-cv-00194(N.D.Ill.)

Parties:CreditBureauCenter,LLC,f/k/aMyScore,LLCd/b/a,

,and

MichaelBrown

DannyPierce

AndrewLloyd

AssignedAttorneys:LisaBohl(MWR)

ElizabethScott

MichaelBergman(OGC)

AllegedConduct:DeceptiveactsorpracticesinviolationofSection5(a)oftheFTCAct,

theRestoreOnlineShoppers’ConfidenceAct,andtheFairCredit

ReportingActinconnectionwiththemarketingofcreditmonitoringservices.

Status:Complaintfiled1/10/17.

ExparteTROentered1/11/17.

StipulatedpreliminaryinjunctionastodefendantsDannyPierceandAndrewLloydentered2/8/17.

StipulatedpreliminaryinjunctionastodefendantsMichaelBrownandCreditBureauCenterentered2/21/17.

OrderfindingdefendantMichaelBrownincivilcontemptentered6/28/17.

StipulatedorderforpermanentinjunctionandmonetaryjudgmentastodefendantsDannyPierceandAndrewLloydentered10/26/17.

Commission’smotionforsummaryjudgmentagainstremaining

defendantsMichaelBrownandCreditBureauCenter,LLCfiled3/2/18;defendants’responsefiled3/12/18;ordergrantingmotionforsummaryjudgmententered6/26/18.

NoticeofappealbydefendantsMichaelBrownandCreditBureauCenter,LLCfiled8/22/18.

MotionbydefendantsMichaelBrown,CreditBureauCenter,LLCtostaydistrictcourt’sfinalinjunctionpendingappealfiled8/31/18;

responseinoppositionfiled9/17/18;districtcourtordergranting

motiontostayinpart,barringCommissionfromdistributingfundsrecoveredtoconsumerspendingconclusionofappeal,but

otherwisedenying,entered9/26/18.

Amendednoticeofappealofpost-judgmentorderdenyingdefendants’requesttopaytheirattorneysfromthereceivershipestatefiled10/26/18.

Orderconsolidatingappealsentered11/16/18.

Appellants’brieffiled12/5/18.

OrderdenyingdefendantsMichaelBrownandCreditBureauCenter,

LLC’smotionforstayofjudgmentpendingappealentered1/8/19.

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Commission’sbrieffiled3/12/19;appellants’replybrieffiled4/1/19.Oralargumentheard4/17/19.

OrdervacatingtherestitutionawardandaffirmingthejudgmentinotherrespectsenteredbytheSeventhCircuit8/21/19.

Commission’spetitionforwritofcertiorarifiled12/19/19;CreditBureauCenter’sbriefinoppositionfiled4/14/20;Commission’sreply

brieffiled4/28/20.

CaseconsolidatedwithAMGCapitalMgmt.,LLCv.FTC7/9/20;consolidationvoidedandcertiorarivacated11/9/20.

Commission’spetitionforwritofcertioraridenied5/3/21.

Commission’smotionforamendedjudgmentandotherrelieffiledin

districtcourt5/6/21;defendants’responseinoppositiontomotionandcounter-motiontoenforcemandatefiled5/28/21;

Commission’sreplyinsupportofmotionfiled6/11/21;

defendants’replyinsupportofcounter-motionfiled6/17/21;hearingonmotionsheld7/14/21.

Districtcourt’sopinionandordergrantingtheFTC’smotionanddenyingdefendants’countermotionentered9/13/21;modifiedfinal

judgmententered9/13/21.

NoticeofappealofordergrantingFTC’smotiontoalteroramenditsjudgmentfiled10/22/21.

PetitionforwritofmandamusfiledinSeventhCircuit