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Settlements aren't overreach , an actual court ruling would be The federal government has a long history of strong arming into compliance
by cloudjacker 10y ago
Settlements aren't overreach , an actual court ruling would be
The federal government has a long history of strong arming into compliance
- MichaelBurge 10y agoPoint taken. From the wording below, it appears that it didn't even begin to get to court, so maybe 'settlement' is the wrong word too. It sounds like all they really did was issue a complaint, which WB agreed to listen to. -------------- The Commission vote to issue the administrative complaint and to accept the proposed consent agreement was 3-0. The FTC will publish a description of the consent agreement package in the Federal Register shortly. The agreement will be subject to public comment for 30 days, beginning today and continuing through August 10, 2016, after which the Commission will decide whether to make the proposed consent order final. Interested parties can submit comments electronically by following the instructions in the “Invitation to Comment” part of the “Supplementary Information” section of the Federal Register notice.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> From the wording below, it appears that it didn't even begin to get to court, so maybe 'settlement' is the wrong word too. It sounds like all they really did was issue a complaint, which WB agreed to listen to. A "complaint" in this sense is a formal charge ("complaint" is used in the same sense in court cases, a charging document is a "complaint"). An administrative complaint, if not settled, is heard before one of the FTC's administrative law judges, from which appeal can be taken to the commission, from which appeal can be taken to the federal courts.