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Supreme Court cuts back FTC power to seek ill-gotten gains

by Mark Sherman
| April 23, 2021 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cut back the Federal Trade Commission's authority to recover ill-gotten gains, overturning a nearly $1.3 billion award against a professional race car driver who was convicted of cheating consumers through his payday loan businesses.

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