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

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