FANNING v. FEDERAL TRADE COM'N

No. 15-1520.

821 F.3d 164 (2016)

John FANNING, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Carr, II , with whom Pamela C. Rutkowski and Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, were on brief, for petitioner.

Bradley Grossman , Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, with whom Jonathan E. Nuechterlein , General Counsel, Joel Marcus , Director of Litigation, Leslie Rice Melman , Assistant General Counsel for Litigation, Sarah Schroeder and Boris Yankilovich , Attorneys, were on brief, for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and BARRON, Circuit Judges.


Defendant-Appellant John Fanning petitions this court for review of the Federal Trade Commission's ("the Commission") summary decision finding him personally liable for misrepresentations contained on the website Jerk.com in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"). We agree with the Commission's findings...

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