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F.T.C. v. HEWITT

No. 21-56037.

68 F.4th 461 (2023)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary HEWITT, Defendant-Appellant, and John Beck Amazing Profits, LLC, a California limited liability company; John Alexander, LLC, a California limited liability company; Jeff Paul, LLC, a California limited liability company; Mentoring of America, LLC, a California limited liability company; Family Products, LLC, a California limited liability company; Douglas Gravink; John Beck; John Alexander; Jeff Paul, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 11, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Leichter (argued) and Andrew E. Hewitt , The Leichter Firm APC, Los Angeles, for Defendant-Appellant.

Matthew M. Hoffman (argued) and Theodore (Jack) Metzler , Attorneys; Joel Marcus , Deputy General Counsel; Anisha S. Dasgupta , General Counsel; Federal Trade Commission; Washington, D.C.; John D. Jacobs , Attorney; Federal Trade Commission; Los Angeles, California; Evan P. Rose , Attorney; Federal Trade Commission; San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Andrew D. Hurwitz, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

We must decide whether a defendant who was ordered to pay a half-billion dollars in equitable monetary relief to the Federal Trade Commission may be entitled to a remittitur in light of a Supreme Court decision nearly a decade later.

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