Mary M. Gardner
Venable LLP
Articles
$40 Million Reasons to Have RCTs
USA - October 21 2019 On September 18, 2019, the FTC prevailed in its long-waged battle against Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals. In a per curiam opinion, the Eleventh Circuit...
Mr. Smith Goes to New York: Takeaways from the Keynote Address of the FTC’s Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the NAD Annual Conference
USA - September 24 2019 The National Advertising Division (“NAD”) held its Annual Conference in New York yesterday. Andrew Smith, the head of the Bureau of Consumer...
Alzheimer’s and Cancer? FTC Announcement Shows That FDA Is Not the Only Agency That Is “Serious”
USA - September 23 2019 Last week, the Federal Trade Commission issued a press release announcing that it had issued Warning Letters to three unnamed sellers of cannabidiol...
Exactly How Long is the Long Arm of the Law? The FTC Seeks to Extend its Reach to Offshore Payment Processors
USA - July 25 2019 We frequently hear about the “long arm of the law,” but, in the case of the Federal Trade Commission, just how far does that arm actually reach? The...
Federal Court to FTC: Show the Receipts When Seeking Disgorgement
USA - June 18 2019 A new decision out of the Middle District of Florida may signal further erosion of the FTC’s authority to seek monetary relief as it sets forth a...
