FTC takes action against student loan debt relief companies

FTC takes action against student loan debt relief companies

The FTC has recently taken action against two student loan debt relief companies and their owners. In the first case, a federal judge has permanently banned Florida-based Start Connecting LLC and Colombia-based Start Connecting SAS (doing business as USA Student Debt Relief (USASDR)), and their owners and operators Douglas Goodman, Doris Gallon-Goodman, and Juan Rojas from the debt […]

The Modern FTC and Distinguishing Humphrey’s Executor

President Donald Trump is off to a fast start in his second term in the White House. Along with a bevy of other consequential actions, the president has called into question the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) independence. At first blush, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1935 decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States would seem to prevent the president from removing FTC commissioners without cause. But that is incorrect…