FTC Drops $4B False Ad Suit Against DirectTV Midtrial

By Dorothy Atkins ( October 22, 2018, 7:56 PM EDT) -- The Federal Trade Commission on Friday abandoned its $4 billion false advertising suit against DirecTV Inc., after a California federal judge paused a bench trial and found the agency didn't have evidence strong enough to meet the "extraordinary ambition" of showing that more than 40,000 ads deceived consumers....

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