(United States Ninth Circuit) - In a consumer protection action,alleging that defendant corporation failed to adequately disclose a negative option in the terms and conditions appearing on the landing page of its website, in violation of section 5(s) of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, or the district court’s $18.2 million restitution award against the defendant corporation's CEO is: 1) vacated for the district court to specify whether defendant CEO is held jointly and severally liable; and 2) affirmed in so far that the district court properly calculated the restitution award under section 13(b) of the FTC Act.
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