FTC Drops Its DirecTV False Advertising Litigation

The FTC's $3.95 billion lawsuit against DirecTV is over. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam of Oakland Monday signed off on a stipulation (in Pacer, docket 15-cv-01129-HSG) the litigation is voluntarily dismissed with prejudice and the two sides agree to bear their own costs. The judge in August threw out some of the false advertising claims against the direct broadcast satellite company (see 1808160070).