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title: Federal Court Upholds FTC’s Expanded Interpretation of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Pretexting
date: 2024-01-18T00:00:00-05:00
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# Federal Court Upholds FTC’s Expanded Interpretation of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Pretexting

  February 2024

The Banking Law Journal

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this article in *The Banking Law Journal*, [Ioana Gorecki](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/ioana-gorecki) discusses a Federal Trade Commission summary judgment win against Richmond Capital in a case alleging the company provided short-term cash advances to small businesses but misrepresented the terms of financing contracts. The author also explains the expansion of the pretexting provision in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

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