On Friday, October 30, 2009, just two days before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was set to begin enforcement of federal Red Flags Rules, the FTC announced that it was giving businesses seven additional months, until June 1, 2010, to comply with the new identity theft regulations. The announcement came just hours after a federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled that the Red Flags Rules do not apply to attorneys in a lawsuit filed by the American Bar Association (ABA).