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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - March 2017

FTC Fights Back in LabMD Suit - The Federal Trade Commission demonstrated its intention to fight for the power to regulate data security by filing a 111-page brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Cybersecurity 2017 – The Year in Preview: Changes Afoot in Federal Enforcement?

Editor’s note: This is the sixth and last in our end-of-year series. See our previous posts on trade secrets, state regulation and law enforcement, HIPAA compliance, emerging threats, and energy. See you in 2017! ...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Heads of the FTC Push Back on Chief Administrative Law Judge and Find Consumer Harm in LabMD Data Leak

On July 29, 2016, the three Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) commissioners vacated their chief administrative law judge’s bold decision to dismiss the agency’s action against a medical testing lab, LabMD, In the Matter of...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

In Cybersecurity, No Harm Does Not Necessarily Mean No Foul

How much does the question of harm matter in cybersecurity law? The answer is: It depends on who is bringing the claim. Businesses confronting data breaches can face litigation from private consumers as well as from...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Reading the Section 5(a) Tea Leaves: What the end of 2015 may suggest about the FTC priorities in 2016

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The end of 2015 represented a mixed bag for the Federal Trade Commission on privacy enforcement. In November, the FTC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge dismissed the FTC’s complaint against LabMD for a possible data breach of...more

Baker Donelson

Lessons Learned from LabMD's Successful Challenge to the FTC's Cyber Authority and Wyndham's Monumental Settlement with the FTC

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On the shifting sands of cyber security regulation, it is important to understand the outcome of two recent enforcement cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – one against clinical lab services company LabMD,...more

Alston & Bird

The Digital Download - Privacy & Data Security Monthly Newsletter - January 2016

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Senior Counsel Peter Swire to Debate European Privacy Activist Max Schrems. The debate, set to take place on January 26 in Brussels, will highlight key differences between certain European and U.S. attitudes towards U.S....more

BakerHostetler

LabMD and Wyndham Decisions Curtail FTC’s Data Privacy and Security Reach

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Both the administrative law judge’s decision in LabMD and the Third Circuit’s recent decision in Wyndham, which we previously blogged about, put the FTC on notice that it cannot assume that in the wake of a security breach,...more

Alston & Bird

FTC and Wyndham Settle Data Security Allegations

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On December 9, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Wyndham Worldwide Corp., Wyndham Hotel Group LLC, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC, and Wyndham Hotel Management, Inc. (“Wyndham”) had agreed to settle FTC...more

King & Spalding

The FTC’s Proposed Wyndham Settlement and its Implications for the Regulatory Landscape

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On December 9, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the agreement of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts (“Wyndham”), filed a stipulated order for injunction (“Consent Order”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FTC announces data security guidance for businesses

We (and others) often comment on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) increased enforcement activity of data security issues, particularly with the Wyndham and LabMD cases, and the fact that it is enforcing data security...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Why The FTC’s Lack of Privacy Regulations May Lead Some Businesses To Abandon Best Data...

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I chose to write my privacy law paper on the FTC and its seemingly limitless enforcement authority. Specifically, I argued that the FTC’s lack of clear regulations makes it difficult, if not impossible, for companies to be...more

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