Forum
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Oral Argument Date
June 21, 2017
Case Updates
Eleventh Circuit grants petition for review of FTC cease-and-desist order regarding data-security practices
June 06, 2018
Click here to view the order.
U.S. Chamber urges Eleventh Circuit to curb FTC’s practice of establishing data-security policy through private enforcement actions
January 03, 2017
Over the past decade, the FTC has increasingly wielded its enforcement authority to extract settlements from businesses that have been victimized by data-security breaches and that had no formal notice of the standards the FTC accuses them of violating. The Chamber filed an amicus brief in the Eleventh Circuit arguing that the FTC’s authority to prohibit unfair trade practices does not include the authority to establish general data-security policy, and the FTC should not be permitted to circumvent the legislative process by establishing rules through private enforcement actions.
William S. Consovoy and Michael H. Park of Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Stay Opinion -- LabMD, Inc. v. FTC (Eleventh Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- LabMD, Inc. v. FTC (Eleventh Circuit).pdf
- FTC Brief -- LabMD, Inc. v. FTC (Eleventh Circuit).pdf
- Order -- LabMD, Inc. v. FTC (Eleventh Circuit).pdf