January 02, 2015
A pair of appellate challenges to the Federal Trade Commission's ability to regulate data security will captivate privacy attorneys in 2015, as will a dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court over the limits of standing in certain privacy cases and a heated Second Circuit fight over a search warrant for user data stored by Microsoft Corp. overseas.
December 10, 2014
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LLC has asked the Third Circuit to overturn a lower court's ruling allowing the Federal Trade Commission to sue companies for allegedly lax data-security policies, arguing that failing to reasonably protect consumers' payment data is not an unfair business practice.
November 13, 2014
A coalition of privacy groups told the Third Circuit on Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission needs the authority to bring lawsuits against companies over allegedly lax data security practices, weighing in on the agency's dispute with Wyndham Hotel & Resorts LLC.
November 07, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission has asked the Third Circuit to uphold a lower court ruling that the commission has the authority to bring lawsuits against companies over allegedly lax data security practices in the agency's dispute with Wyndham Hotel & Resorts LLC.
October 16, 2014
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Washington Legal Foundation and several other entities are throwing their support behind Wyndham Hotel & Resorts LLC in its Third Circuit challenge to the Federal Trade Commission's data security authority, arguing that the regulator has overstepped its mandate and is unfairly targeting breached entities.
October 07, 2014
Wyndham Hotel & Resorts LLC has urged the Third Circuit to declare that the Federal Trade Commission does not have the authority to regulate companies' data security, arguing that businesses that have been hacked cannot be deemed to have treated their customers unfairly.