FTC’s Data Security Authority Curbed by 11th Circuit

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has long been considered the agency best suited to regulate data security. The Eleventh Circuit dealt a serious setback to that authority yesterday in LabMD v. FTC, No. 16-16270, striking down its attempt to subject LabMD to proscriptive future data security measures. With the release of this opinion, companies now have a variety of new tools to push back against...