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Monday, August 24, 2015

“Appeals Court Affirms FTC Authority Over Corporate Data-Security Practices; Challenge by Wyndham has been seen as a test of the commission’s powers”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report headlined “FTC has power to police cyber security: appeals court.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Wyndham Must Face Hacker Suit as Court Upholds FTC Power.”

Megan Geuss of Ars Technica reports that “FTC can sue companies with poor information security, appeals court says; Court says Wyndham hotels practices could be considered ‘unfair’ and ‘deceptive.’

And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report headlined “Thanks to 3rd Circuit, companies are accountable for lax cybersecurity.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Selfies in Voting Booths Raise Legal Questions on Speech and Secrecy”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:26 PM by Howard Bashman