On December 16, Federal District Judge for the District of Columbia Richard Leon held the National Security Administration’s collection of telephone metadata to be an unconstitutional invasion of privacy under the Fourth Amendment. Previous challenges to governmental collection of telephone metadata have met with failure, and the ruling marks the first time a federal court […]
Privacy Partners Paul Martino and Dominique Shelton Author Law360 Article on Proposed California Guidance for Do-Not-Track Disclosures
Today, Paul Martino and Dominique Shelton, partners in Alston and Bird’s Privacy and Security practice and respective members of the firm’s Legislative & Public Policy and Litigation and Trial Practice groups, co-authored the Law360 article, “Inside Calif.’s Proposed Guidance For Do-Not-Track Law.” In the article, Martino and Shelton address the potential impact of the meeting held for interested […]
FTC Denies LabMD’s Motions to Stay Pending Administrative Action
In the ongoing Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proceeding against LabMD, Inc. (“Lab MD”), the FTC recently denied LabMD’s attempts to stay the proceeding pending the outcome of the company’s separate requests for injunctive relief pending before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and petition for review before the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing on “The FTC at 100: Where Do We Go From Here?”
On December 3, 2013, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (CMT) held a hearing entitled “The FTC at 100: Where Do We Go From Here?” CMT Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) chaired the hearing. At the hearing, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioners Julie Brill, Maureen […]
FTC Chairwoman Reiterates Support for National Data Breach Law with FTC Enforcement Powers
At the National Consumers League Conference on identity theft, held on December 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C., Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez pushed for a federal data breach law featuring the FTC as the “enforcer.” Chairwoman Ramirez engaged in a keynote discussion with former FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras and made her position […]