11th Circuit Vacates FTC’s Data-Security Order To LabMD As Lacking Specificity

Mealey's (June 8, 2018, 9:21 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Federal Trade Commission order requiring a now-defunct laboratory testing company to implement a reasonable data-security program was deemed unenforceable on June 6 by an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which found that rather than “enjoin[ing] a specific act or practice,” the order “mandates a complete overhaul of [LabMD Inc.’s] data-security program and says precious little about how this is to be accomplished” (LabMD Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 16-16270, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15229)....