Supreme Court Decision Impacts How FTC May Pursue Privacy Cases
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21
The Supreme Court recently dealt a potential blow to the FTC’s enforcement tool chest. In particular, the decision impacts its ability to seek monetary relief under a theory it has used in a wide variety of cases, included privacy and security ones, that monetary relief constitutes a “permanent injunction” on consumers’ behalf. In AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the Supreme Court held that while the FTC should be able to obtain injunctive relief to stop unfair...
By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP