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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds FTC’s Authority to Regulate Cybersecurity

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit issued its opinion in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. upholding the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to regulate corporate cybersecurity under Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits businesses from engaging in “unfair or deceptive acts or practices.” This case was an interlocutory appeal from...