The landmark battle between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and LabMD CEO Michael Daugherty comes under the National Journal microscope in a new report. “Two and a half years after the FTC first sued Lab­MD, the leg­al battle is still ra­ging, with neither side plan­ning to back down any­time soon,” the report states. “They had no idea who they were screw­ing with,” Daugh­erty said, calling the FTC agents “pro­fes­sion­al bul­lies.” The case “def­in­itely raises the bar in terms of what the FTC must demon­strate to suc­ceed in a data-pri­vacy case,” said Pat­ter­son Belknap Webb & Tyler’s Craig New­man. “Lab­MD has now cre­ated a big ques­tion mark as to wheth­er oth­er com­pan­ies are go­ing to take a much harder stance in the fu­ture.” Editor’s Note: The Privacy Advisor tackled the FTC vs. LabMD case in a piece studying what the government agency’s choice to settle meant for the future.
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