January 01, 2024
Litigation accusing tech giants, healthcare companies, retailers and other website operators of unlawfully tracking users' activities is expected to continue to occupy the spotlight in 2024, in addition to a constitutional challenge being mounted by Facebook's parent company to the Federal Trade Commission's enforcement authority and an ongoing flood of biometric privacy suits that could be joined by a similar influx of health privacy disputes.
December 14, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission has told a D.C. federal court that Meta Platforms Inc. never contested the commission's in-house proceedings before, including when it agreed to a $5 billion privacy settlement, and said its constitutional claims against the agency should be tossed.
November 30, 2023
Meta Platforms Inc. went on the offensive against the Federal Trade Commission after a D.C. federal judge refused to block additional mandates on the company under a $5 billion privacy settlement, in the most direct challenge to the FTC's constitutionality since it dropped a high-profile merger case.