United States:
District Court Dismisses Portion Of Unfair Practices Claim
28 November 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On September 19, a California federal court dismissed three of the six claims against a
computer networking equipment manufacturer, including an allegation
of unfair practices under the FTC Act. The court noted that
"[t]he pleading problem the FTC faces concerns the first
element of injury. The FTC does not allege any actual consumer
injury in the form of a monetary loss or an actual incident where
sensitive data was accessed or exposed."
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