Mike Daugherty is the CEO of LabMD, a cancer testing laboratory. He has spent most of the last decade defending his company against charges that it had deficient cybersecurity practices. The early years of his entering and fighting Washington, DC, are recorded in his book, “The Devil Inside the Beltway”. In so doing, he has become the only litigant to challenge the basic authority that underlies more than 200 enforcement actions relating to cybersecurity and online privacy that the FTC has brought over the past 15 years. Every one of the 200+ litigants before him – including some of the largest companies in the world – have settled with the FTC, creating an unquestioned and untested belief that the FTC has broad authority to regulate in these areas. Following oral arguments in June, 2017, before a panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, it seems entirely possible that he will prevail. In so doing, he may well topple key pillars of the FTC’s cybersecurity and online privacy edifice, successfully exposing and challenging The Administrative State.
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Cybercriminals, Politicians and Bureaucrats: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"
North Dakota Student Chapter
North Dakota School of Law215 Centennial Dr
Grand Forks, ND 58202
Debating the Privacy Push: Preventing Regulatory Overreach
El Cairo (Private Salon)352 Calle Ensenada
San Juan, PR 00920
Litigating Against the Government: As Told By Someone Who Did It
Suffolk Student Chapter
Suffolk University Law School120 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02108
Persecution Through Process Via Administrative Law
Montana Student Chapter
Memphis Law School- Wade Auditorium1 N Front St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Administrative Law
Boston College Student Chapter
Boston College Law School885 Centre St
Newton, MA 02459
LabMD v. FTC: A David Against Goliath Story
Regulatory Transparency Project Teleforum
Mike Daugherty is the CEO of LabMD, a medical testing lab. He has spent most...