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Lawyers Seek Pass From Privacy Law

The American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association, along with state bars nationwide that support the two groups, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rule once and for all that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has no right to hold lawyers to certain privacy provisions in the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

6 minute read September 01, 2005 at 08:29 AM
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Law.com Staff
Lawyers Seek Pass From Privacy Law

“Enough!”

That's what lawyer groups argued earlier this year when they appeared before a District of Columbia federal appeals court to challenge yet another layer of regulation aimed at them.

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