The American Medical Association, the American Osteopathic
Association and the Medical Society of the District of Columbia
today sued the Federal Trade Commission, seeking to prevent the FTC
from extending identity theft regulations to physicians.
The complaint targets the contentious "red flags rule," which
requires creditors to implement safeguards against identity theft.
The medical societies charge that the FTC's rule exceeds the powers
delegated to it by Congress and that its application to physicians
is "arbitrary, capricious and contrary to the law."
Read more about the litigation.
