Cybersecurity 2021 – The Year In Preview: The FTC's Enforcement Priorities

As the Trump Administration ends, it is time to look forward to what may be on the horizon with regards to law enforcement at the FTC under the Biden Administration. At this point the future is a bit hazy. It is not yet known who the Biden Administration will tap to lead the agency and without knowing the leadership, it is very difficult to determine how, if at all, the FTC's priorities will change. However, the FTC is like a very big ship, it can move very fast in a straight line, but changing direction takes a long time and must be done gradually.

In this post we will discuss what is likely and what we can surmise based on what the FTC has been focused on this year. The first thing that is likely to change is the make-up of the commission, but the extent of that change will be depend on whether the FTC chairman continues the tradition of resigning from the commission—as chairs have in the past when the party in control of the White House changed—or if the chairman