Attorneys engaged in real estate settlement and other mortgage-related services are not subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s privacy requirements, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In a Dec. 3 opinion in American Bar Association v. Federal Trade Commission, the D.C. circuit court upheld a lower court finding that the FTC’s interpretation that attorneys are subject to the GLBA’s privacy provisions is invalid.