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Data Matters
Cybersecurity, Privacy, Data Protection, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Law, and Policy
Action Items for U.S. Public Companies for 2025
Rapid rulemaking and aggressive enforcement by the SEC, combined with legislative, judicial, and regulatory developments, have created new requirements and expectations for U.S. public companies.
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Sonia Gupta Barros
Washington, D.C.
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Beth E. Berg
Chicago
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Paul L. Choi
Chicago
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Samir A. Gandhi
New York
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John P. Kelsh
Chicago
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Claire H. Holland
Chicago
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2025 Will Be a Brave New Tokenized World
Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is revolutionizing the way we perceive and manage assets. “Tokenized RWAs,” or more simply the digital representation of physical or intangible assets using a token recorded on a blockchain, allows for the efficient recording, trading, transferring, and managing of tangible assets in a digital format.
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Andrew J. Sioson
Washington, D.C.
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Lilya Tessler
Dallas, Miami
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Erika Cabo
Miami
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Spotlight on Women in Privacy: Nathalie Barrera
Check out the December issue of Spotlight on Women in Privacy, featuring Nathalie Barrera. Nathalie discusses her role as a privacy attorney at Palo Alto Networks, the importance of continuous learning, and some of the key developments she will be watching out for.
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U.S. Department of Commerce Seeks to Protect Drones Supply Chain From Foreign Adversaries
On January 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on the national security risks posed by foreign adversary involvement in the supply chain for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) (i.e., drones), including risks to critical infrastructure and U.S. sensitive data. BIS seeks public input to inform regulations on the supply of certain UAS components developed by entities linked to the People’s Republic of China (China) and Russia.
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Jen Fernandez
Washington, D.C.
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Heather Hedges
Washington, D.C.
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Colorado Finalizes Privacy Act Rules: Key Updates for Businesses
The new year brings with it several state privacy law developments, including the effective dates for comprehensive privacy legislation in Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, New Hampshire and New Jersey. Among this flurry of new state law obligations, however, privacy officers should not lose sight of continuing developments in states that helped pioneer the wave of state privacy laws, such as in Colorado.
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Colleen Theresa Brown
Washington, D.C.
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Ben Cross
Chicago
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Sheri Porath Rockwell
Century City
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Lauren Kitces
Washington, D.C.
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Joyce Yeager
Knowledge Management Lawyer
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UK Operational Resilience Rules: Are You Ready for 31 March 2025?
Several categories of UK financial services firms, including banks, insurers, electronic money institutions, and payment institutions, are required to comply with new requirements on operational resilience beginning 31 March 2025.
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Francesca Blythe
London
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James Phythian-Adams
London
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Max Charles Savoie
London
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Eleanor Dodding
London
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Paida Manhambara
London
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Julie Rodriguez
London
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NHTSA Proposes Sweeping Voluntary Program for Vehicles With Automated Driving Systems
On December 19, 2024, the Chief Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA or the Agency) signed a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in which the Agency proposed a sweeping voluntary program relating to the evaluation and oversight of motor vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS). NHTSA defines ADS-equipped vehicles, which can also be called autonomous vehicles (AVs), as vehicles designed to fully perform the driving task without any expectation of an attentive human driver.
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Justin A. Savage
Washington, D.C.
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Rose Quam-Wickham
Washington, D.C.
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Lauren E. DeCarlo
Chicago
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Looking Ahead to 2025 in EU Cybersecurity Developments
As 2024 draws to a close, we look ahead to notable upcoming cyber developments in the new year. From the adoption of new cyber laws to the initiation of infringement proceedings by the European Commission against a number of EU Member States for alleged failures to adequately implement the EU Network and Information Systems Security 2 Directive, the EU continues to emphasize cybersecurity in a rapidly evolving legal and technological environment. There are no signs of this momentum slowing down in 2025.
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Francesca Blythe
London
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Lauren Cuyvers
Brussels
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William RM Long
London
wlong@sidley.com
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