The Federal Trade Commission hosted its fourth Start with Security event in Chicago, IL on June 15, 2016. This event was the latest installment of the Start with Security business […]
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White emphasized the agency’s focus on cybersecurity preparedness and response at a conference in Washington, D.C. in mid May, stating “we can’t do […]
This month, the White House announced a series of workshops and a working group to address the “benefits and risks” of artificial intelligence. The workshops, which are to be held […]
Companies may soon have a new way to respond to hacking. On Wednesday, April 27, the House passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) by a vote of 410-2. The […]
Today, alleged extracts from the impending Article 29 Working Party Opinion on the adequacy of the Privacy Shield were leaked. These extracts indicate that a number of clarifications on the […]
This February, the California Attorney General released the “California Data Breach Report,” summarizing developments from 2012-2015. Drawing from 657 reports filed with the California AG impacting 49 million records, the […]
On December 18, President Obama signed into law an omnibus spending package for 2016 that included the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (known in former versions as the Cybersecurity Information Sharing […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have been active in recent years in bringing consumer protection enforcement actions, with a particular focus on privacy and data […]
Last week, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade has made public the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. While the text of the TPP has been […]
The Practising Legal Institute has published “Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk,” a treatise edited by Ed McNicholas and Vivek Mohan of Sidley Austin LLP. This […]