On October 16, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an investigative report advising public companies that internal accounting controls should “reasonably safeguard company and, ultimately,...more
As of September 4, 2018, financial institutions and other entities regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) must comply with the third of four compliance deadlines established by DFS’s new...more
On June 12, 2018, a group of U.S. Senate Democrats introduced legislation that would require state and local governments to take steps to deter federal election tampering. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey...more
On October 30, 2017, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a report on the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) risk assessment practices for critical infrastructure. GAO reviewed DHS’s...more
On August 28, 2017, regulations first announced by the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) in September 2016 took effect, marking the start of the first compliance period for covered financial institutions...more
On July 12, 2017, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton made his first public speech as head of the Commission, emphasizing the need for coordination between companies and regulators to thwart cyber...more
On May 23, 2017, Target Corp. reached a settlement with 47 states and the District of Columbia, agreeing to pay $18.5 million to resolve the states’ investigation into Target’s 2013 customer data breach. The resolution...more
On Monday, November 7, 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China promulgated a new cybersecurity law, providing the Chinese government with sweeping authority to regulate and monitor internet...more
In July 2016, the nonprofit Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (“Auto-ISAC”) released a series of auto cybersecurity best practices to collectively address cyber threats that could pose unreasonable risks to...more
On Friday, July 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) overturned the decision of one of its administrative law judges (“ALJ”) from November 2015 in a suit against LabMD, Inc., now finding LabMD...more
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