As California’s legislative session came to a close late last month, the state’s lawmakers passed SB-1121, approving a series of tweaks to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 or CCPA, the far-ranging data privacy law...more
It didn’t take long for New York’s interim Attorney General to send a strong message to the business community about the importance of data security....more
Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) released its “Observations from Cybersecurity Examinations” conducted pursuant to OCIE’s...more
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that well-known cybersecurity startup Tanium, Inc. had been inadvertently exposing one of its clients’ sensitive data during product demonstrations....more
Earlier today, the Chinese government in Beijing approved a sweeping new cybersecurity law aimed at centralizing control over computer networks operating within China’s borders.
The new law is broadly drafted and...more
Yesterday, President Obama issued an Executive Order creating a Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity within the Department of Commerce. The commission “will make detailed recommendations to strengthen cybersecurity...more
Self-defense is a natural, almost reflexive human instinct. But it has a complicated history in American law, full of contradiction and compromise. Many jurisdictions have long recognized that an otherwise illegal act—such...more