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Fighting Early Obsolescence: New EU Directive Extends Liability Risks

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/27/2024

On 6 March 2024, the EU published directive 2024/825/EU, intended to bolster consumer rights in the face of environmental challenges. The directive seeks to clarify companies’ liability concerning information obligations...more

AHLA Takeaway: Healthcare Executives, Is Your House In Order?

J.S. Held on 7/11/2023

Walking away from the American Health Law Association’s annual conference, I’m feeling energized from (re)connecting with friends and colleagues, inspired by the complex and transformational work being done throughout the...more

[Webinar] CMMC – Practical Solutions to Managing and Securing CUI Data, Perspectives of a Foreign Defense Contractor - November...

Ankura on 11/2/2022

Currently defense contractors who receive or create Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”) from or for the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) are subject to several contract-based cybersecurity requirements, including...more

Director liability for cyber breaches: transatlantic warning signs?

White & Case LLP on 10/27/2022

Two legal cases in the US in the past month suggest that regulators and prosecutors are becoming more determined to take personal action against directors and senior executives who fail to deal adequately with cyber security...more

White House Issues Open Letter to Private Businesses Regarding the Threat of Ransomware

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/14/2021

On June 2, 2021, Anne Neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, published a rare open letter to the corporate executives and business leaders of...more

10 Reasons to Hire a Corporate Private Investigator

Oberheiden P.C. on 3/23/2021

Corporate investigations can serve a variety of different purposes. From uncovering accounting fraud to responding to cybersecurity breaches and preparing for litigation, there are various circumstances in which corporate...more

[Virtual Event] 9th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 15th - 17th, 9:55 am - 6:00 pm CET

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 12/2/2020

Though we are disappointed we will not be together in-person, we remain dedicated to providing a first-class learning experience while keeping the health and well being of everyone a top priority.  The ECEI will have the...more

Cybersecurity Challenges and Incident Response Preparedness During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/29/2020

The spread of the novel coronavirus has upended Americans’ lives in a matter of months. While life outside has ground to a standstill in many regions of the country, much of corporate America is meeting the unique challenges...more

SEC’s Enforcement Division Releases 2019 Annual Report: Asset Management Industry Enforcement Leads to Record Numbers

Dechert LLP on 12/3/2019

The Enforcement Division (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Annual Report on November 6, 2019, summarizing the year’s enforcement activity. It was a record-setting year for the Division due to...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/8/2018

Wall Street apparently views a divided Congress as a good thing (think less chance of tighter regulation), and it celebrated by pushing the Dow up 500 points and jumping back into tech stocks....more

SEC Issues Report Warning about Fake Email Scams

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/19/2018

On October 16, 2018, the SEC issued a 21(a) report announcing that it had investigated whether certain public companies that were victims of oftentimes unsophisticated, cyber-related frauds had violated federal securities...more

Bill Proposes Jail Time for Executives Who Conceal Data Breaches

Alston & Bird on 12/6/2017

On November 30, 2017, a group of U.S. senators re-introduced a bill, known as the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, which seeks to impose criminal liability of up to five years of jail time on any corporate executive...more

"Directors Must Navigate Challenges of Shareholder-Centric Paradigm"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/3/2017

The corporate governance landscape has become more complicated, making it more difficult for directors to manage the often inconsistent demands of multiple constituencies while pursuing the fundamental fiduciary obligation to...more

New report finds executives “placing their heads in the sand” on cybersecurity

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/15/2016

A new report commissioned by Tanium and Nasdaq finds that 90% of corporate executives admit that they can’t read a cybersecurity report and up to 40% of corporate executives do not feel personally responsible for...more

Tips for Protecting Your Company Against Cyberattacks

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/25/2015

Cybersecurity has become, as it should, an extremely important topic on company boards’ agendas. The main question on everyone’s mind is: “How can we eliminate this problem?” The answer, unfortunately, is that you can’t....more

CFTC Approves NFA Interpretive Notice on Information Systems Security Programs, Including Cybersecurity Guidance

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 10/30/2015

The CFTC recently approved the National Futures Association’s interpretive notice (the “Cybersecurity Notice”) on the general requirements that members should implement for their information systems security programs...more

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