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No Password Required: USF Cybercrime Professor, Former Federal Agent, and Vintage Computer Archivist

Carlton Fields on 9/5/2024

Dr. Thomas Hyslip teaches at the master’s in cybercrime program at the University of South Florida, where he blends criminology, digital forensics, and incident response coursework. A retired U.S. Army colonel, Dr. Hyslip's...more

London Litigation Year in Review and 2024 Outlook

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/19/2024

Welcome to our London Litigation Year in Review and 2024 Outlook. In this report, we examine the litigation trends that shaped the commercial landscape in 2023 and look at how these developments are likely to play out in the...more

Hacking the Hive: How It Can Help Businesses

Burr & Forman on 2/15/2023

Businesses can breathe a little easier now that one of the world’s top five ransomware networks, the Hive, has been infiltrated and disbanded by the FBI....more

Prevent A Clinical Trial From Turning Into A Criminal Trial

MoFo Life Sciences on 11/16/2022

On November 2, 2022, Stacy Cline Amin, former Chief Counsel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), moderated the panel “Compliance and...more

IRS-CI Amplía Asociaciones Con Contrapartes Extranjeras

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/9/2022

El 3/11/22, el IRS-CI (Investigación Criminal del IRS) publicó su Reporte del Año Fiscal 2022 que destaca más de 2550 investigaciones criminales, una tasa de condena del 90%; acciones de cumplimiento enfocadas en el fraude...more

Cybercrime: Potentielle Strafbarkeitsrisiken für Geschäftsleiter wegen Unterstützung einer kriminellen Vereinigung im Falle einer...

Hogan Lovells on 6/30/2022

Die Bedrohungslage durch Cyberangriffe mittels Ransomware-Attacken hat sich zuletzt weiter verschärft. Angesichts der schwerwiegenden und kostenintensiven Auswirkungen solcher Attacken auf den laufenden Geschäftsbetrieb von...more

Russia Arrests Suspected Members of REvil Ransomware Gang

Alston & Bird on 1/20/2022

Russia’s Federal Security Service (“FSB”) issued a press release on January 14, 2022 claiming that it dismantled the REvil ransomware gang by arresting 14 suspected members and seizing computer equipment, luxury vehicles,...more

Cyber-criminals Beware: Governmental Surveillance of Suspects Does Not Always Require a Warrant

Sunstein LLP on 12/22/2021

A search warrant is not required for law enforcement to use pen registers to record the IP addresses visited by a criminal suspect, a federal appeals court recently held. This follows a 1979 Supreme Court case, Smith v....more

Australian Financial Services Regulatory Update - December 2021

Jones Day on 12/1/2021

This edition of the Update covers: KEY LEGAL AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS Regulatory Priorities ASIC and APRA Release Their Corporate Plans for 2021-25 On 26 August 2021, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission...more

FBI Privacy App Lures Criminals

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/15/2021

If you want to keep tabs on criminals, build them a clubhouse. Provide them a comfortable place to relax and discuss their business, and you can learn about their contacts and activities. The strategy is not new....more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights: Volume 2, Issue 1 - January 2021

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/20/2021

New Tribunal Created for Unauthorized Streaming Services - On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 and a law on penalties for certain digital transmission...more

INTERPOL, banking, and finance- what to do when personal data is affected even after a Red Notice removal (Part 1)

Estlund Law, P.A. on 9/22/2020

Red Notices are designed to immobilize a person. Anyone who is the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice cannot travel without risking detention. She often has difficulty maintaining business relationships because of the...more

Theft of U.S. Companies’ IP Assets and Other National Security Issues Involving Foreign Governments and Foreign-Controlled...

Oberheiden P.C. on 7/29/2020

Federal authorities have recently described the threat of economic espionage from foreign entities as one of the greatest threats to the economic vitality of the United States, and this has led to an increase in...more

Significant Increase in Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Industry – OCR Offers Guidance

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/12/2019

Recent months have seen a wave of ransomware attacks in the US healthcare industry, many involving a sophisticated strain of malware called Ryuk. To protect themselves, healthcare providers should review OCR’s recent guidance...more

U.S. Treasury and DOJ Targets “Evil Corp”

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/6/2019

Organization Excels at Niche Branding but Stumbles in Avoiding Enforcement - The first paragraph of the press release sums it up: Today the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action...more

UK Information Commissioner’s Office Consults on Application of Powers under Proceeds of Crime Act

A&O Shearman on 11/22/2019

The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office, the U.K.’s independent body for the upholding of information rights in the public interest, has issued a consultation paper on proposals that it be granted investigative and other...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2019

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/8/2019

Cyberliability insurance provider Beazley Insurance Company has analyzed its internal breach response data and determined that in its experience, there has been a thirty-seven percent (37%) increase in ransomware attacks this...more

Trouble in Paradise: No Privilege for Stolen Documents

Jones Day on 9/9/2019

The Situation: In an era of sophisticated cyberattacks and data leaks, questions have been raised over whether the doctrine of legal professional privilege ("LPP") should be extended to provide clients with a legal right to...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2019 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/2/2019

LockerGoga Ransomware Hits Manufacturer and Chemical Companies - In the last two weeks, ransomware dubbed LockerGoga has attacked aluminum manufacturer Norsk Hydro, which announced that as a result of the attack, it had...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/18/2019

To illustrate just how creative phishing campaigns have become, on January 30, 2019, it was reported by multiple credit unions that Bank Secrecy Act officers at credit unions around the country received emails that appeared...more

Cross-Border Investigations Update - January 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/7/2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including DOJ guidance on the use of corporate monitors in criminal...more

Cross-Border Investigations Update

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/29/2018

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including the use of legal holds in cross-border investigations,...more

CLOUD Act Aims for Clear Skies: Bipartisan CLOUD Act Seeks to Clarify Law Enforcement Access to Overseas Data

Bracewell LLP on 2/16/2018

In October 2017, the Supreme Court granted the Department of Justice’s petition to review the Second Circuit’s decision that limits the reach of warrants issued under the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”). Specifically, the...more

Carpenter v. United States Privacy Case Pushes Supreme Court to Decide Fourth Amendment Protections of Cell Phone Metadata

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 1/30/2018

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what may become one of the defining consumer privacy cases of our generation. The central question in Carpenter v. United States asks whether the government violates the Fourth...more

Drawing the Line: Supreme Court Addresses Major Privacy Rights in Cell Phone Dispute

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/4/2017

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the appeal of Timothy Carpenter, a man convicted and sentenced to 116 years for his role in a series of armed robberies. In proving his guilt, prosecutors...more

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