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The Freedom of Information Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1966 to promote government transparency and the free exchange of public information. Under FOIA, any individual can request federal agency records and enforce that right in a court of law. However, not all agency records can be requested; there are nine exempt categories of information. In addition to the federal law, many states have passed their own freedom of information acts. These acts are often similar but not always identical to the federal version. less -

DHS Calls for Critical Harmonization of Cyber Incident Reporting

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/27/2023

On September 19, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a Report to Congress (Report) on the Harmonization of Cyber Incident Reporting to the Federal Government. The Report reflects on the 52 in-effect or...more

[Webcast Transcript] M365 for Law Firms and Lawyers: Purview Premium eDiscovery and Security, Capabilities and War Stories

HaystackID on 9/6/2023

Editor’s Note: In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, understanding the capabilities and limitations of platforms like Microsoft 365 (M365) is crucial for law firms, especially in the realms of eDiscovery and...more

Government Contracts Legal Round-Up - July 2023 Issue 14

Jenner & Block on 7/25/2023

Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more

It’s Elementary: Measures that Educational Institutions Should Take to Prepare for Ransomware Attacks: Part 3

BakerHostetler on 4/19/2022

In the event of a ransomware attack, there are a host of legal frameworks that could potentially be implicated. Whether those laws apply often depends on the nature of the data that the threat actor accessed and/or acquired....more

Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 Signed into Law

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/31/2022

Under the new law, critical infrastructure owners and operators will be required to report significant cyber incidents to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...more

The Impact of Cybersecurity Regulations on the Financial Services Industry in 2022

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/13/2022

Following the SolarWinds and the Colonial Pipeline cyberattacks, the Biden Administration emphasized a shift toward mandatory cybersecurity requirements. Throughout 2021, government agencies issued new cybersecurity guidance,...more

Bipartisan Senators Introduce Cyber Incident Notification Act of 2021

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/28/2021

The legislation would require all federal contractors to report potential and actual cybersecurity incidents to the Department of Homeland Security. The Act would impose a 24-hour reporting requirement on federal...more

FERC and NERC Staff Change Course on Disclosure of CIP Violators

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes on 10/1/2020

Following significant pushback from the regulated community, FERC and NERC Staff jointly announced in a new white paper that filings and other submissions to FERC describing violations of cybersecurity reliability standards...more

COVID-19 UK: Cyber, Privacy & Data – EDPS and ICO take pragmatic approach to helping organisations navigate data protection...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/2/2020

We expect national and international privacy regulators to take a pragmatic and reasonable approach to helping organisations navigate data protection compliance during the current COVID-19 crisis. This week, both the European...more

Name-and-Shame Proposal of Electric Regulators Highlights Need for Cyber Insurance

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/6/2019

FERC and NERC’s joint proposal to name and shame violators of Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards underscores the importance for electric utilities to have insurance coverage for cyberattacks. The staffs...more

FERC Staff Proposes Risky Plan to Identify Utilities with Cybersecurity Violations

Morgan Lewis on 9/4/2019

Facing what it deems an “unprecedented number of FOIA requests” for nonpublic information related to utility violations of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) critical infrastructure protection (CIP)...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - August 2019 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 8/13/2019

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW - This Project Is Behind Schedule - What Is a Contractor to Do? - Construction projects rarely, if ever, go precisely as planned. One of the most common issues government contractors face is...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - April 2018 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 4/30/2018

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - Tribal Consultation for Small Business HUBZone Program and Government Contracting Programs and Consolidation of Mentor Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments - The...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - February 2018 #2

PilieroMazza PLLC on 2/12/2018

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Pentagon Warns CEOs: Protect Your Data or Lose Our Contracts - According to an article from Govexec.com, the Pentagon has issued a warning to defense-industry contractors, insinuating that they...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XII, Issue 24

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/26/2017

BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Proposes to Make New TRACE Security Activity Reports Available - On June 19, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filed a proposed rule amendment that would make new Trade Reporting and...more

Federal Court Rules that FEC Cybersecurity Study is Exempt from FOIA Disclosure

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/1/2016

Last week, a D.C. federal judge ruled that an investigative reporter was not entitled to a 2014 cybersecurity study performed by an outside vendor detailing vulnerabilities in the Federal Election Commission’s information...more

Hackers Cause Consumer Drones to Fall from the Sky

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/3/2016

Last week at the PacSec security conference held in Tokyo, a new device capable of fully infiltrating radio-controlled drones was unveiled by researchers. This new device exploits a vulnerability in the frequency-hopping...more

Fiduciary Regulation and How Recent Cybersecurity Government Publications Impact HIPAA Security Compliance and the New Audit...

Winstead PC on 4/5/2016

Fiduciary Regulation - The Office of Management and Budget released the final Fiduciary or Conflict of Interest regulation and related prohibited transaction exemption modifications from its review today. The next...more

Disclosure Of Numerous Hacks At The U.S. Department Of Energy Renews Cybersecurity Concerns In The Energy Sector

King & Spalding on 9/18/2015

Records produced by the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) to USA TODAY under a Freedom of Information Act request revealed over 150 successful cyber intrusions into DOE computer systems between 2010 and 2014. Concerns about...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter: International Edition July 2015

Locke Lord LLP on 7/31/2015

Retail Tracking Update: Privacy Guidance Following Nomi Technologies - There is currently a widespread effort to quantify everything, from steps, to sleep, to batted ball exit velocity. Fifteen years ago, TV host Jeremy...more

Actions Foreshadow Uniform Cybersecurity Regulations for Federal Contractors - Two Recent Executive Agency Actions Lay the...

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/17/2015

Federal government contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) should take notice of two recent executive agency actions. Combined, they lay the groundwork for a new cybersecurity clause to be added to the...more

FTC sued by blogger to release data security guidelines

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/22/2015

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was sued this week by Philip Reitinger, a fellow blogger and former Deputy Undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He is now President of VisionSpear LLC, an information...more

Regulators Speak at IAPP Breakfast Meeting in NYC

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 5/5/2014

Data Breach Incidents—Especially “Ransom” Incidents, are on the Rise—One panelist observed that the New York State Attorney General’s Office received reports of approximately 900 data breach incidents during the past year...more

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