The Importance Of Cybersecurity During A Merger & Acquisition Transaction
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an investor’s lawsuit against a hotel chain that had been subject to a data breach, ruling that the company had not made false or misleading public statements about its protection of customer...more
Key Points - Fourth Circuit points to SEC guidance on “less is more” approach to cybersecurity disclosures, while finding such disclosures did not violate federal securities laws. Omissions of data vulnerabilities were...more
Cybersecurity and the related disclosures can be critical issues for any company in today’s environment. This question is at the center of a recent decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals....more
The question of standing has proven to be a tricky one in data breach litigation. Last week a federal district court in Maryland rejected a proposed class action brought by Marriott guests related to a data breach suffered by...more
On January 12, 2021, the federal District Court for the Central District of California dismissed a data breach law suit—including a claim filed under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)—against Marriott...more
Hot on the heels of the £20 million fine issued to British Airways, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) has issued Marriott International Inc. (“Marriott“) with a long-awaited penalty notice for its failure to...more
Few will have been surprised that, when the ICO eventually published details of the BA and Marriott fines, the final penalties were very much lower than the £183+ million and £99+ million proposed in the original notices of...more
On 30 October 2020, the UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a final penalty notice (Penalty Notice) to fine the hotel chain Marriott International, Inc. (Marriott) for a GDPR data...more
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently handed down two of the largest fines relating to a data breach in UK history. In August 2018, British Airways (BA) was subject to a cyberattack which breached the...more
Just when you thought it was “safe to go back in the water,” a new flurry of class action claims based on asserted deficient COBRA notices is drawing the interest of class action plaintiff law firms....more
“Top hat” plans are plans employers maintain for a “select group of management or highly compensated employees.” These plans are exempt from many of ERISA’s protections, including eligibility, vesting, fiduciary...more
Do you have a top-hat plan? That’s a plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees...more
Wi-Fi management or blocking practices have once again seized the enforcement spotlight at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On November 2, the FCC released a Notice of Apparent Liability (Dean NAL) proposing a...more