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Episode 335 -- The New DOJ Whistleblower Program
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Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: SEC Suffers Dismissal of Claims in Solarwinds Securities Fraud Case
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
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Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
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Last month, I wrote a blog post on the tone at the top, exemplified in the Star Trek, the Original Series episode, Devil in the Dark. Based on the response, some passionate Star Trek fans are out there. I decided to write a...more
Covered institutions will need to review their cybersecurity and incident response policies and procedures ahead of the applicable compliance deadline. ...more
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This Holland & Knight blog post is the second installment in a two-part series that examines the challenges to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) charges in its landmark case against SolarWinds Corp....more
On July 18, 2024, District Court Judge Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York issued his 107-page opinion and order dismissing most – but not all – of the landmark allegations of the SEC against SolarWinds Corp. and...more
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After a few years of proposing and adopting an unprecedented number of new rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission moderated its rule adoption activities in the second quarter of 2024. During the quarter, the SEC...more
The SEC continues to expand its cybersecurity enforcement authority to include allegations that a company's failure to monitor its managed security service providers (MSSP) amounts to violations of federal securities laws....more
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On June 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published five new Form 8-K Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) expanding the agency’s interpretations of cybersecurity incident disclosures...more
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more
On June 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released five additional Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations for Item 1.05 of Form 8-K (Material Cybersecurity Incidents). These interpretations provide...more
On May 16, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Regulation S-P, the regulation that governs the treatment of nonpublic personal information about consumers by certain financial institutions....more
We are pleased to announce that several of the firm’s practice groups and attorneys were recognized in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a directory of leading law firms and attorneys. Chambers and Partners annually...more
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top “The basic idea for covered firms is if you’ve got a breach, then you’ve got to notify. That’s good for investors.” Those were among the remarks that U.S. Securities and...more
On 16 May 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (amendments) to Regulation S-P representing the first major changes to Regulation S-P since its initial adoption in 2000....more
Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) unanimously voted to adopt amendments to Regulation S-P (Reg S-P), which is the SEC’s regulation governing the treatment and safeguarding of...more
On May 16, 2024, the SEC adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to Regulation S-P to require SEC-registered investment advisers and broker-dealers (collectively, “Covered Institutions”) to develop, implement, and maintain...more
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On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P (the “Data Privacy Amendments”), which were published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2024, starting the clock...more