Top 5 Cybersecurity and Privacy Developments of 2018 and Their Insurance Implications
E17: Carpenter Decision Builds Up Privacy from #SCOTUS
We previously blogged about the NFT insider trading case against Nathaniel Chastain. He was charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to commit “insider trading” in Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFTs”)...more
We have previously addressed the recent indictment against Nathaniel Chastain, a former executive of a major NFT marketplace, for insider trading involving NFTs. The indictment charges Chastain with one count of wire fraud...more
On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the 2019 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Blaszczak, which substantially broadened the scope of criminal insider trading...more
On December 9, 2020, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Google will block the data broker X-Mode Social Inc. (“X-Mode”) from collecting location data from iPhone and Android users. Apple and Google have...more
The Situation: While investigating a website for criminal activities, federal agents traced Bitcoin transactions and issued a subpoena to a virtual-currency exchange to identify customers of the site. Using that information,...more
This Update highlights key legal and policy developments in cybersecurity and privacy law that may impact important trends for 2019 and beyond. A central takeaway from 2018 is that regulators in the U.S. and abroad are...more
As we turn the page on 2018, let’s reflect on some of the key privacy and cybersecurity issues that will continue to occupy our hearts and minds in 2019....more
The Third Circuit Denies 4th Amendment Right - Let’s face it – over the last 20 years or so, we have come to embrace, celebrate, and depend completely on electronic communications. What is more, we keep reaching out to...more
Robins Kaplan attorneys Brandy Worden, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, and Michael Reif will review the top five cybersecurity and privacy developments in 2018 to help corporate in-house and external counsel, and members of the insurance...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has once again expanded the Fourth Amendment protections afforded to certain modern digital communications. And in doing so, the unusual five-justice majority led by Chief Justice Roberts has suggested...more
In a landmark Fourth Amendment case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that digital is different. A cross-practice team from our National Security & Digital Crimes and Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response teams parse the narrow...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a major decision, Carpenter v. United States, concerning the Fourth Amendment’s application to the rapidly evolving technological landscape. The 5-4 decision dramatically alters the...more
As close observers of the implications of privacy law on companies’ data collection, usage and disclosure practices, we at Socially Aware were among the many tech-law enthusiasts anticipating the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent...more
In a closely watched decision, the United States Supreme Court recently held in Carpenter v. United States that government prosecutors must seek a warrant to obtain cell phone site location information from cell phone service...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Carpenter v. United States that the government must have a warrant to access an individual’s cell phone location history from wireless carriers. The Court held, in a 5–4 opinion issued...more
On June 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court appeared to establish a new standard for privacy rights when its decision in Carpenter v. United States, 2018 BL 222220 (2018), held that the government’s acquisition of a...more
On June 22, 2018, in Carpenter v. United States, the United States Supreme Court decided that the federal government would need a warrant in order to obtain historical location data from cellular service providers, based on...more
In a 5-4 decision on June 22, the Supreme Court in Carpenter v. United States ruled that the police need a search warrant to access cell tower records that can map a criminal suspect’s location and movements. Chief Justice...more
The Carpenter decision has been the focus of many discussions since it came down last week. In a closely watched case, a 5-4 SCOTUS ruled that police access to a person’s historical cell phone tower site records (7 days or...more
The Supreme Court ruled, at the end of June, that seizing cell-site location information—data that tracks cell phone users’ movements—constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. Speaking for a 5-4 majority in Carpenter...more
On June 22, 2018, in a 5-4 ruling, the United States Supreme Court held that the government’s acquisition of certain cell-site location information (“CSLI”) kept by third parties constitutes a search under the Fourth...more
Just weeks after Mexico’s central bank was targeted by hackers who stole $15 million, Chile’s biggest bank, Banco de Chile, announced on May 28, 2018, that it had been struck by a “virus” that affected its workstations,...more
Cell phones are a ubiquitous part of our modern life. It’s easy to forget that they are constantly tapping into the wireless networks around us several times a minute, even when we’re not using them. ...more
In its June 22, 2018, decision in Carpenter v. United States, a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court held that a criminal defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the government obtained a court order requiring his...more
On June 22, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Carpenter v. United States and held that law enforcement officials must obtain a warrant before they can ask wireless providers for automatically generated information...more