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Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN and USPS Issue Alert on Mail-Theft Check Fraud and SAR Filing Instructions

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On February 27, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in conjunction with the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a press release and alert concerning the “national surge in check fraud schemes...more

Venable LLP

Evaluating the Cybersecurity Risk of Your Mailing and Publishing Partners

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Cybersecurity is a growing concern for all nonprofit organizations, especially those that store, process, and transmit sensitive data. While it is common to think of the cyber issue as relevant to digital communications and...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, October 2020 # 18

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In Washington: The Trump administration will pay Eli Lilly $375 million to supply 300,000 doses of its experimental antibody drug to treat COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. If the Food and...more

The Rodman Law Group, LLC

USPS to Utilize Blockchain with New Patent

In mid-August, the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”) revealed plans to develop and implement blockchain technology on voting systems, in an effort to further develop secure alternatives to in-person voting. Published by the U.S....more

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USPS Issues Request for Information from the Unmanned Aircraft Industry

The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) from industry experts on unmanned aircraft systems used for letter or parcel delivery. USPS says that it is merely investigating the...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Emerging Technologies Washington Update - October 2019 #2

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This Week: House Subcommittees examine content moderation and Section 230, House Transportation and Infrastructure panel scrutinizes ridesharing, U.S. Postal Service exploring incorporating drones into mail delivery, new...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Recent U.S. Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals Decision Sheds New Light on “Holdover” Damages Available to Government...

For many years, lessors of space to the federal government have struggled with the remedies available to them when the government continues to occupy the space after the expiration of the lease. Such “holdover” tenancies...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Return Mail v. U.S. Postal Service Prohibiting Federal Agencies from Seeking AIA Review

In a 6-3 decision rendered earlier on June 10, 2019, the Supreme Court decided that federal agencies are not “persons” who can petition for post-issuance review of patents under the America Invents Act (AIA).  Thus, the...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2018

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Darkreading.com has issued a survey entitled Monetizing the Insider: The Growing Symbiosis of Insiders and the Dark Web, which states that malicious insiders are responsible for 27 percent of all cybercrime. This statistic...more

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NLRB to define an employer’s duty to a labor union following a data breach

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In October 2014, the United States Postal Service (USPS) disclosed a cybersecurity data breach affecting approximately 800,000 current and former employees. The USPS later determined that, for some, the breach may have...more

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Did You Know…Cybersecurity Made More Complicated by the NLRB

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The National Labor Relations Board has recently inserted itself into the world of cybersecurity after the United States Postal Service suffered a security breach involving the personal data of several hundred thousand of its...more

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‘Going Postal’ Over Data Breach Response: Union Files Failure-to-Bargain Charge With NLRB Against USPS

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As recent high-profile cyberattacks have demonstrated, employers have a duty to protect their employees’ electronically stored personal information from being accessed by hackers, and to promptly remedy any breach in security...more

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