As the patchwork of state and local stay-at-home restrictions lighten, organizations are exploring safe return-to-work options, including the use of contact-tracing mobile apps for employees while on company premises. Such a...more
6/16/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Applications ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act ,
Data Collection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
OSHA ,
Smartphones ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released updated draft guidelines on how medical device manufacturers should protect against data breaches and viruses prior to marketing their products. The new draft, once...more
On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill No. 826 (SB 826). SB 826 adds Sections 301.3 and 2115.5 to the California Corporations Code to require that a publicly held company with a...more
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) will open a National Risk Management Center (the “Center”), which will focus on evaluating and defending U.S. critical infrastructure from cyberattacks and digital threats. DHS...more
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”), established under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), said in a statement that the use of so-called “cookie walls” should be prohibited under the proposed EU e-Privacy...more
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into force on May 25, 2018. With so much recent focus on preparing for and meeting this deadline, there is no doubt that companies will have breathed a sigh of relief to...more
Beginning in September 2018 and continuing through January 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) will hold a series of up to 20 public hearings intended to inform its future policy approach to antitrust and consumer...more
On May 9, 2018, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a series of legislative measures to further secure the U.S. energy infrastructure from cyberattacks. These bipartisan bills are designed to strengthen the...more
South Dakota and Alabama recently became the forty-ninth and fiftieth states, respectively, to enact data breach notification legislation, completing the nationwide patchwork quilt of state data breach laws....more
On December 11, 2017, the House of Representatives passed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act, intended to centralize authority and responsibility for cybersecurity at the U.S. Department of Homeland...more
Members of the House of Representatives Science Committee modified a bill that would have made the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) responsible for auditing federal agencies’ cybersecurity protections....more
The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (“NIAC”) issued a draft report at the end of August assessing the U.S.’s cyber preparedness related to critical infrastructure.
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Managing Decommissioning Risks in Asian M&A Transactions -
By the end of 2026, approximately 134 producing Concessions and Production Sharing Contracts (each, a “PSC”) will have expired in South Asia. It is expected that 900...more
9/15/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Asia ,
Cross-Border ,
Electricity ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hackers ,
IRS ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Mergers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Renewable Energy ,
Supply Chain ,
Take-or-Pay Contracts ,
Tax Reform
According to a June 2017 joint report issued by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), hackers penetrated the computer networks of at least a dozen U.S. power plants...more
The National Security Agency (“NSA”) announced that it will voluntarily stop collecting the email and text exchanges of American citizens with persons overseas that mention a target of NSA surveillance. Although the...more
The U.S. Senate will soon consider legislation aimed at providing simplified resources to help small businesses protect themselves and their customers from cyber threats. The bill, entitled the MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act...more
The Group of 7, comprised of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, adopted a non-binding agreement aimed at strengthening the cybersecurity and resiliency of the international...more
Last week, the National Association of Secretaries of State (“NASS”) appointed four secretaries of state to the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) Election Infrastructure Cybersecurity Working Group (“Working Group”). ...more
With the proliferation of location-based app services like traffic alerts and ride-sharing programs, the collection of consumers’ location information has exploded in recent years. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that...more
A deeply divided en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that federal authorities can withhold criminal booking photos requested by the public pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)....more
The European Parliament gave final approval to the Network and Information Security Directive (“Directive”), the first-ever EU-wide cybersecurity standards, on July 6, 2016. The Directive seeks to improve the cybersecurity...more