Earlier this month, the Supreme Court issued its first major decision on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) in Van Buren v. United States. The decision has significant implications for how organizations protect...more
A dozen state attorneys general have joined together to file the first multistate HIPAA-related data breach case in federal court. Amidst a growing trend of stronger enforcement of data privacy laws, this is the first such...more
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has proposed sweeping new legislation that would overhaul internet privacy protections in the United States in the same vein as the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The...more
The White House released its long-awaited National Cyber Strategy (the “Strategy”) on September 21, 2018, offering a comprehensive set of objectives such as the preservation of a free, open, and secure Internet, while also...more
Prominent Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, who has alleged that the Qatar government hacked his servers and stole confidential information to leak to the press as part of a smear campaign, has asked the State Department...more
Senate leaders are attempting to close the gap on disagreements preventing Congress from passing a bill that would create a federal data security standard for companies in the United States. Congress has been formulating and...more
The Geolocation Privacy Protection Act, which passed the Illinois Senate and General Assembly earlier this year, was vetoed by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on September 22, 2017. The bill (HB-3449) was the first of its kind...more
The Geolocation Privacy Protection Act, which passed the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives earlier this year, has made its way to the desk of Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner for his signature or veto. The bill...more
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on August 15 an unprecedented initiative to launch the “LA Cyber Lab”—a public-private partnership that will freely share cyber threat intelligence with businesses in the city. Due to...more
On Sunday, July 9, 2017, coming out of the G20 Summit during which President Trump had met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for over two hours, Trump tweeted that he and Putin “discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber...more
On May 11, 2017, President Trump signed a long-awaited Executive Order that aims to bolster the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure. In an effort to fulfill the President’s promise to get “tough on...more
Congress has sent repeal legislation (S.J.Res. 34) to the White House to undo the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) broadband privacy rules adopted in October 2016 that would have required cable and wireless companies...more
New Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Chairman Ajit Pai signaled last week that he is planning to take the first step to return authority over broadband providers’ privacy and data security practices to the Federal...more
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016, the three active commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation regarding the...more
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in March of this year to assert the Commission’s regulatory reach over internet service providers (“ISPs”), specifically the...more
LabMD—a medical testing lab that, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) alleged, exposed consumer personal information through a peer-to-peer (“P2P”) file-sharing network—is now seeking a stay pending its appeal of the FTC’s...more
2.7 Million Dollar HIPAA Settlement – Last week, Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”) agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996...more
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On July 6, 2016, the Michigan Supreme Court held that a Pandora user was not a “customer” allowed to bring a class action under the Video Rental Privacy Act (“VRPA”) in Michigan. ...more