On January 13, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a settled enforcement action against Ashford Inc. (“Ashford” or “the Company”), a company that provides products and services to the real estate and...more
1/31/2025
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Cybersecurity is integral to protecting sensitive information, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing financial risks, maintaining reputation, ensuring business continuity, gaining a competitive advantage, adapting to...more
11/22/2024
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On September 12, 2023, Delaware governor John Carney signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (the “DPDPA” or the “Act”) into law. The DPDPA protects the privacy rights of consumers in Delaware and regulates the...more
9/20/2023
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On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”).
The Framework provides companies that opt in with a legitimate means of...more
7/14/2023
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Texas will soon join the growing list of states that have passed comprehensive data privacy legislation. House Bill 4, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA” or the “Act”), has a broad reach and will apply to all...more
6/1/2023
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The Supreme Court of Illinois recently held that use of a fingerprint system by White Castle, Inc. (“White Castle”) to authenticate employees, without the consent of the employees, entailed multiple violations of the Illinois...more