As the manufacturing industry increasingly relies on advanced technology such as the industrial internet of things, automation and big data, manufacturers are particularly susceptible to cyberattacks. Manufacturing operations...more
Just imagine: your loved one needs an emergency room, right away, but the ER is closed due to a cyberattack. This is not a scary dream, but, unfortunately, a reality of healthcare delivery, today. Just earlier this fall, a...more
On Nov. 27, 2023, Nashville-based healthcare corporation Ardent Health Services (Ardent) announced that a ransomware attack impacted 30 of its hospitals and forced the shutdown of several emergency rooms in at least three...more
On Oct. 30, 2023, President Biden signed the Executive Order (EO) on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence that seeks to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by balancing national security concerns...more
On Jan. 10, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its order against online alcohol marketplace, Drizly, and its CEO, James Cory Rellas for failing to implement security safeguards that led to a data breach in...more
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on data transfers for the EU-U.S. (European Union/United States) Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The adequacy decision concluded that the United States...more
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On June 5, 2023, the Nevada Legislature passed an amended version of Senate Bill 370 (SB 370 or the Act), which imposes new requirements on the collection, use and sale of consumer health data. The bill was signed on June 22,...more
On March 9, 2022, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to improve upon and standardize cybersecurity-related disclosure obligations for public companies. The SEC is expected to finalize the rules in...more
Once a technology reserved for science fiction and fantasy, artificial intelligence (AI) now permeates almost every industry. In its most basic form, AI harnesses computer processing power, proprietary algorithms and large...more
On Dec. 19, 2022, Epic Games, the developer of popular video game Fortnite, agreed to pay more than $520 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claims that alleged a violation of the Children’s Online Privacy...more
On Jan. 1, 2023, both the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act (VCDPA) come into effect, introducing new and updated data privacy and security obligations to covered entities. As these...more