The expiration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015 or the Act) on September 30, 2025 has quietly reshaped how organizations should approach cyber threat intelligence sharing. For the past decade,...more
10/31/2025
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Best Practices ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Security ,
Government Agencies ,
Information Sharing ,
Law Enforcement ,
Liability ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Management
The National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) has become the latest federal agency to impose obligations that go beyond those required by the watershed U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) data security program (“DSP”) with its new...more
10/29/2025
/ China ,
Clinical Trials ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements
Increasingly, the DPRK is disguising remote North Korean IT workers as U.S. based contractors—allowing them to evade U.S. sanctions, generate revenue for the regime, and potentially compromise networks. In this webinar, MoFo...more
10/7/2025
/ Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Cybersecurity ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Foreign Agents ,
Information Technology ,
National Security ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Remediation ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Sanction Violations ,
Webinars
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made clear—through its rulemaking, enforcement actions, public statements, and formidable “Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit” within the Division of Enforcement—that public...more
When a cyber incident strikes, time is short and the stakes are high. Lawyers are often called upon to coordinate response efforts, ensure regulatory and contractual obligations are met, direct third party experts — all while...more
The SEC continues to leave its mark as a federal cybersecurity enforcer and closed out the year by charging another company with making misleading statements about a cybersecurity attack and failing to maintain cyber-related...more
1/23/2025
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Form 10-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud
Earlier this week, the SEC accused SolarWinds Corporation (“SolarWinds” or the “Company”) and its Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”) of committing scienter-based securities fraud, among other violations, for...more
11/6/2023
/ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement ,
False Statements ,
Form 8-K ,
Internal Controls ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
SolarWinds
Based on updates to its rulemaking agenda that were released last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed approval of two cybersecurity rules until at least October 2023. Both proposed rules were...more
In the Biden Administration’s latest effort to respond to the growing threat of ransomware attacks, on September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) announced new sanctions and ransomware guidance in an...more
On Thursday, October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued an advisory highlighting potential sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments related to malicious...more
As employers begin considering return to work strategies, many are wondering whether they should permit or require individuals to wear facemasks at work. It may be surprising to many companies, but the Occupational Safety and...more
We start this issue with a feeling of déjà vu all over again. Decisions made during the mortgage crisis are back in the news with a powerhouse legal ruling and the Treasury’s initial thinking on how to turn back time. First,...more
9/12/2019
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
GAO ,
HUD ,
Libor ,
Money Laundering ,
No-Action Letters ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SHIELD Act ,
TCPA ,
Volcker Rule
BELTWAY -
The Wayback Machine -
Congress passed, and on May 24, 2018, the president signed into law, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S.2155). The law makes significant changes to...more
6/8/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Auto Lease ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ,
Fair Lending ,
FDCPA ,
FFIEC ,
FinTech ,
GAO ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
HMDA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SIFMA ,
TCPA
Is your company prepared to respond to a data security breach? For many companies, even reading this question causes some anxiety. However, being prepared for what seems like the inevitable—a security breach—can be the...more
Editor’s Note -
So much for summer! The weather is cooling, the kids are back to school, and we better not see you wearing white so long after Labor Day! For those of you having a little trouble getting back in the...more
9/21/2016
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Digital Currency ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinCEN ,
Foreclosure ,
Homeowner Bill of Rights ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Municipalities ,
OCC ,
Online Banking ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Standing ,
Tax Revenues ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Volcker Rule
Why another law firm newsletter? Over ten years ago, Will Stern answered that question in the first Editor’s Note of the first Financial Services Report. Some things have changed since then—we no longer print and mail paper...more
3/9/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Customer Lists ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HMDA ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Preemption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)