On January 18, the New Hampshire legislature passed on a bipartisan basis its version of the state comprehensive privacy law first adopted by Virginia in 2021 and subsequently by more than ten other states, most recently New...more
On January 8, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York Office of Information Technology Services (NY ITS) announced two major initiatives on artificial intelligence (AI) that will impact private and public...more
1/10/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Cooperation Initiative ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New York ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Assessment
Hospitals, health systems and providers are targets of cyberattacks at an alarming rate, putting patient data, electronic infrastructure and, most importantly, patient lives at risk. The Department of Health and Human...more
1/3/2024
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
New York ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Webinars
Balancing cybersecurity incident disclosures has been a challenge for those in the trenches for years. That has not changed, and recent regulatory activity should not alter the challenges breach counsel confront. In short,...more
12/15/2023
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Breach Notification Standard ,
Financial Institutions ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
NYDFS ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Hospitals, health systems and providers are targets of cyberattacks, putting valuable patient data and, more importantly, patient lives at risk. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights reported an...more
2/22/2023
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Digital Health ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Patient Safety ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Webinars
Synopsis. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that insurance coverage was not available to a cloud-based medical software provider because, under the applicable insurance policy, “[c]omputer software cannot experience...more
Right now, beginning on January 1, 2023, the California Consumer Privacy Act (the CCPA), as amended by the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act in the November 2020 election, will apply to personal information...more
Recent events illustrate that the e-gaming industry—developers, publishers, esports leagues and teams, and the financial machinations behind them—are significant targets for cyberattacks, theft and cyber-criminality....more
5/3/2022
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
eSports ,
Malware ,
Metaverse ,
Online Gaming ,
Online Platforms ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Video Games ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Websites
Join an interdisciplinary panel of Manatt professionals for the third of a three-part webinar series on the metaverse and the dawn of the Web3 era.
While Parts One and Two of our series focused on the blockchain basics and...more
To close out 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted additional General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data breach notification guidelines in Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach...more
3/7/2022
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Guidance ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements
On November 18, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) adopted a rule that will require banking organizations and their bank service providers...more
Last year, as employees clicked away at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, ransomware attacks surged, with hospitals and other health care providers the top target. This year will be worse—2021 has already seen more...more
11/12/2021
/ Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Hackers ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Virtual Currency
On November 3, 2020, Californians voted to approve Proposition 24, a ballot measure that creates the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The CPRA amends and expands the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—California’s...more
11/18/2020
/ Ballot Measures ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Sensitive Personal Information
Insider threats continue to be pervasive and real. Last month’s indictment of a Russian national accused of conspiring to recruit a U.S. company’s employee to carry out a cyberattack is a sharp reminder of that. According to...more
10/30/2020
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Employee Training ,
Foreign Governments ,
Foreign Nationals ,
IP Addresses ,
Malware ,
National Security ,
Remote Working
Picture this: At some point in the next six months, you lose access to your files. Even worse, your company loses access to its files. And you are told that if you want access to them again, you will have to pay a sizable...more
The novel coronavirus has forced large segments of the workforce into remote environments for the foreseeable future, posing an array of risks and considerations for in-house counsel and security professionals. Rapid and...more
3/26/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Board of Directors ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Management ,
Webinars