This is the second in a series of updates addressing the bilateral data access agreement (Data Access Agreement or agreement) between the United States and the United Kingdom under the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month,...more
Most of the world’s popular telecommunications services, like social media platforms and message services, operate within the United States, but many operate overseas as well. Law enforcement in the United States and...more
Under a new agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, communications service providers in the United States may soon begin to receive legal process directly from law enforcement agencies in the United...more
In March 2019 Dechert reported that the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (the “COPO Act”) had granted UK authorities new extra-territorial powers....more
Last month the UK-US Bilateral Data Access Agreement (“Agreement”) came into effect. It is the first agreement to be put in place under legislation introduced to address contemporary challenges to data-gathering by domestic...more
UK law enforcement can now obtain an order against a person in or operating in the US for the production of or access to electronic data under a new ‘landmark’ US-UK data sharing agreement. The agreement has been heralded...more
CEP Magazine, December 2019 - The US forged two agreements in the span of a week regarding the sharing of electronic data for law enforcement purposes with the governments of Australia and the UK. The agreements help each...more
FBI Issues Updated Ransomware Guidance - A recent report from New Zealand-based cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has revealed the extent to which ransomware is being used in cyberattacks in the United States. The first 9 months...more
On October 3, 2019, the United States and the United Kingdom entered into the world’s first ever agreement (the Agreement) under the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (the CLOUD Act), the text of which has now become...more
The UK Home Office and the U.S. Department Of Justice (“DOJ”) have signed an agreement (the “Agreement”) which will enable British and U.S. law enforcement agencies to compel UK and U.S. cloud service providers (“CSPs”) to...more
The Department of Justice announced that the United States and the United Kingdom have reached a bilateral agreement under the CLOUD Act that would permit service providers to disclose data in response to requests issued...more
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more
Over a year following enactment of the U.S. “Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data” or CLOUD Act, significant questions remain unanswered about the law and its potential impact on global investigations involving cloud stored...more
On February 12 2019 the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (the “COPO Act”) came into force in the UK. This new law gives UK authorities (including the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) and the Financial Conduct Authority...more