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The Toughest Cyber Challenges Facing the Construction Industry

Woodruff Sawyer on 7/30/2024

The construction industry is at the crossroads of innovation and vulnerability. Escalating cyber threats, tightening regulations, and increasing reliance on technology has created a need for rapid cyber maturity and tailored...more

The Site Report - Construction Industry Insights, Issue 5, May 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/22/2024

Welcome to our fifth issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In our Ask the Attorney segment at the bottom of this e-newsletter, we tap Jonathan Deasy, Senior Attorney in our...more

The Site Report - Construction Industry Insights, Issue 3, March 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/13/2024

Welcome to our third issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In honor of last week’s Women in Construction Week, last Friday’s International Women’s Day, and Women’s History...more

False Claims Act Enforcement Highlights Need for Robust Compliance Programs

Harris Beach PLLC on 3/8/2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement statistics for FY 2023 and identified key priorities for FCA enforcement in 2024 and beyond. The DOJ continues to pursue FCA...more

Defense Department’s Proposed CMMC Rule Will Impose New Cybersecurity Requirements on Contractors

Woods Rogers on 3/1/2024

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a proposed rule to implement its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, which would establish a comprehensive set of cybersecurity requirements applicable to...more

Defense Department Outlines Its Future Cybersecurity Program

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/26/2024

The Department of Defense published a much-anticipated Proposed Rule at the end of last year for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The proposed rule is our first comprehensive look at the latest...more

Department of Defense Delivers Highly Anticipated CMMC Proposed Rule

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/19/2024

The proposed rule requires contractors to make annual affirmations regarding their cybersecurity maturity, thus increasing their risk of False Claims Act Liability. The proposed rule allows for limited use of Plans of...more

DoD Issues Proposed CMMC Rule Requiring Cybersecurity Assessments of Contractors

Perkins Coie on 1/5/2024

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has issued its long-awaited proposed rule implementing its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program to protect sensitive, unclassified government information in the...more

Defense Department Audit Report Provides Contractors with a Roadmap to Assess and Mitigate Cybersecurity False Claims Act Risk

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/12/2023

On December 4, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) issued a “special” Audit Report (the Report) that provides insight into common cybersecurity weaknesses related to the protection of Controlled...more

Interim Rule Establishes New Supply Chain Diligence Requirements for Contractors

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/6/2023

A new interim rule aimed at safeguarding the federal supply chain prohibits contractors from delivering or using covered articles and sources subject to exclusion or removal orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply...more

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 1, January 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/27/2023

Contech Trends to Watch in the New Year - “As builders adapt to economic, supply chain and labor challenges, they’re turning to technology to boost performance.” Why this is important: All of the turmoil of 2022 (the...more

CPRA Draft Regulations – Next Round(s)

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/10/2022

It has been a bustling fall for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency). In the spirit of the upcoming holiday season, the Agency gifted us not one but two rounds of proposed modifications to the regulations...more

90 Days Until CPRA Enforcement: A Compliance Roadmap

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/4/2022

All businesses – not just those located in California – should be aware of changes to California’s data privacy law. In 2018, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), a first-of-its-kind consumer...more

Contractors Beware – Cybersecurity Litigation on the Rise Under the False Claims Act

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 8/5/2022

Takeaway: The DOJ’s Cyber Fraud Initiative and qui tam actions under the False Claims Act represent signification enforcement mechanisms for cybersecurity contractor compliance. On the eve of 2022, the United States began...more

DoD Increases Focus on Cybersecurity Compliance

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/7/2022

A recent DoD memorandum should serve as a warning to contractors that they need to focus on cybersecurity compliance now or risk serious consequences. A recent DoD memorandum should serve as a warning to contractors that...more

Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up 05/04/22

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 5/5/2022

Construction payment apps are on the rise, the European Union proposes to block Russians from buying European real estate, warehouse vacancy rates hit a 27-year low, and more....more

CMMC 2.0 Brings Increased Flexibility — and Increased Risks — for Contractors

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/22/2021

Defense contractors and their subcontractors and supply chains that have been preparing for the challenge of complying with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) recently received some welcome news from the...more

Right on Time – NIST Releases Definition of “Critical Software” Per Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/30/2021

As called for in the May 12, 2021 Cybersecurity Executive Order (“EO”) released by the Biden Administration (discussed here), NIST met its deadline to release a definition of “critical software” within 45 days of the date of...more

Data Security for Owners and Contractors: Protect Construction Investments From Catastrophic Loss

Bilzin Sumberg on 9/21/2020

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry was "going global" using available technology and cloud-based data storage and file sharing on all phases of projects. For example, a project owner might hire a...more

Struggle Creates Innovation: Technology and Data Privacy for Contractors

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/24/2020

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread around the world, most businesses were forced to close their doors temporarily and take steps towards working virtually. However, the U.S. construction industry, deemed “essential” by...more

Cyber Risk Update for Construction Companies

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog® on 11/12/2019

Scammers are always seeking new ways to target victims for Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, where they leverage email to try to convince you to give them credentials, send them confidential information like W2s, send...more

Wake-up call for Cybersecurity in the Construction Industry: Contractor Falls Victim to Cyber Attack

Saul Ewing LLP on 1/16/2019

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that cyber-attacks by foreign governments into the nation’s electric grid are utilizing what it called "the system’s unprotected underbelly," the contractors and subcontractors that...more

Construction Contractors Used as Unwitting Launching Pads for Cyberattacks on Utilities

Saul Ewing LLP on 1/15/2019

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that cyberattacks by foreign governments into the nation’s electric grid are utilizing what it called "the system’s unprotected underbelly," the contractors and subcontractors that...more

Federal Cybersecurity Requirements

Williams Mullen on 11/2/2017

The government requires contractors and subcontractors to protect the systems upon which government-related data reside or through which such data pass. Failure to comply with current Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)...more

Southern Oregon University Victim of Phishing Scheme

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/6/2017

Last month, Southern Oregon University (SOU) announced that it was the victim of a $1.9 million phishing scheme. SOU received an email purportedly from their contractor, Anderson Construction, requesting the April payment for...more

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