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Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 28

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/24/2025

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

Whiplash: The (Brief and Tragic?) Life of the SEC’s Cyber Disclosure Rules

Woodruff Sawyer on 4/17/2025

In 2023 and 2024, our public company clients were focused on complying with the SEC’s cyber disclosure rules—and on the risk from big, high-profile government enforcement actions like the SolarWinds case. But with a new SEC...more

Key Takeaways from DOJ’s Continued Cybersecurity Enforcement

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 4/16/2025

On March 25, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $4.6 million settlement with MORSECORP, Inc. (MORSE) over its alleged failures to satisfy cybersecurity requirements for federal defense contractors....more

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Raises Concerns Over Cyber Disclosure Rules

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 4/9/2025

As public companies work to align with the SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure requirements, Commissioner Hester Peirce is urging a reassessment of how these rules are applied—particularly during active cyber incidents. In a...more

Rebranding of SEC Cyber Unit Reflects Shift in Enforcement Priorities

King & Spalding on 4/4/2025

On Thursday, February 20, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it created a Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (“CETU”) to combat cyber-focused financial misconduct. The announcement reflects a...more

Client Alert: SEC Priorities Regarding Cybersecurity Enforcement: What Public Companies Need to Know Now in the Second Trump...

Jenner & Block on 3/4/2025

The SEC recently announced the creation of a Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) that will focus on fraudulent conduct in cybersecurity, digital assets, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. For...more

Key Points From BCLP's Recent Public Company Update Program

BCLP on 2/11/2025

BCLP hosted its annual CLE event, "Public Company Update and Other Trending Topics,” in St. Louis recently. Some of the key issues covered by the event, along with some takeaway considerations for companies, include the...more

SEC Commissioners on the Hunt for Materiality: Disagree on Cybersecurity Enforcement Actions

Carlton Fields on 2/3/2025

On October 22, 2024, Republican SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda issued a joint dissent sharply criticizing charges brought against four companies for allegedly making materially misleading disclosures regarding...more

EDGAR Next: Questions and Answers

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 1/31/2025

This year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) is rolling out significant technical changes to its electronic filing system, EDGAR (which stands for Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval), aimed at...more

Watch What You Say: SEC Enforcement Scrutinizes Cybersecurity Incident Disclosures

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/31/2025

On January 13, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a settled enforcement action against Ashford Inc. (“Ashford” or “the Company”), a company that provides products and services to the real estate and...more

Data Privacy Day Checklist: Top 10 ways to protect your organization's data

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/27/2025

Tomorrow is International Data Privacy Day, so a happy day to all! More seriously, data privacy concerns and legislation continue to rapidly increase. It has been estimated that by the end of 2024 more than 75 percent of...more

Regulatory monitoring - December 2024

A&O Shearman on 1/6/2025

1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - FSB: Plenary December 2024 - Status: Final - The FSB has set out the outcomes of its Plenary that met on 3 and 4 December. Points of...more

SEC Enforcement Year-End Overview

White & Case LLP on 12/23/2024

2024 marks the final year of Gary Gensler's term as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Gensler SEC has been aggressive on both the enforcement and rulemaking fronts. In response, the financial...more

Recent SEC Cyber-Related Enforcement Actions Emphasize the Importance of Robust Disclosure Controls

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/11/2024

On October 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced enforcement actions against several technology companies for making materially misleading disclosures regarding cybersecurity risks and intrusions....more

Judge Dismisses Most Of SEC’s Suit Against An IT Management Software Company Over Cybersecurity Disclosures

A&O Shearman on 7/23/2024

On July 18, 2024, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a comprehensive 107-page opinion that may have significant implications for the Securities and...more

Client Alert: The SEC’s Approach to Cybersecurity Disclosure Decisions

Jenner & Block on 6/27/2024

The SEC’s Director of Corporation Finance, Erik Gerding, recently issued two statements regarding a public company’s disclosure obligations in response to a cybersecurity incident. These remarks follow the adoption of the...more

Colorado’s Landmark AI Act: What Companies Need To Know

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/24/2024

Colorado has become the first state to enact a comprehensive law relating to the development and deployment of certain artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (CAIA), which will go into...more

Understanding SEC’s Focus Amid Lack of Final AI Rules

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/27/2024

Last year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed ambitious rules relating to artificial intelligence (AI) that have drawn significant commentary and criticism. While it is unlikely that any changes in the...more

SEC to Continue Aggressive Enforcement Efforts in 2024 After Record-Setting 2023

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 2/27/2024

This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Panicked Over Cyber Disclosure Laws? Here’s a Plea for Common Sense

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 1/18/2024

Corporate legal departments are scrambling to stay ahead of the latest developments around cyber incident disclosure rules and regulations. In hopes of reducing panic and distress, a pair of legal experts are issuing a...more

[Event] RIA Compliance and Legal Strategies Conference - November 9th, Hamilton, NJ

Stark & Stark on 9/29/2023

The RIA Compliance and Legal Strategies Conference is an essential event for registered investment advisors to gain a valuable understanding of current regulatory and compliance-related issues. Attendees will earn 4 CFP CE...more

SEC’s Expansion of Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit Signals Increased Enforcement Ahead

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law on 6/16/2022

In a move that further executes upon the SEC’s increasingly tough rhetoric on cryptocurrency and cybersecurity, SEC Enforcement recently announced that it will nearly double the size of its newly-renamed Crypto Assets and...more

SEC Proposes Amendments That Would Place New Cybersecurity Reporting and Disclosure Requirements on Public Companies

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 3/11/2022

On March 9, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 to propose new rules and amendments under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would constitute the SEC’s first attempt to adopt specific rules...more

CCPA Reality Check: 10 Key Questions to Evaluate Compliance

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 2/28/2020

With the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) in effect as of January 1, but regulations still being revised and finalized, businesses are struggling to know what they need to do now to comply....more

Cybersecurity: the SEC Provides Guidance on Well-Known and Emerging Best Practices

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 2/13/2020

At the end of January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its “Observations on Cybersecurity and Resiliency Practices” (Observations)....more

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