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Eight-State Consortium of Privacy Regulators Marks Shift Toward Coordinated Enforcement

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/5/2025

In a major development for businesses subject to state data privacy laws, eight state privacy regulators have joined forces to form the “Consortium of Privacy Regulators,” a bipartisan coalition aimed at coordinating...more

OCR Loses Staff, Faces Move to New ‘Enforcement’ Office; Will HIPAA Focus, Independence Suffer?

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 4/15/2025

Today, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of the Office of Inspector General and Office of General Counsel, one of just a dozen or so agencies reporting directly to the secretary....more

Navigating the Future: Key Takeaways & Insights from the 2024 Securities Enforcement Forum Central

Cozen O'Connor on 10/25/2024

One of the concerns following the Supreme Court’s ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy was that other agencies may face similar collateral attacks to its administrative proceedings. While the full impact of Jarkesy remains an open...more

FTC Releases Privacy and Data Security Update

BakerHostetler on 4/1/2024

On March 28, 2024, the FTC released its annual Privacy and Data Security Update (Update), which highlights the enforcement actions, guidance, and rules promulgated by the agency from 2021 through 2023 to protect consumer data...more

2024 Privacy Law Preview

WilmerHale on 1/17/2024

As we have detailed previously, 2023 was a landmark year for privacy law, featuring numerous developments at the federal, state and international levels, ranging from newly enacted statutes to massive regulatory enforcement...more

2024 Regulatory, Compliance, and Enforcement Predictions for Life Sciences Companies

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/10/2024

The year 2023 was a busy one for regulatory, compliance, and enforcement developments in the healthcare and life sciences industries, and 2024 promises to be even busier. We tapped MoFo’s Life Sciences + Healthcare Compliance...more

SEC Announces Robust Fiscal Year 2023 Enforcement Results

Seward & Kissel LLP on 11/30/2023

Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Directors of Registered Investment Companies; and Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The SEC’s Division of Enforcement (Enforcement) released a report summarizing its...more

Cybersecurity Enforcement Has Increased, and 2023 Will Be Worse!

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/7/2023

The government’s announcement of renewed emphasis on cybersecurity enforcement has spawned recent million-dollar enforcement actions. Continued government attention on cybersecurity promises a treacherous enforcement...more

DOJ Announces Cybersecurity Enforcement Initiative Targeting Federal Contractors

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/18/2021

Last week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“the Initiative”) aimed at combating “new and emerging cyber threats to the security of sensitive information and critical...more

Biden Administration Prioritizes Increased and Broadened Anti-Corruption Enforcement

Bracewell LLP on 6/10/2021

On June 3, 2021, the White House issued a memorandum announcing anti-corruption as a core national security interest. The memorandum explains that, “[c]orruption threatens United States national security, economic equity,...more

New York Department of Financial Services Signals Aggressive Enforcement Stance

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/26/2021

State Notifications Deemed to Trigger DFS Reporting of Non-material Breaches - Two successive Consent Orders have demonstrated the seriousness of non-compliance with New York’s Department of Financial Services financial...more

White Collar Year in Preview: False Claims Act Trends in 2020

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 1/16/2020

Editors’ Note: This is the fourth in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed anti-corruption trends in 2020. Up next: a look...more

[Webinar] Managing Risk in the Era of Cyber Insecurity - Oct. 27th, 1:00 CST

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/20/2015

Join privacy and data security attorney Richard Martinez for this informative session that will break down the details of the 50 leading enforcement actions taken by the FTC to regulate data privacy and cyber security. By...more

Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - June 2015 #4

Goodwin on 6/25/2015

Regulatory Developments - Client Alert: SEC Proposes Pay for Performance Rules: Goodwin Procter’s Capital Markets practice has issued a Client Alert on the SEC’s proposed rule that would require most public...more

Investment Management Legal + Regulatory Update - February 2015

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/27/2015

In This Issue: - SEC Proposes Rule Requiring Hedging Disclosure - SEC Reports the Result of its Cybersecurity Sweep of Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers - House Passes Bill to Ease Volcker Rule and Other...more

Pressure Points: OCR Enforcement Activity in 2014

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/10/2015

During 2014, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services initiated six enforcement actions in response to security breaches reported by entities covered by the Health Insurance...more

2014 – The Health Law Year in Review

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/31/2014

Each year brings significant changes and challenges in the laws governing the health care industry, and 2014 proved to be no exception. What the year may have lacked in the high drama that accompanies comprehensive health...more

Congress Putting Microscope on FTC Enforcement

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/28/2014

On July 24, 2014, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing entitled, "The Federal Trade Commission and Its Section 5 Authority: Prosecutor, Judge and Jury." The purpose of the hearing was to...more

FTC Releases 2014 Privacy and Data Security Update, Touting Its Efforts and Achievements in Protecting Consumer Privacy

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/2/2014

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its 2014 Privacy and Data Security Update, summarizing the FTC’s major enforcement actions, policy initiatives, rules, reports, workshops, and outreach efforts in the...more

A Compilation of Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/1/2014

As reported in the May 2014 edition of Legal News: Investment Management Update, the SEC has made cybersecurity readiness a high-priority item to review when it conducts examinations of registered broker-dealers and...more

Enforcement Action – FTC Is Not Backing Down and Laboratory Company Goes After a Cyber-Intelligence Company

Cozen O'Connor on 6/11/2014

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is not the only government arm that enforces data breaches. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has broad authority to regulate the security of...more

No Judicial Review of FTC Jurisdiction until the Agency Takes a Final Action

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/3/2014

Companies that handle personal data may need to litigate an FTC enforcement action to its conclusion before a court will review the Commission's jurisdiction to commence the enforcement action in the first place....more

A Compilation of Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions - 04/30/14

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/30/2014

Enforcement Matters: Improper Calculation of Client Advisory Fees Results in Enforcement Action - In a recent action (In the Matter of Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc., Investment Advisers Act Release No....more

U.S. Privacy and Data Protection: 2013 Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2014

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/29/2014

In Boston, we celebrated Data Privacy Day (January 28) by presenting “U.S. Privacy and Data Protection: 2013 Year In Review and a Prediction of What’s to Come in 2014” for participants in an IAPP KnowledgeNet. Our panel of...more

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