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Trade Secrets/Non-Compete Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

Benesch on 8/2/2023

Welcome to our Q2 Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Update. As you can tell from the update, Q2 was a busy quarter in this space from both a regulatory, legislative, civil litigation and criminal litigation perspective....more

Ankura Cyber Threat Intelligence Bulletin (January 2022)

Ankura on 2/25/2022

Over the past sixty days, the Ankura Cybersecurity team has worked with clients to solve cybersecurity challenges involving the rampantly exploited Log4Shell vulnerability, recent security changes within Meta (Facebook), and...more

More Privacy, Please - August 2021

Troutman Pepper on 8/4/2021

Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 12, December 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/22/2020

Loeffler, Cotton Release Bill to Hold Tech Companies Accountable for Child Exploitation, Allow Victims to Sue - "It would amend the US code to strip Section 230 protections from tech companies." Why this is important:...more

Privacy Regulators Turning Up the Heat: Major Fines for Data Breaches and Privacy Violations This Summer

Bennett Jones LLP on 9/13/2019

Summer 2019 saw a flurry of major fines levied against large corporations for data breaches and other privacy violations. Ranging from a €460,000 fine under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for a Dutch...more

Gaining Data Privacy Compliance When Regulations Have Global Reach

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 8/21/2019

While GDPR has been active as a regulation since May 2018, the first fines have just started to hit companies for data breaches. Announced by the ICO on July 8 2019, they intend to fine British Airways £183.39 million for...more

Corporate Law & Governance Update - July 2019

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/31/2019

IMPACT OF EQUIFAX, FACEBOOK SETTLEMENTS - Health care industry boards should give close attention to the governance implications of recent privacy settlements entered into by Equifax and Facebook. Their unique facts...more

Significant FTC Fines Highlight Evolution in Privacy Enforcement Landscape

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/30/2019

Last week produced a spate of interesting and instructive privacy and data security enforcement activity. ...more

FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra Issues Dissent On Facebook Settlement

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/29/2019

“The decision to impose documentation requirements, rather than bright line rules, represents a significant departure from how the government traditionally aims to protect the public. It is akin to if federal regulators,...more

The FTC-Facebook Settlement Signals Major Shift In US Privacy Regulation

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/29/2019

In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously stated that privacy was no longer a “social norm.” Today, the Facebook founder is no doubt viewing social norms around privacy a bit differently, as are U.S. regulators and consumers....more

What Facebook’s Next 20 Years Will Look Like: Is This the Future of US Privacy?

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/26/2019

Even in her extensive dissent, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter labeled the Order “exceptional.” And it is. The terms of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) $5 billion, twenty-year settlement Order reached with...more

Financial Daily Dose 7.25.2019 | Top Story: Facebook to Add Privacy Measures Under FTC Deal

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/25/2019

Facebook and the FTC have agreed to terms on a settlement addressing the social network’s privacy violations in recent years. Along with the previously reported $5 billion fine, the deal will require Facebook to “add new...more

FTC Issues Landmark $5 Billion Fine Against Facebook

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/25/2019

Big Picture Takeaways: Facebook faces many detailed requirements for internal and external governance and oversight with extensive reporting requirements...more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | February 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 2/7/2019

Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2018 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/22/2018

This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investigative report that outlined cyber incidents that nine public companies had experienced, causing fraudulent losses totaling more than $100 million. The...more

The Weekly Privacy Rewind

BakerHostetler on 5/21/2018

Class Actions - Facebook Users BIPA Suit to Go Forward - • Denying cross-motions for summary judgment, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the class action against Facebook for...more

Coalition of State Attorneys General Send Letter Demanding Answers from Facebook

White and Williams LLP on 4/2/2018

On March 26, 2018, a bipartisan coalition of 37 state Attorneys General sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding answers about the company’s business practices and privacy protections. Led by Pennsylvania...more

The Digital Download - Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter - October 2017

Alston & Bird on 10/4/2017

An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute. Expanding on his recent article for Bloomberg BNA, Alston & Bird associate Dan Felz offers a multipart primer on Germany’s new GDPR implementation statute....more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2016

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/2/2016

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss, among other matters, the status of the EU/U.S. Safe Harbor negotiations, as well as changes to privacy laws in Delaware and California that regulate online...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: September/October

K&L Gates LLP on 11/2/2015

On 11 September, TeliaSonera and Telenor have abandoned the proposed merger of their business units in Denmark. The contemplated transaction would have resulted in the establishment of a joint venture active in the provision...more

EU safe harbor update

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/30/2015

Last week, the Vienna Higher Regional Court ruled that most of Max Schrems’ claims against Facebook can proceed, including his claim that Facebook improperly allowed his personal information to be shared with the National...more

Whom Should You Suspend During an Internal Investigation?

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 10/27/2015

Whom to suspend during any Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation is always a delicate question to answer. Unfortunately there is never an easy answer. As the Volkswagen (VW) emission-testing scandal continues to...more

EU Strikes Down the Safe Harbor Framework for Transatlantic Data Transfers: What You Should Know and What to Do Next

Stinson LLP on 10/23/2015

The European Court of Justice has declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed EU data flows across the Atlantic for the last 15 years. Thousands of U.S. companies have relied on the Safe Harbor...more

EU safe harbor update

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/23/2015

A lot has happened since the European Court of Justice’s declaration that the EU-US safe harbor framework is invalid. First, the Article 29 Working Party, an organization comprised of representatives from each data...more

EU Working Party Issues Statement on CJEU’s Invalidation of Safe Harbor Framework

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/20/2015

The European Court of Justice’s (CJEU) recent decision striking down the EU-US Safe Harbor framework has created significant marketplace uncertainty and left companies scrambling for alternative cross-Atlantic data transfer...more

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