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Cybersecurity: New Front for Attacks on Franchise Model

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/24/2017

Much has been written on the growing risks of data breaches and other cyberattacks, especially after the massive security breach at Equifax in September 2017. Recent cases holding franchisors liable for franchisees’ data...more

Cybersecurity 2017 – The Year in Preview: Changes Afoot in Federal Enforcement?

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/23/2016

Editor’s note: This is the sixth and last in our end-of-year series. See our previous posts on trade secrets, state regulation and law enforcement, HIPAA compliance, emerging threats, and energy. See you in 2017! ...more

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Troutman Pepper on 12/9/2016

Businesses today have their work cut out for them. Small or large, no organization is immune from cybersecurity threats. Added pressures arise from stepped up government regulatory oversight and enforcement that targets an...more

Lessons Learned from LabMD's Successful Challenge to the FTC's Cyber Authority and Wyndham's Monumental Settlement with the FTC

Baker Donelson on 1/11/2016

On the shifting sands of cyber security regulation, it is important to understand the outcome of two recent enforcement cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – one against clinical lab services company LabMD,...more

The Digital Download - Privacy & Data Security Monthly Newsletter - January 2016

Alston & Bird on 1/11/2016

Senior Counsel Peter Swire to Debate European Privacy Activist Max Schrems. The debate, set to take place on January 26 in Brussels, will highlight key differences between certain European and U.S. attitudes towards U.S....more

Long and Wyndham Road: The Federal Trade Commission Extends Section 5 Unfairness to Regulate Data Security

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 12/15/2015

In a surprising development, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation settled a long running dispute last week with the Federal Trade Commission that arose from three data breaches Wyndham suffered between 2008-2010. After an...more

Which Way is the “Wyndham” Blowing? Cyber Regulation After FTC vs. Wyndham

Locke Lord LLP on 11/16/2015

Does the Third Circuit’s recent decision in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. usher in a new era of enforcement by the FTC and other federal agencies regarding cybersecurity practices? Regardless of the answer, it is important...more

Challenging FTC Regulation of Cyber-security After FTC v. Wyndham

BakerHostetler on 11/5/2015

The Third Circuit interlocutory decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation was widely reported as a big win for the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). But on closer examination, it was a split...more

The FTC’s Broad Authority and FTC v. Wyndham: Thinking about the Future of Data Privacy Regulations

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 10/19/2015

What makes data privacy law interesting for academics, challenging for lawyers, and frustrating for businesses its shape-shifting structure in the face of rapidly changing technology. The recent change in the invalidation of...more

Alphabet Soup and Data Security

Bilzin Sumberg on 10/19/2015

In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more

Proactive Approach To Cybersecurity: Recent SEC guidance and enforcement actions suggest that reactive firms may be in the SEC’s...

Morgan Lewis on 10/12/2015

In an environment where even the largest and most powerful corporations have fallen victim to data breaches, it can be challenging to fathom how to protect against the sophisticated and ever-evolving threat of cyber attacks....more

[Webinar] Information Security: Background & Recent Developments - Oct. 15th, 12:00pm ET

Bilzin Sumberg on 10/8/2015

Join us for an in-depth webinar presented by litigation attorneys James Ward and Phil Stein on the trending topic of information security and how to protect your company from a data breach. This webinar will address what you...more

What is reasonable? The emerging legalities of cybersecurity post-Wyndham

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 10/1/2015

This month’s edition of the Advanced Cyber Security Center’s newletter includes my discussion of lessons to be learned from the Wyndham decision: Historically, security was an issue reserved in a back room for the IT...more

FTC Fines Can Add Salt to a Cybersecurity Wound

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 10/1/2015

Cyberattacks are on the rise—so much that we seem to hear about a high-profile hack more often than it probably rains in most parts of California. Although reputational damage from a cyberattack can be scarring, a recent U.S....more

FTC v. Wyndham: The Third Circuit Recognizes FTC Authority to Regulate Commercial Cyber Security Practices

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/30/2015

In 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation agreed to hear an immediate appeal on two issues: “whether the FTC has authority to regulate cybersecurity under...more

Another Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call for Business

Clark Hill PLC on 9/21/2015

On August 24, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit released its long-awaited ruling in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Hotels, affirming the FTC's enforcement powers in the cybersecurity sphere. The...more

FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Group - A Warning From the Third Circuit

Fisher Phillips on 9/18/2015

On August 24, in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. et al, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that the FTC could enforce its own reasonable interpretation of what cybersecurity standards are necessary to avoid...more

Advertising Law - September 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/17/2015

Third Circuit Affirms FTC's Power to Regulate Data Security Practices - Affirming the power of the Federal Trade Commission to regulate corporate cybersecurity, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that the agency...more

Data Breach Response Planning: Laying the Right Foundation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/17/2015

Part of Bradley Arant’s Privacy and Information Security Team’s seven-part Data Breach Toolkit Webinar Series, the “Data Breach Response Planning: Laying the Right Foundation” webinar, led by Paige Boshell and Amy Leopard,...more

SEC and DOJ Hacking Prosecutions Highlight SEC’s Increased Interest in Cybersecurity Risks

Morgan Lewis on 9/15/2015

Companies are reminded of the need for strong internal controls. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed civil and criminal actions in the largest hacking and...more

Third Circuit to Wyndham (Part II): "Deceptive" is also "Unfair" in the Cybersecurity Context

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/11/2015

In Part I, we discussed the Third Circuit's finding that the "unfair" prong of the FTC Act does not require the agency to provide specific cybersecurity standards with "ascertainable certainty" to which companies must...more

Wyndham v. Deflategate: Where Are the Goal Posts?

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/11/2015

As a privacy litigator, I could not help but observe an apparent contradiction in the way the Third Circuit allowed the FTC to pursue Wyndham Hotels for cybersecurity breaches under the FTC Act, but Judge Berman (SDNY)...more

Wyndham Opinion Affirms FTC’s Power to Regulate Cybersecurity Practices

Goodwin on 9/10/2015

On August 24, 2015, the Third Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey’s denial of a motion to dismiss in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. In Wyndham, the Federal Trade Commission...more

Maryland AG settles with Visionworks over security practices

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/4/2015

Using the Maryland Consumer Protection Act, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has announced that eye care retailer Visionworks, Inc. has agreed to pay the state of Maryland $100,000 and enhance its security measures...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2015

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/2/2015

Third Circuit Affirms FTC’s Authority Over Cybersecurity: In the Wyndham case, the Third Circuit affirmed that the FTC has the authority to regulate cybersecurity under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and that the language of...more

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