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EU: DLA Piper GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey: January 2025

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The seventh annual edition of DLA Piper’s GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey has revealed another significant year in data privacy enforcement, with an aggregate total of EUR1.2 billion (USD1.26 billion/GBP996 million) in...more

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Court Holds All DAO Governance Token Holders Can Be Held Responsible for the Actions and Inactions of the DAO

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A California federal court recently held that all governance token holders were responsible for any losses suffered in a security incident. Specifically, the court, in denying a motion to dismiss, ruled in part in favor of a...more

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Executives Personally Sued for Data Privacy Incidents

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If you manage a company that collects and otherwise processes personal data (which is just about every company, these days), you may need to protect your own pocketbook.  As governments across the globe continue to enact and...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer Found Guilty of Obstruction for Coverup of Data Breaches

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On October 5, 2022, after a monthlong jury trial, former Uber Chief Information Security Officer Joseph Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and misprision of a felony...more

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Recent FTC Enforcement Actions

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What the FTC Wants, the FTC (Mostly) Gets - In recent weeks the Federal Trade Commission has been on a tear. As one example, on July 22 it announced a $700 million settlement with Equifax for “the 2017 data breach that...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2019 #3

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According to a recent FBI Flash, Ryuk ransomware has hit more than 100 U.S. companies since August 2018, with a “disproportionate impact on logistics companies, technology companies, and small municipalities.” ...more

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Tech Company Execs Sweat Personal Liability for Privacy Violations

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In the Privacy Law classes I teach in the Brown University Executive Masters of Cybersecurity and at Roger Williams University School of Law, we discuss the enforcement authority that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the...more

White and Williams LLP

The $29 Million Yahoo Derivative Data Breach Settlement: What Next?

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On January 4, 2019 a federal district court in California approved a $29 million settlement in a shareholder derivative lawsuit against former Yahoo directors and officers regarding high-profile data breaches at Yahoo between...more

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Cross-Border Investigations Update

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This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including the use of legal holds in cross-border investigations,...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Dangerous Assumptions and Serious Consequences in Cybersecurity

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It's not the kind of news a retail giant wants to make. In May 2017, Target agreed to a $18.5-million settlement to resolve a 47-state investigation into a massive 2013 hack. This settlement put Target's total cost of the...more

Burr & Forman

Cybersecurity Legislation Stalks Bank Directors

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To avoid potential personal liability for cybersecurity breaches, bank directors should take proactive steps to make sure their institution complies with all applicable regulations. In the wake of recent well-publicized...more

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Breaches in the Boardroom: What Directors and Officers can do to Reduce the Risk of Personal Liability for Data Security Breaches

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Corporate directors and officers may increasingly be targets of shareholder derivative lawsuits in the wake of the surge of regulatory actions and private litigation around data breaches,. While no individual directors and...more

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Hold Your Cards Close: Data Protection and the Gaming Industry

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Increased cybercrimes and data security threats have recently made headline news with reports of massive data security breaches at major U.S. companies, including Target and more recently, The Home Depot. Risks of data...more

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