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HHS OCR Releases Proposed Updates to HIPAA Security Rule

Paul Hastings LLP on 1/23/2025

On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Security Standards for the Protection of...more

PEOs Need to Prepare for Increased Cybersecurity Requirements Thanks to Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Revisions

Fisher Phillips on 1/8/2025

With the HIPAA Security Rule set to undergo a massive overhaul to boost cybersecurity protections, PEOs need to take note. After all, as stewards of worksite employee and client company data – and as sponsors of group health...more

Proposed Updates to HIPAA Security Rule Would Require Entities to Adopt Enhanced Cybersecurity Measures

Fisher Phillips on 1/7/2025

The HIPAA Security Rule may soon undergo a big overhaul that would better defend healthcare data from cybersecurity threats – and require much more from covered entities when it comes to establishing and maintaining defenses....more

HHS Proposes Changes to Strengthen HIPAA Security Rule

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/7/2025

Material updates to the HIPAA Security Rule could be on the way — affecting all HIPAA-regulated entities — for the first time in two decades. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed...more

CFPB Issues Proposed Rule to Restrict Data Brokers’ Use of Data

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/6/2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced this week that it intends to increase the scrutiny on data brokers to better protect service members, law enforcement officials, domestic violence victims, senior...more

DoD Issues Proposed CMMC Rule Requiring Cybersecurity Assessments of Contractors

Perkins Coie on 1/5/2024

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has issued its long-awaited proposed rule implementing its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program to protect sensitive, unclassified government information in the...more

New Proposed Cybersecurity Rules Mean Big Changes for Federal Contractors

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC on 12/5/2023

On October 3, 2023, the FAR Council released two proposed rules for federal contractor cybersecurity requirements that relate to cyber threat and incident reporting and information sharing (case 2021-017) and standardizing...more

Government Contractors Beware: New Cybersecurity Rules and False Claims Act Enforcement Actions on the Rise

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/3/2023

Two years after the Department of Justice (DOJ) established its Civil-Cyber Fraud Initiative, there has been a recent uptick in enforcement and regulatory activity related to cybersecurity. September opened with the unsealing...more

“FAR” Reaching Consequences: Proposed FAR Cybersecurity Requirements Will Add New Obligations for Contractors

Paul Hastings LLP on 10/25/2023

Earlier this month the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Council released two draft rules which would impose new cybersecurity requirements for federal contractors. The proposed rules, Cyber Threat and Incident Reporting...more

The FAR Council’s Proposed Cybersecurity Overhaul: Lots Of Questions, But Only Some Answers

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government... on 10/9/2023

In what can best be described as a tsunami of cybersecurity regulation, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council—consisting of the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National...more

The Impact of SEC’s Proposed New Rules in Cyber Risk Management

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 5/4/2022

A new discourse in the cyber risk management landscape of US public companies is here. This past March 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) added another item to their to-do list by announcing a...more

Increase in Cyber-Attacks Leads to Influx of New Reporting Obligations

Fisher Phillips on 4/1/2022

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and amid growing concerns regarding the threat of increased cyberattacks targeting infrastructure and other critical industries, there has been a flurry of federal activity to...more

SEC Proposes Rules to Include Certain Significant Market Participants as “Dealers” or “Government Securities Dealers”

Goodwin on 4/1/2022

In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to include certain significant market participants as “dealers” or “government securities dealers” to essentially eliminate the trader exclusion...more

SEC Proposes Short Sale Disclosure Rule and Reopens Comment Period for Reporting on Securities Loans

Goodwin on 3/4/2022

In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule to increase market transparency regarding short selling and extended the comment period for its proposed rule requiring reporting on...more

SEC Cybersecurity Rules Target Investment Advisers and Investment Companies

Goodwin on 2/11/2022

On February 9, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a package of new rules and amendments to enhance cybersecurity preparedness and improve cyber resilience of investment advisers and investment...more

SEC Proposes Changes to Private Fund Regulation

Goodwin on 2/11/2022

In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more

Faster and More Comprehensive Breach Notification Requirements Proposed for Banks

Baker Donelson on 1/13/2021

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) that would require a banking...more

Investment Services Regulatory Update - October 2017

Vedder Price on 10/24/2017

New Rules, Propsed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Extends No-Action Relief on Auditor Independence and the “Loan Provision” - On September 22, 2017, the staff of the SEC’s...more

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