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Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 28

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/24/2025

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

Whiplash: The (Brief and Tragic?) Life of the SEC’s Cyber Disclosure Rules

Woodruff Sawyer on 4/17/2025

In 2023 and 2024, our public company clients were focused on complying with the SEC’s cyber disclosure rules—and on the risk from big, high-profile government enforcement actions like the SolarWinds case. But with a new SEC...more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 3, April 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/16/2025

Welcome to our third issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. SEC may Reverse Proposed Cryptocurrency Custody Rule and Ohio House...more

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Raises Concerns Over Cyber Disclosure Rules

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 4/9/2025

As public companies work to align with the SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure requirements, Commissioner Hester Peirce is urging a reassessment of how these rules are applied—particularly during active cyber incidents. In a...more

United States: House Committee on Financial Services Urges the SEC to Withdraw Final and Proposed Rules

K&L Gates LLP on 4/8/2025

On 31 March 2025, the House Committee on Financial Services (Committee), in a letter to Acting Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mark Uyeda, identified a series of proposed and adopted rules that...more

Client Alert: SEC Priorities Regarding Cybersecurity Enforcement: What Public Companies Need to Know Now in the Second Trump...

Jenner & Block on 3/4/2025

The SEC recently announced the creation of a Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) that will focus on fraudulent conduct in cybersecurity, digital assets, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. For...more

SEC Announces Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit

Clark Hill PLC on 3/3/2025

On Feb. 20, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the creation of the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) stating its focus will be on “combatting cyber-related misconduct and to protect retail investors...more

Key Points From BCLP's Recent Public Company Update Program

BCLP on 2/11/2025

BCLP hosted its annual CLE event, "Public Company Update and Other Trending Topics,” in St. Louis recently. Some of the key issues covered by the event, along with some takeaway considerations for companies, include the...more

SEC Commissioners on the Hunt for Materiality: Disagree on Cybersecurity Enforcement Actions

Carlton Fields on 2/3/2025

On October 22, 2024, Republican SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda issued a joint dissent sharply criticizing charges brought against four companies for allegedly making materially misleading disclosures regarding...more

EDGAR Next: Questions and Answers

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 1/31/2025

This year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) is rolling out significant technical changes to its electronic filing system, EDGAR (which stands for Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval), aimed at...more

Watch What You Say: SEC Enforcement Scrutinizes Cybersecurity Incident Disclosures

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/31/2025

On January 13, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a settled enforcement action against Ashford Inc. (“Ashford” or “the Company”), a company that provides products and services to the real estate and...more

Recent SEC Cyber-Related Enforcement Actions Emphasize the Importance of Robust Disclosure Controls

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/11/2024

On October 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced enforcement actions against several technology companies for making materially misleading disclosures regarding cybersecurity risks and intrusions....more

SEC 2025 Examination Priorities Indicate Sustained Focus on Cybersecurity & Data Protection

Alston & Bird on 10/29/2024

The SEC has released its Examination Priorities: Fiscal Year 2025 (“Examination Priorities”), which may be a useful roadmap to SEC-registered investment advisers, exchanges, and other entities subject to routine examination...more

Client Alert: The SEC’s Approach to Cybersecurity Disclosure Decisions

Jenner & Block on 6/27/2024

The SEC’s Director of Corporation Finance, Erik Gerding, recently issued two statements regarding a public company’s disclosure obligations in response to a cybersecurity incident. These remarks follow the adoption of the...more

SEC Adopts Amendments to Regulation S-P

Mayer Brown on 5/21/2024

On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to Regulation S-P under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), which governs the treatment of...more

Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2024

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 3/19/2024

To understand the litigation and regulatory risks that are coming in 2024 for private capital, it is helpful to look back briefly on recent events. Arguably, the single most important event over the last 18 months was the...more

SEC to Continue Aggressive Enforcement Efforts in 2024 After Record-Setting 2023

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 2/27/2024

This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Panicked Over Cyber Disclosure Laws? Here’s a Plea for Common Sense

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 1/18/2024

Corporate legal departments are scrambling to stay ahead of the latest developments around cyber incident disclosure rules and regulations. In hopes of reducing panic and distress, a pair of legal experts are issuing a...more

SEC, Solar Winds and Compliance

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 11/7/2023

The recent SEC lawsuit against SolarWinds Corp and its CISO, Tim Brown, following the 2020 data breach, has brought the issue of executive liability in cybersecurity disclosures to the forefront. This case sheds light on the...more

SEC Hits SolarWinds and CISO with Investor Fraud Suit Over Cybersecurity

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/6/2023

In a first, bold move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following its new Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies, issued on July 26, 2023, this...more

SEC Gives Finality on Cybersecurity Disclosures for Public Companies

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/28/2023

The SEC has now finalized its much anticipated rules for public companies’ cybersecurity disclosures. The final rules, published this month, require disclosure of certain cybersecurity incidents much sooner than under many...more

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