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The Volkov Law Group

SEC Suffers Major Blow in Securities Fraud Case Against SolarWinds

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A New Your federal district judge handed down a significant decision dismissing much of the SEC’s securities fraud enforcement action against SolarWinds arising from its claims relating to SolarWinds’ cybersecurity policies,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Navigating the New Frontier: SEC’s Enforcement Action on RR Donnelley and its Implications for Compliance

In the ever-evolving compliance landscape, the recent enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against RR Donnelley is a significant case study. This incident underscores the importance of robust...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Winds of Change: SEC's SolarWinds Lawsuit Signals Hotter Cybersecurity Enforcement

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The SEC on Oct. 30, 2023, filed a landmark cybersecurity enforcement action against SolarWinds Corp. (SolarWinds) and the company's current Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Timothy Brown. The SEC's complaint alleges...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

SEC, Solar Winds and Compliance

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SEC Hits SolarWinds and CISO with Investor Fraud Suit Over Cybersecurity

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

The Volkov Law Group

SEC Sues SolarWinds and its CISO for Fraud Over Botched Data Breach Response, Marking New Era in Cyber Enforcement

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has a message for publicly-traded companies that suffer a data breach: own up. On Monday, the SEC sued Texas-based SolarWinds––and its Chief Information Security Officer...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments for March 2023

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary resources...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2023

Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability - Key Points - - While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Fourth Circuit Rules Omission of Marriott’s Data Vulnerabilities Not Actionable Because Challenged Statements Were Not False When...

Key Points - Fourth Circuit points to SEC guidance on “less is more” approach to cybersecurity disclosures, while finding such disclosures did not violate federal securities laws. Omissions of data vulnerabilities were...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

US Securities and Exchange Commission Increases Focus on Cybersecurity

This past summer’s string of cyber enforcement actions signals that cybersecurity has become a top priority for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). This focus is consistent with the SEC’s Division of...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

SEC Issues Disclosure Guidance as Part of Continued Focus on Cybersecurity

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As cybersecurity attacks have continued to gain prominence as a threat posing critical risk management and compliance challenges for financial institutions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has emerged as an...more

Holland & Hart LLP

SEC Issues First Ever Enforcement Action For Failure to Disclose a Data Breach, Obtaining $35 Million Penalty

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on April 24, 2018 that Yahoo! (now known as Altaba, Inc.) agreed to pay a $35 million civil penalty to resolve claims that it failed to appropriately and timely disclose...more

Jones Day

SEC Announces Yahoo Will Pay $35 Million for Failure to Disclose Data Security Incident

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The Situation: The SEC accused Altaba Inc., then known as Yahoo! Inc., of misleading investors by failing to disclose a major data breach orchestrated by Russian hackers. The Result: Altaba has agreed to pay $35 million to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

The Hacked & the Hacker-for-Hire: Lessons from the Yahoo Data Breaches (So Far)

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The fallout from the Yahoo data breaches continues to illustrate how cyberattacks thrust companies into the competing roles of crime victim, regulatory enforcement target and civil litigant. ...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

The SEC Fines Yahoo for Alleged Failure to Disclose CyberBreach

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has undertaken its first enforcement action in connection with a public company’s failure to timely disclose cyber-issues. Last month, Altaba Inc., the former Yahoo! Inc. (Yahoo!),...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: SEC Disclosure Analysis in Light of Yahoo Settlement

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On April 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement with Yahoo that constituted its first enforcement action against a public company for failing to disclose a data breach. This settlement...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

It’s a material world - why the SEC’s Yahoo! penalty really matters

In the aftermath of the April 24, 2018, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) statement announcing its penalty against Altaba Inc., formerly Yahoo! Inc. (Yahoo!), for failing to timely report a massive data breach,...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Yahoo’s $35M SEC Settlement: Takeaways from the First Enforcement Action for Failure to Disclose a Data Breach

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on April 24, 2018, that Yahoo! — now known as Altaba — agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle claims that the company failed to timely disclose a 2014 data breach...more

Williams Mullen

Yahoo! Settlement Affirms SEC's Focus on Cybersecurity Disclosures

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In late April 2018, the SEC and Altaba (formerly known as Yahoo!) agreed to a $35 million penalty to settle charges that Yahoo! misled investors by failing to disclose to investors its December 2014 data breach in which...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Altaba (Yahoo) Agrees to Pay $35 million Penalty as SEC Continues to Emphasize Importance of Cybersecurity Data Breach Disclosures

On April 24, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that Altaba Inc. (f/k/a Yahoo! Inc.) agreed to pay a $35 million penalty relating to charges that it misled investors with respect to disclosure...more

Fisher Phillips

Yahoo Fined $35 Million for Failing to Report Data Breach

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On April 24, 2018, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $35 million fine against the company formerly known as Yahoo! Inc. (now known as Altaba, Inc.) for failing to disclose a massive cyber data breach to its...more

Locke Lord LLP

An Unasserted Lesson of the SEC’s Yahoo Cyberbreach Enforcement Action

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Much has already been written about the SEC’s enforcement action involving Yahoo’s failure to adequately disclose a cyberbreach.1 I am writing about something that the SEC’s announcement and order did not address and...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Announces Its First Enforcement Action Over Cyber-related Disclosures

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s $35 million settlement with Altaba Inc., the successor in interest to Yahoo! Inc., is the first civil penalty of its kind for a data breach and underscores the agency’s increasing...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Failure to Disclose Leads to $35 Million Penalty in the Yahoo! Cybersecurity Breach

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced Tuesday that Altaba, the entity formerly known as Yahoo! Inc., has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle charges that it misled investors by failing to...more

Carlton Fields

Yahoo Enters $80 Million Securities Class Action Settlement After Data Breach

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On March 2, Yahoo, Inc. (“Yahoo”) filed a proposed settlement in In re Yahoo Inc. Securities Litigation, which was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. ...more

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