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Recent Developments for Directors - August Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/14/2024

Last month, the SEC announced another enforcement action emphasizing the need for early disclosure of cybersecurity events. In the recent action, the company had taken three weeks to act on internal alerts of malware on its...more

Treasury Department Warns Financial Institutions to Prepare for AI-Age Fraud — AI: The Washington Report

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 4/5/2024

Pursuant to President Biden’s October 2023 AI executive order, the US Department of Treasury (Treasury) released a report on cybersecurity risks in the financial services sector in March 2024. While recognizing the...more

Privacy Update: FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the "Internet of Things"

ArentFox Schiff on 10/13/2021

FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the “Internet of Things” - The FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of...more

How to Address Cybersecurity Risks In A Private Placement Memorandum

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 5/5/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requires companies to disclose the most significant factors that make investments in the company speculative or risky. Private Placement Memorandums (“PPMs”) are often used...more

The SolarWinds Cyber-Attack – The Devastation and Wreckage

The Volkov Law Group on 3/10/2021

The SolarWinds cyber-attack was devastating in scope and impact. If any lesson can be learned from this event, the SolarWinds case presents all the pitfalls, enforcement and reputational damage, rolled into one tragic series...more

SEC’s Examination Function Warns Its Registrants of Risks Associated with Dangerous Malware

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/16/2020

- In the age of broad corporate teleworking brought on by COVID-19, OCIE of the SEC has observed during recent examinations that investment advisers, broker-dealers and investment companies are subject to an increased threat...more

Cybersecurity: the SEC Provides Guidance on Well-Known and Emerging Best Practices

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 2/13/2020

At the end of January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its “Observations on Cybersecurity and Resiliency Practices” (Observations)....more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/16/2018

Today’s Muskdate is all about the SEC issuing a subpoena to Tesla as it continues its investigation into Elon’s August 7 Twitter post about the “funding secured” detail of his plans to take the company private....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2018 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/26/2018

U.S. Estimates that Cyber Hacks Cost Up to $109 Billion in 20 - The Council for Economic Advisors (CEA) issued a report this month, entitled “The Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy,” which concludes that...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 15

Jones Day on 9/15/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - FTC Comments on Improvements to IoT Device Security - On June 19, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") submitted comments to a working group organized by the...more

SEC Issues Guidance in Wake of WannaCry Ransomware Attack

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/2/2017

On Friday, May 12, the WannaCry ransomware attack struck hundreds of thousands of users across the globe, causing major disruptions in private and public networks. The attack, which encrypts a user’s files and holds them for...more

SEC Emphasizes Cybersecurity Preparedness in Wake of Global Ransomware Attack

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/19/2017

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued a Risk Alert in the wake of the widespread WannaCry ransomware attack that has inflicted hundreds of thousands...more

SEC Warns of Ransomware Attacks

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 5/19/2017

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is asking broker-dealers, investment advisers and funds to redouble their cybersecurity efforts in wake of the global cyber-attack of the WannaCry virus that has spread to more than...more

Emerging Trends Newsletter - Q2

Stinson LLP on 7/20/2016

We are thrilled to bring you the 2nd installment of Stinson Leonard Street's Emerging Trends newsletter. Recent Delaware Supreme Court Opinion Limits General Personal Jurisdiction for Foreign Corporation - Recent...more

Rocky Mountain Securities Conference: Cybersecurity Takes Center Stage

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 5/20/2016

Given the security industry’s increased use of information technology and the constant evolution of cyber threats, cybersecurity will continue to demand significant attention from regulators and industry participants in the...more

SEC Chair Warns: Cyber Biggest Threat to Global Financial System

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 5/19/2016

The chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission warned that cybersecurity is the biggest risk facing our financial system today. At an industry conference yesterday, SEC Chair Mary Jo White said that major...more

Fred’s Inc. discloses data breach to SEC

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/14/2015

In its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Fred’s Inc. disclosed this week that a security firm found malware in its system that was designed to lift customer credit card information....more

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