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Cleveland Municipal Court Hit by Cyber Attack

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 3/10/2025

Cleveland Municipal Court has been shut down the past two weeks as it grapples with a cyber incident. The nature and scope of this incident is not yet publicly known, but it is reasonable to suggest that the Court may have...more

Client Alert: The Future of Payments: Key Trends and Regulatory Challenges

Jenner & Block on 2/13/2025

As the fintech and payments industries evolve in 2025, businesses, financial institutions, and regulators must adapt to rapid technological advancements and shifting regulations. The rise of real-time payments, embedded...more

In Wake of Healthcare System Cyberattack, 22 State Attorneys General Call for Further Action of Data Privacy

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 5/6/2024

On April 25, 2024, the attorneys general of 22 states issued a letter encouraging UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, to take additional steps to respond to a massively disruptive cyberattack. The broad,...more

Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 3, April 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/9/2024

Using AI to Build Cyber Resilience for Critical Infrastructure - "Cyber resilience serves as a literal survival strategy, offering a framework to detect threats, understand attacks, recover swiftly, and adapt to...more

Florida Legislature Passes Data Breach Immunity Legislation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/12/2024

The Florida legislature passed a bill that provides immunity to companies that suffer a data breach. The immunity is conditioned on the company: (1) complying with the notice requirements of Florida’s data breach notification...more

NY Enhances Financial Cybersecurity Regulations

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/17/2023

New York recently announced amendments to the State Department of Financial Services’ cybersecurity regulations. The changes further solidify the state’s already comprehensive cybersecurity regulatory regime. The amendments...more

Data Breach 911: Five Immediate Steps to Take

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/31/2023

For many, responding to an incident feels chaotic — questions swirling, uncertainties piling up, and no clear direction. Even when prepared with a well-rehearsed incident response plan, a data security incident places a...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/3/2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Delaware’s new comprehensive data privacy law, a joint statement by 12 data protection authorities on data scraping and data protection, a district court ruling on a...more

New Iowa Legislation Creates Cybersecurity Safe Harbor

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/19/2023

Iowa becomes the fourth U.S. state to provide an affirmative defense for companies that adopt a cybersecurity framework - Iowa is the fourth state—following Ohio, Connecticut, and Utah—to provide a statutory incentive for...more

Cybersecurity Enforcement Update: New York Department of Financial Services Announces Amended Cybersecurity Regulations and Latest...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/18/2023

Recent enforcement actions and announcements show that state and federal regulators are continuing to focus intensely on cybersecurity and data protection. Notably, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”)...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity - June 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/6/2023

In our June Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review new data privacy laws in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida and Montana; Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report; AM Best’s report on cyber insurance trends; and...more

Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/12/2023

Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 3, March 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/3/2023

Amazon Sued for Not Telling New York Store Customers about Tracking Biometrics - “Thanks to a 2021 law, New York is the only major American city to require businesses to post signs letting customers know they’re tracking...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 1, January 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/1/2023

Big Boosts to Cybersecurity and Tech Funding in $1.7T Omnibus Bill Signed by Biden - “The bipartisan fiscal 2023 omnibus spending agreement includes $2.9 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/1/2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we analyze recent fines against Meta and their impact on the future of behavioral advertising, the timeline for the California Privacy Rights Act’s regulations to become...more

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 1, January 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/27/2023

Contech Trends to Watch in the New Year - “As builders adapt to economic, supply chain and labor challenges, they’re turning to technology to boost performance.” Why this is important: All of the turmoil of 2022 (the...more

Ransomware: To Pay or Not to Pay? It Just Got More Complicated

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/26/2022

When an organization experiences a ransomware attack, it must address significant—and sometimes competing—challenges under pressing deadlines. These challenges include the following: evicting the threat actor from the network...more

President Biden Signs Two Cybersecurity Bills Into Law

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 7/1/2022

Takeaway: President Biden recently signed into law the “Federal Rotation Cyber Workforce Program Act” and the “State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act”. With these new laws, the Biden Administration is attempting to...more

Cybersecurity Basics Are Key to Combating Ransomware

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/30/2022

The onslaught of ransomware attacks by cybercriminals increases unabated every year, affecting everyone from mom and pop shops on Main Street to corporate lions of Wall Street. Hackers infiltrate an organization's computer...more

North Carolina Prohibits Public Sector Entities from Paying Ransom in a Ransomware Cyberattack

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/25/2022

Organizations attacked with ransomware have a bevy of decisions to make, very quickly! One of those decisions is whether to pay the ransom. Earlier this year, I had the honor of contributing to a two-part series, entitled...more

North Carolina is the First State to Prohibit Public Entities from Paying Ransoms: What Does This Mean for North Carolina Public...

BakerHostetler on 5/20/2022

On April 5th, North Carolina became the first state to prohibit state agencies and local governments from paying ransoms after becoming victims of a ransomware attack. Indeed, in addition to prohibiting said entities from...more

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Cleveland Municipal Court Hit by Cyber Attack

Client Alert: The Future of Payments: Key Trends and Regulatory Challenges

In Wake of Healthcare System Cyberattack, 22 State Attorneys General Call for Further Action of Data Privacy

Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 3, April 2024

Florida Legislature Passes Data Breach Immunity Legislation

NY Enhances Financial Cybersecurity Regulations

Data Breach 911: Five Immediate Steps to Take

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2023

New Iowa Legislation Creates Cybersecurity Safe Harbor

Cybersecurity Enforcement Update: New York Department of Financial Services Announces Amended Cybersecurity Regulations and Latest...

Privacy & Cybersecurity - June 2023

Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 3, March 2023

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 1, January 2023

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2023

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 1, January 2023

Ransomware: To Pay or Not to Pay? It Just Got More Complicated

President Biden Signs Two Cybersecurity Bills Into Law

Cybersecurity Basics Are Key to Combating Ransomware

North Carolina Prohibits Public Sector Entities from Paying Ransom in a Ransomware Cyberattack

North Carolina is the First State to Prohibit Public Entities from Paying Ransoms: What Does This Mean for North Carolina Public...

Connecticut Legislature Passes Comprehensive Privacy Legislation, Awaiting Governor’s Signature

The BR Privacy & Security Download: May 2022

Utah To Become The Fourth State to Pass Privacy Legislation

Privacy Report: Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law

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