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The Volkov Law Group

Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds

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A New York 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

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Federal Court Grants the SEC Limited Access to the Identities of Law Firm Clients Impacted by a Cyberattack

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In Short - The Situation: Following a cyberattack on a law firm's systems, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") subpoenaed the firm for information, including the identity of clients whose information may have...more

K&L Gates LLP

Litigation Minute: Navigating Government Inquiries After a Data Security Incident

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - A government inquiry in the context of data security typically arises in one of two ways: either a data security incident involving a threat actor occurs, or a government agency is...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Government Investigations Team Insights - December 2021

AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics.  In this edition, we discuss recent criticism of the Justice Department’s use of “taint teams” to review...more

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog

District Court Enforces DOL Investigative Subpoena Against Plan Service Provider Concerning Alleged Cybersecurity Breaches

A federal District Court judge in Illinois sided with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in ordering Alight Solutions, LLC, an ERISA plan services provider, to comply with an administrative subpoena seeking documents...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

DOJ Announces Cybersecurity Enforcement Initiative Targeting Federal Contractors

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Last week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“the Initiative”) aimed at combating “new and emerging cyber threats to the security of sensitive information and critical...more

The Volkov Law Group

The SolarWinds Cyber-Attack – The Devastation and Wreckage

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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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Webinar] 2021 DWT Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar - A Virtual Series - March 18th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Webinar] 2021 DWT Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar - A Virtual Series - March 16th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Webinar] 2021 DWT Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar - A Virtual Series - March 11th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

[Webinar] 2021 DWT Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Seminar - A Virtual Series - March 9th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Please join us for our annual healthcare compliance seminar to discuss current developments in healthcare regulation and hospital compliance... Registrants will have the option of selecting the sessions they would like to...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

A New Decade of HIPAA – What Can We Expect?

As the decade winds down, it’s hard to believe that the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules are almost twenty years old. It has been ten years since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights...more

BCLP

Digital Asset Exchange Data Exposure Invites Consideration

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On November 1, 2019, Digital Asset Exchange BitMEX announced that a substantial volume of its customers’ email addresses had been inadvertently leaked in email communications. While the precise nationalities and identities of...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 8.16.2019 | Top Story: : Cathay Pacific CEO Resigns Amidst Turmoil in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Rupert Hogg has resigned in order to “take responsibility” a week “after the carrier was rebuked by China for staff involvement in the anti-Beijing protests rocking Hong Kong.” Hogg...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Privacy Developments in China, Singapore and Hong Kong

International companies should keep in mind recent developments coming out of Asia on the privacy front. Chinese authorities are reported to be confiscating smartphones at the border to install surveillance apps. Companies...more

A&O Shearman

Delaware Court Of Chancery Grants Books And Records Request Arising From Caremark Claims Related To Facebook User Privacy

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On May 30, 2019, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III of the Delaware Court of Chancery granted a stockholder demand to inspect Facebook’s books and records in connection with their Caremark claims arising from alleged data...more

Burr & Forman

Post-Breach: Preparing for a HIPAA Investigation

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The Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) is the federal agency that oversees compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and its implementing regulations (“HIPAA”). In that regard, among other...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2019

In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine several recent U.K.-related cybersecurity developments and the SEC's risk alert reminding investment advisers and broker-dealers to follow through on implementing...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Investigative Report on Cybersecurity Emphasizes Internal Controls

On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Report of Investigation (Report) detailing an investigation by the SEC’s Enforcement Division into the internal accounting controls of nine issuers...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Facebook and the English Data Firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) Face Intense Scrutiny for Possible Misuse of Facebook User Data

Facebook and the English data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) are facing intense scrutiny in response to numerous reports about the possible misuse of data of 50 million Facebook accounts. The data was originally...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica – Brave New World for Privacy and Data Misuse

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The dramatic revelations that Facebook users’ personal data was potentially misused by political advertising firm, Cambridge Analytica, has troubling implications for consumer privacy that will become ever-more complicated...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Mnuchin to discuss Equifax data breach with FSOC

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Appearing before the House Financial Services Committee Tuesday at a hearing entitled “The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council” (FSOC), Treasury Secretary Mnuchin indicated that he intends to discuss...more

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CFPB reportedly puts investigation of Equifax on ice while other government agencies press forward

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Equifax announced on September 7, 2017 a massive data breach affecting an estimated 143 million consumers. Richard Cordray, the then Director of the CFPB, shortly thereafter authorized an investigation according to several...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tracking Trends in CFIUS Review Process Based on Recently Released 2015 Annual Report

Last month, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) released its annual report to Congress for 2015 (the “2015 Annual Report”) and its cumulative table summarizing foreign investment activity from...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

States Respond to Equifax Cyber Breach with Enforcement Actions and Calls for Enhanced Regulatory Powers

In the wake of last month’s historic cyber breach of Equifax, which resulted in the theft of sensitive personal information belonging to over 140 million Americans, states have wasted no time in seeking a greater role in...more

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