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On March 31, 2025, members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services sent a letter to Mark Uyeda, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Seeking to “undo the damage from...more
The SEC, investment banks and other stakeholders are increasingly focused on cybersecurity in IPO companies given the potential financial, legal and reputational risks....more
Lawmakers expressed bipartisan support for significantly amending or eliminating some cybersecurity incident notification requirements during a recent hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is becoming one of the federal agencies at the forefront of driving transparency, cybersecurity awareness and cyber incident reporting. As we reported in last year’s...more
In July 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules requiring public companies to report material cybersecurity incidents under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K beginning on December 18, 2023. Our...more
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
The first year of a new significant regulatory obligation is often more notable for the absence of regulatory enforcement actions as regulators often observe compliance efforts and challenges, offer guidance, and look for...more
This guide discusses important themes and trends for the coming annual reporting season. It also includes a “housekeeping checklist” designed to assist you as you prepare your annual report. ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY...more
Paul Hastings released its SEC Cyber Incident Disclosure Report today, providing a unique look at how public companies have responded to new incident disclosure requirements. The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) approved...more
Part of the Biden Administration’s push to enhance U.S. cybersecurity capabilities has focused on imposing new requirements on government contractors. The 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy suggested, for example, that...more
As cybersecurity rules proliferate, companies must navigate a maze of new, and often overlapping, proactive and reactive cybersecurity requirements and guidance. This Legal Update surveys new cybersecurity rules and...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rules officially went into effect in December 2023. Aimed at improving cybersecurity risk...more
On Tuesday, the SEC announced settled charges against four companies for “making materially misleading disclosures regarding cybersecurity risks and intrusions. The charges against the companies, Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings...more
By now, public companies are generally aware of the cybersecurity rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a year ago, requiring public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents under Item...more
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the majority of claims that the Security and Exchange Commission ("SEC") asserted against SolarWinds, including claims that the company's alleged...more
On June 18, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had settled claims against RR Donnelley (RRD) related to a 2021 ransomware and cyber extortion attack. Despite RRD having discovered and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has issued five compliance and disclosure interpretations related to the disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K....more
On June 24, 2024, the SEC issued five new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) relating to the materiality assessment and disclosure requirements of material cybersecurity incidents under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K....more
On June 24, 2024, the Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued five new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) related to the disclosure of “material”...more
The SEC has been aggressively pursuing cybersecurity investigations and enforcement actions against public companies and foreign private issuers. In these actions, the SEC often alleges one of two theories: 1) that the...more
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance yesterday published five new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, or “C&DIs,” all concerning Item 1.05 of Exchange Act Form 8-K, Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents....more
Last month, the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance (“Director”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued new guidance regarding disclosures of material cybersecurity incidents via Form 8-K under...more
The financial services industry has seen a litany of new data privacy and cybersecurity challenges through the first half of 2024. Financial institutions are facing unprecedented compliance hurdles resulting from the...more
The Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC issued a statement last week relating to the recent SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules that require public companies to disclose the occurrence of material...more
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of the Division of Corporate Finance, Erik Gerding, released a statement on May 21, 2024 that may have regulated entities scratching their heads about compliance and the...more