Compliance Perspectives: The FBI on Why and How to Work with the Office of the Private Sector
The Compliance Challenge: Managing Legal & Regulatory Risk
Webinar: How to Get Your Lawyers Sharing Successfully on LinkedIn - with @AdrianDayton
Polsinelli Podcasts - FDA Denies Amgen Citizen Petition in Biosimilar Dispute
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 51-Interview with Tim Haidar
ACADEMI's Suzanne Rich Folsom and PwC's Glenn Ware on Moral Hazard
What Companies Should Do to Prepare for Implementation of Cybersecurity Executive Order
Where Does the Cybersecurity Executive Order Hit and Miss the Mark?
Cyberhackers—potentially frustrated by their limited ability to extort ransom from health care entities in attacks—have started extorting the patients themselves, threatening them with the release of information or...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council has proposed two new cybersecurity rules that would impose significant obligations and risks for federal government contractors. The proposed rules impose substantial cyber...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) impending cyber disclosure rule, slated to commence on 15 December 2023, underscores an imperative shift towards a more transparent and accountable cybersecurity posture for...more
A former hospital worker in Arizona was sentenced to 54 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to two felony counts involving identity theft and health information disclosure. In the plea deal,...more
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
For years, federal cyber policy has been based on successful public-private partnerships, collaboration, and the promotion of voluntary standards that can be tailored to sector and organization-specific risk and needs....more
If your company creates health-related apps, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has set out some key considerations: - Make accurate representations. Clearly explain how people’s information will be used and shared and then...more
Last month, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a joint advisory providing “information on multiple...more
This week, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued the Report on the SolarWinds Cyber Espionage Attack and Institutions’ Response....more
COVID-19: EFAMA updates cyber-prevention standards for investment management companies - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published a document updating the International Investment Funds...more
On April 17, 2020, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued two new documents that clarify, in language specific to related industries and sectors, the extent to which...more
In a short span of time, we have gone from thinking about the virus as a distant concern to working remotely from home as we have been asked to help flatten the curve by social distancing. We are daily bombarded with news and...more
On February 27, 2020, the Cybersecurity Unit of the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section released a guidance document addressing “Legal Considerations when Gathering Online Cyber Threat...more
The Ponemon Institute recently issued its 2020 Cost of insider Threats Global Report, which finds that the frequency and cost of insider threats is continued to increase. Sponsored by ObserveIT and IBM, the 2020 report is the...more
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more
Technology and the critical infrastructure that support our personal pursuits and business operations are ripe targets for cyberattacks. In particular, the electrical grid that transmits electricity from its point of...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently made “strengthening risk management and prioritization of cyber and physical threats and hazards” a national priority. Similarly, this week’s theme for National Cyber...more
On October 18, 2018, FDA released a new draft guidance, Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices, which describes the Agency’s current thinking and recommendations on designing...more
Late last week the White House released its National Cyber Strategy, setting forth its approach to protecting U.S. critical infrastructure from global cyber threats. The National Cyber Strategy builds off of Executive Order...more
On December 14, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was established by the Dodd-Frank Act to analyze and mitigate potential threats to the financial sector, released its first report under the Trump...more
China’s Cyberspace Administration announced that it has commenced investigations into Tencent Wechat, Sina Weibo and Baidu Tieba for violation of China’s Cybersecurity Law late last week (11 August 2017). More particularly,...more
New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more
On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more
Introduction - Cybersecurity was a prominent factor in 2016 in all aspects of government, business and personal affairs. Russian and other foreign national hacking has the potential to spark a new form of cold...more
As technology continues to reshape how business gets done and the way people live their lives, there are many reasons to be excited about the tech industry’s prospects heading into 2017. The more than 300 executives,...more