Guidepost in Motion EP26: Privacy Matters Part 1: Privacy vs. Convenience
No Password Required: A Senior Product Manager at GitLab With an Instagram Alter Ego That Puts Her in Privacy Superhero Territory
The Intersection of Technology, Regulatory Policy, and White Collar Defense
Kidon Podcast: War stories on the cutting edge of IP monetization – David Cohen and Eric Stasik
Regulating the Internet of Things
DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
SEP Litigation and the Internet of Things no.2
SEP Litigation and the Internet of Things
An Update On IOT Device Breaches, Framework, And Legislation
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Year in Review: Major Breaches, Changes in the Law, and Upcoming Trends
Jones Day Presents: Smart Contracts and Blockchain
Impact of the Internet of Things on the Insurance Industry
What’s Next?: Drones and transforming policy at GE
The Intersection of Wearable Technology and the Insurance Industry
Your Cyber Minute: Lessons learned from the automotive sector
Your Cyber Minute: Top threats for 2017
The Ever-Expanding Scope of Social Media Discovery
The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a transformative shift in how consumers interact with technology, integrating physical devices with sophisticated services to create interconnected ecosystems. As the adoption of IoT...more
The European Commission has provided its strongest indication yet that its new rules on product safety, the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), will apply to stand-alone software – even though this is not expressly...more
The EU Data Act is one of the cornerstones of the EU's Data Strategy and introduces a new and horizontal set of rules on data access and use to boost the EU's data economy. Most of the provisions of the Data Act will become...more
The Internet of Things (“IoT”) has ushered in a new era of connectivity and convenience, but with it comes a host of legal issues and emerging theories of liability. As IoT devices become increasingly ubiquitous in our daily...more
The Federal Communications Commission has created a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program, also known as the “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program,” for wireless consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products. The FCC is seeking...more
WHAT: As we previously reported here, on October 3, 2023, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) proposed a pair of major cybersecurity rules intended to implement key parts of President Biden’s May 2021...more
REITs are increasingly reliant on technologies across the spectrum of information technology and operating technology that range from cloud-based systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) to automated building management...more
The FBI issued a Private Industry Notification targeted to the health care sector on September 12, 2022, warning that it has “identified an increasing number of vulnerabilities posed by unpatched medical devices that run on...more
NIST recently released several key deliverables relating to cybersecurity. These focus on secure software development and new consumer labeling programs as contemplated by President Biden’s Executive Order 14028, which seeks...more
Key Wireless Deadlines- NIST Requests Comment on Staging Cybersecurity Risks for Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Oversight: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks comment on Draft NISTIR...more
Telemedicine and telehealth have significantly reshaped how consumers access health care services. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, online portals were jockeying to replace visits to primary care providers and urgent care...more
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
Mandiant, a division of FireEye, has reported that it has discovered a vulnerability in a software protocol that enables hackers to gain access to audio and visual data on smart devices including baby monitors and web...more
As many of our readers are aware, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order on May 12 to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. While much of the executive order focuses on strengthening the federal government’s networks...more
On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration issued its much anticipated “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” Below are provisions we believe will be of most interest to contractors, as well as any company...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for medical technology innovation, especially the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). IoMT generally refers to the use of network and cloud technologies to connect medical equipment...more
It is estimated that by the end of 2020, there will be more than 50,000,000,000 (yes, billion) connected devices that are part of the Internet of Things (IoT). This is a five million percent increase in IoT devices over the...more
Internet of Things (IoT) devices have the potential to transform our home and work environment by integrating a growing range of “smart” wirelessly connected sensors into our daily lives. Recognizing the growing importance of...more
The USPTO’s recent landmark decision (16/524,350) concluding artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be a named patent inventor perhaps sparked fears of super-robots inventing critical technologies that, alas, receive no patent...more
On March 27, 2020, a five-year legal battle between three certified classes of Jeep Cherokee drivers and Fiat Chrysler came to a sudden end, when a federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois held that allegations that...more
Perhaps forgotten in coverage on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), also effective January 1, 2020 is the California Internet of Things Security Law (the Act). The first IoT security law in the nation, the Act...more
One of the hardest areas of M&A due diligence is the target company’s technology. The buyer has to understand the current “technology stack” of the target, which can include a wide range of technologies including hardware,...more
As if businesses did not have enough on their plates as they prepare for the California Consumer Protection Act and similar privacy laws in other states, manufacturers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices (objects that connect...more
In November, Tyler wrote about insurance issues raised by both the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2020. California’s...more
The new California Consumer Privacy Act is not the only California privacy law that companies will have to prepare for in 2019. Beginning on January 1, 2020, California will also require a manufacturer of a “connected device”...more