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In December 2023, European Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement on the EU AI Act. In our article titled An Introduction to the EU AI Act, we focused on applicability, thresholds, timing, and penalties related to the EU...more
The rise of ransomware attacks has prompted the international community to explore a range of approaches to deter these attacks, including the use of sanctions, the further development and instantiation of norms governing...more
Amidst the recent surge in ransomware attacks on U.S. businesses—with crypto criminals and sometimes State actors invading and encrypting computer and operating systems and extorting funds in exchange for the decryption...more
The reality of finite resources means cybersecurity programs that attempt to ‘boil the ocean’ – protect everything at once – are destined to fail. Risk-based cybersecurity programs are the solution. With such an approach,...more
Experts estimate that within the next decade or so, adversaries will have the capacity to use quantum computing to break the encryption on virtually all existing digital databases. This is why it is highly significant...more
Companies that make ransomware payments, whether they be the victim of a ransomware attack or entities that facilitate such payments, should review the updated advisory issued by U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of...more
On September 21, 2021, The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued an Updated Advisory “to highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments in connection with malicious...more
In early October, the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory, warning of the potential risk of sanctions to companies and individuals who pay ransomware payments. The...more
On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory “to highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments related to malicious cyber-enabled...more
The rules and regulations governing private equity and hedge fund advisers continue to develop in response to changes in technology. As a result, advisers are subject to an ever-increasing degree of supervision by the...more
On 10 January 2017, the European Commission issued a proposal for a new ePrivacy Regulation (ePR) triggering a legislative process that is still ongoing. The proposed ePR was intended to replace the existing ePrivacy...more
Our Insurance Horizons 2018 brochure considers the impact of technology, interest rates, protectionism, excess capacity in the reinsurance market and cyber risk. We also look in detail at M&A in the industry, sanctions and...more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Cryptocurrency-related Holdings - On January 18, 2018, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment...more
Cyber data breaches affect individuals, businesses, and the government. Tens of millions of Americans are affected by data breaches every year. In 2014, CNN estimated that 47% of U.S. adults in the U.S. had their personal...more
Regulatory Developments: CFTC Grants Temporary Registration as SEF to LedgerX Bitcoin Options Exchange and Clearing House - On Sept. 10 the CFTC announced that it had issued an Order of Temporary Registration as a...more