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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2024 #2

News Briefs - Groups Urge Appeals Court to Revive Drug Price Negotiation Suit - Healthcare and drug industry groups urged a U.S. appeals court to revive their challenge to a law requiring manufacturers to negotiate the prices...more

Troutman Pepper

2023 Year-In-Review: Key Enforcement Initiatives and Cases in Crypto, Cyber, SPACs, Whistleblowers, and the Future of...

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It was a busy year for enforcement activity in the cyber, crypto, SPAC, and whistleblower spaces, with several pending actions that will likely have wide-ranging implications in 2024. We are also awaiting a ruling from the...more

Burr & Forman

Hackers Extort Victim with SEC Whistleblower Complaint

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In an unintended consequence of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) unprecedented rulemaking agenda, a black-hat hacker gang has filed a whistleblower complaint against its victim for not reporting a cybersecurity...more

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It's Time to Blow the Whistle on Deficient Cyber Reporting Programs

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What exactly is cybersecurity whistleblowing? That is a question that all organizations should be asking, but the answer is not a simple one. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a whistleblower is defined as an...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Special Edition: 2023 Predictions

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What is in store for Privacy and Cybersecurity in 2023 - As the year ends, we offer this special edition with predictions for 2023 from each member of the Cyber Bits Partner Committee. Regardless of what happens in 2023, we...more

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New CIRCIA Bill and What It Means for Whistleblowers

Takeaways: Uncertainties over threats of cyberattacks resulted in both the House and Senate passing CIRCIA, which created an opportunity for whistleblowers to come forward under the False Claims Act with...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Cyber Whistleblowing - New Risks and Exposures - April 21st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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When US President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law on November 15, 2021, $2 billion was allocated to strengthen the nation’s cyber defenses. With this heightened focus on cyber risk...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Whistleblower Regulations Increasing, #MeToo Bill Passes, Cyberfraud Risk Mitigation – Employment Law This Week

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As featured in #WorkforceWednesday:  This week, we focus on new developments increasing whistleblower protections across the country and prohibiting mandatory arbitration of sexual assault and harassment claims....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery - January 24th - 25th, Miami, FL

ACI’s and C5’s 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami conference is returning on January 24 – 25, 2022 in person! Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event for the Fraud community, it gathers the pre-eminent...more

Bracewell LLP

DOJ to Federal Contractors: Report Cyberattacks or Face the False Claims Act

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The Department of Justice announced a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative on October 6 – the latest move in a series of federal efforts to address the recent uptick in major cyberattacks. DOJ’s Initiative aims to hold...more

NAVEX

Watch Out for Hoax Reports to Your Hotline

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Recent compliance-related news coverage has identified an increase in anonymous hoax emails and online reports posted to companies through their internal reporting systems. Whether filed via email or through an online...more

BCLP

Beware of Insider Trading Whistleblower Scams

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There has recently been a rash of similar anonymous whistleblower tips to public companies, each claiming that an unnamed company supervisor boasted about reaping profits from insider trading. The number of public companies...more

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[Virtual Event] 2021 Boston Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - March 26th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EDT

Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 2 (February 2020) - A ruling from Georgia’s highest state court could set a precedent that determines recourse for victims of cyberattacks. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in late December...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #214 – Veterans Warned of Risk of Misuse of Sensitive Personal Information

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) recently completed an audit of the VA’s Milwaukee Regional Office after it was tipped off by a whistleblower about the exposure of sensitive information...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Big news out of Uber this weekend, where the company and its board resolved outstanding issues with Travis Kalanick in order to finalize a deal in which a SoftBank-led consortium of investors will buy up about $1 billion of...more

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The EC New Alert Mechanism to Detect Cartels: A Teaser Before a European General Framework for Whistleblowing

Whistleblowing has been part of the U.S. legal tradition, if not since the resolution passed by the Continental Congress in 1778, at least since the adoption of the 1863 False Claims Act. With regard to the disclosure of...more

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The Risks and Implications of Failing to Comply with U.S. Government Cyber and IT Requirements

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This article summarizes some of the many risks and implications that are associated with failing to comply with U.S. government-unique cyber and information technology requirements. We are often asked by small and...more

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