Last month the White House disclosed how the federal government will coordinate incident response activities in the event of a large-scale cyber incident. While the policy directive is worth reading in its entirety, this...more
8/29/2016
/ Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Incident Response Plans ,
NCCIC ,
Presidential Directives
SEC Chicago Regional Director David Glockner spoke at a PLI Conference in New York on June 6 regarding the SEC’s data security regulations and enforcement efforts. Mr. Glockner acknowledged frustration with the Division of...more
6/30/2016
/ Corporate Issuers ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Financial Markets ,
Investors ,
Morgan Stanley ,
Non-Public Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-P ,
Safeguards Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
I. Legal Exposure to Federal and State Privacy Laws -
A. Federal Statutes and Enforcement -
1. Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 41-58 -
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has emerged as the leading...more
3/1/2016
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Malware ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In This Issue:
IN THE SPOTLIGHT -
- Your Data Breach Collided With My Personal Injury Coverage
LIFE INSURANCE -
- Phantom Injury Dooms “Shadow Insurance” Case
- Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News...more
10/8/2015
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
AIG ,
Auto Body Shop ,
Bailout ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Big Data ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
CT Supreme Court ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Derivative Suit ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Disparate Impact ,
EB-5 ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FFIEC ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreclosure ,
Healthcare ,
Insurance Industry ,
King v Burwell ,
Life Insurance ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mutual Funds ,
NAIC ,
Online Advertisements ,
Ransomware ,
Reassigned Phone Numbers ,
Regulation A ,
RI Supreme Court ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Treble Damages ,
Whistleblowers
Shortly after the massive 2013 Target data breach, shareholders filed four derivative lawsuits against the company’s directors and some of its officers (13 CARE 624, 3/20/15). The shareholders alleged that the defendants had...more
8/17/2015
/ Caremark claim ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Derivative Suit ,
Derivatives ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Hackers ,
Home Depot ,
Information Security ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
Target ,
Wyndham ,
Young Lawyers
Cyber scammers continually innovate new means to extract valuable information from unsuspecting victims. And a new form of cyber fraud is exploiting the close relationship between CEOs and CFOs. Identifying this threat — and...more
7/20/2015
/ C-Suite Executives ,
CEOs ,
CFOs ,
Compliance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Email ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Phishing Scams ,
Software ,
Wire Fraud
In This Issue:
- IN THE SPOTLIGHT
• Risky Business: Common Cyber Security Risks, Expensive Consequences
- LIFE INSURANCE
• Ninth Circuit Finds Bonus Indexed Annuity Delivers Exactly...more
6/26/2015
/ Accounting Fraud ,
Annuities ,
Bad Faith ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Captive Insurance Company ,
Consumer Financial Contracts ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Disability Benefits ,
Drones ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FCC ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Life Insurance ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Patents ,
RICO ,
SAR ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Telemedicine ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Variable Annuities ,
Virtual Currency