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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Congressional Investigations Outlook: What to Expect from the 119th Congress

The 119th Congress is underway, and Republicans control both chambers. With President Trump in the White House, both the House and the Senate will focus more of their oversight on the private sector. Continuing a trend over...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

OFAC Year in Review 2023 – Part 1

2023 was another record year for U.S. sanctions and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Most prominently, OFAC continued to impose significant additional sanctions on Russia in...more

Epstein Becker & Green

White House Releases National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan

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On July 13, 2023, the White House issued the first iteration of its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (the “Implementation Plan”), which will be updated annually. The two overarching goals of the...more

WilmerHale

China Launches Cybersecurity Review Against Micron

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The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) in a brief statement on March 31, 2023 stated that it has launched a cybersecurity review of Micron’s products sold in China pursuant to the National Security Law (2015),...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Key Takeaways from the National Cybersecurity Strategy

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On March 3, 2023, the White House released the National Cybersecurity Strategy. The White House described this as the blueprint for a long-term effort by the Biden administration in cooperation with Congress and the private...more

Wiley Rein LLP

White House Pivots on Cyber: Voluntary Compliance Carrots Are Being Replaced By Big Regulatory Sticks

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The White House released the long-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy on March 2, 2023 setting out five (5) pillars articulating key themes and Administration priorities. Coming more than two years into the Biden...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

2022 Hindsight: Breach Notification Year in Review

While new comprehensive state privacy laws took most of the headlines this year, security threats and incident response remain key risk factors for privacy compliance programs and the subject of important legal developments....more

Polsinelli

For OT Cybersecurity, Extra Time is Running Out

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Operational technology (OT) is hardware and software that detects or causes a change, through the direct monitoring and/or control of industrial equipment, assets, processes and events. By design, OT underpins many critical...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Ransomware Attacks Case Studies Provide Rare Learning Opportunities

Ransomware attacks have become headline news in the mainstream media, and a hot topic not only on this blog but in government circles. And with good reason as the United States suffered a staggering 421.5 million ransomware...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act Becomes Law

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On March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA), which increased funding for the federal Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and...more

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China Issues Revised Measures on Cybersecurity Review Over Network Operators

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In response to recent data security concerns arising from overseas listings of Chinese internet companies operating in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) has issued...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New Zero-Day Vulnerability for Log4j is the Next Cybersecurity Nightmare

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On December 10, 2021, multiple media outlets, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration (CISA), and the director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency (NSA) began alerting to a significant...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Richmond Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - December 10th, Richmond, VA

Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

Perkins Coie

China Releases New Regulations on the Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure

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On August 17, 2021, China released the new regulations on the Security and Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII Regulations), which became effective on September 1, 2021. Even though China started its...more

K&L Gates LLP

Overview of the New Implementing Rules on Critical Information Infrastructure in China and Key Takeaways

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On 30 July 2021, the State Council promulgated the Regulations on the Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure (the Regulation), which took effect on 1 September 2021. This Regulation dovetails with the...more

Jones Day

China Finalizes Data Security Law to Strengthen Regulation on Data Protection

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On June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress passed the long awaited People's Republic of China (China) Data Security Law ("DSL") after a final read of the third draft. The DSL, which takes...more

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China Publishes New Measure on Cybersecurity Review of Network Products and Services

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The new measure, which will come into effect on June 1, 2020, will potentially affect operators of critical information infrastructures as well as their domestic and overseas suppliers. Affected companies should now take...more

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COVID-19: CISA Releases Essential Critical Infrastructure Guidance Version 3.0

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Overview of the Updated CISA Guidance - On April 17, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), issued the third version of its nonbinding...more

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“Essential Business” Designations Expanded By Federal Advisory Memo

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The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) just issued an updated memorandum listing the industries that contain the Essential Infrastructure Workforce – and it contains good news for many businesses that can...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pillsbury’s Post-Election Outlook

The 2018 Midterm Election played out as most poll forecasters speculated. Although several races have yet to be decided, Republicans have retained control of the Senate, but lost at least 29 seats, allowing the Democrats to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Ten Key Points About CFIUS And Export Control Reform

Congress has agreed upon two pieces of legislation soon to be signed by the President that will provide for a major expansion in the (i) screening by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Transferring Data from China: Who Must First Pass a Pre-Export Security Assessment?

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China’s new data protection framework clearly creates a requirement for local storage and conducting a security assessment before personal information or important data is shared with other jurisdictions, but it is currently...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

China Issues Second Draft of Cross-Border Data Transfer Guidelines

China has issued its second draft of cross-border data transfer guidelines for public comments, as one of a series of the implementation rules for the Cybersecurity Law of China. The “Information Security...more

McDermott Will & Emery

China’s Network Security Law Comes into Effect: What It Means for Your Company

On June 1, 2017, China’s much anticipated Network Security Law comes into effect after two years of review, revisions over three drafts and a public commenting process. The law is a historical development for China’s...more

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China's New Cybersecurity Law and Draft Data Localization Measures Expected to Burden Multinational Companies

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China's new Cybersecurity Law ("new Law") is set to come into effect on June 1, 2017, and introduces sweeping provisions that may have a significant impact on companies doing business in and with China. To provide guidance on...more

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