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Watch What You Say: SEC Enforcement Scrutinizes Cybersecurity Incident Disclosures

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/31/2025

On January 13, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a settled enforcement action against Ashford Inc. (“Ashford” or “the Company”), a company that provides products and services to the real estate and...more

SEC Caps 2024 with Another Cyber Enforcement Action

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/23/2025

The SEC continues to leave its mark as a federal cybersecurity enforcer and closed out the year by charging another company with making misleading statements about a cybersecurity attack and failing to maintain cyber-related...more

The Informed Board - November 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/25/2024

At what point has a director served too long? What about term limits? A mandatory retirement age? When do a director’s skills become stale? These issues are addressed in this issue of The Informed Board, as well as why proxy...more

What Companies Can Do To Protect Against Cyberattacks … and the Litigation That Often Follows

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/22/2024

Cyber threats continue to grow as a result of increased digitization, widespread use of cloud computing, advanced connectivity and artificial intelligence (AI), requiring boards of directors across all sectors to focus more...more

Client Alert: Key Takeaways from the Motion to Dismiss Ruling in SEC v. SolarWinds et al.

Jenner & Block on 7/24/2024

The SEC’s high-profile litigation against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Timothy G. Brown, reached a critical turning point on July 18, 2024, when a district court in the Southern District of...more

Pressure-Testing Your Privacy Program for 2024

BCLP on 1/5/2024

With the onslaught of new privacy legislation and cyber threats coupled with upticks in enforcement, running a well-functioning and flexible privacy program is now, more than ever, a critical component of an organization’s...more

FBI, DOJ and SEC Publish Guidance on Requesting Delayed Reporting of Material Cyber Incidents on Form 8-K: Takeaways for CISOs and...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/20/2023

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules in 2023 that are intended to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting by...more

SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies

Jenner & Block on 8/7/2023

On July 25, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), by a 3-2 vote, adopted final rules regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting by public companies (the Final...more

First Circuit Offers Lessons to Businesses Facing Cybersecurity Incidents and Class Action Litigation Risk

Pierce Atwood LLP on 8/1/2023

In Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC, the First Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s dismissal of class action claims brought by former pharmacy patients alleging that their sensitive personal information had been...more

SEC adopts new cybersecurity rules for public companies

McAfee & Taft on 8/1/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized cybersecurity rules this week for public companies centered on disclosure requirements for material cybersecurity incidents, as well as periodic reporting regarding...more

SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 7/27/2023

The SEC adopted final rules requiring registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents they experience and to disclose on an annual basis material information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy,...more

[Webinar] Regulators Mount Up! Recent Developments in Government Oversight of Cybersecurity - October 11th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/7/2022

Government agencies at the state and federal levels are increasingly training their sights on the cybersecurity resiliency of companies in an array of industries. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules...more

CAREFULLY Consider Carbon Credit Contracts

Ruder Ware on 5/13/2022

Carbon credits have been a hot topic around the country as a potential opportunity for extra farm revenue. However, like any contract, farmers should carefully consider the terms of a carbon credit sale before signing an...more

Increase in Cyber-Attacks Leads to Influx of New Reporting Obligations

Fisher Phillips on 4/1/2022

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and amid growing concerns regarding the threat of increased cyberattacks targeting infrastructure and other critical industries, there has been a flurry of federal activity to...more

Proposed SEC Cybersecurity Rules Require Public Companies to Act Now

Woods Rogers on 3/25/2022

This month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new cybersecurity disclosure rules for publicly traded companies. The comment period is ongoing, but the take-away for public companies is immediate: a public...more

SEC Proposes Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule For Public Companies

Burr & Forman on 3/10/2022

Continuing its active regulatory agenda, the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2022, proposed new cybersecurity regulations for reporting public companies. Although couched as a series of “disclosure”...more

SEC Chair Gensler Remarks Indicate 2022 Action Expanding Cyber Requirements

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/31/2022

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler made remarks on Jan. 24, 2022, at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law's Annual Securities Regulation Institute regarding the SEC's work to improve...more

SEC Chair Gensler Wants Public Companies to Upgrade “Cyber Hygiene”

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 1/25/2022

Data Privacy Week kicked off with a major message for US publicly-traded companies: the Securities and Exchange Commission will be looking at cybersecurity. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said in a speech to a virtual securities...more

Preparation for 2021 Fiscal Year-End SEC Filings and 2022 Annual Shareholder Meetings

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 1/19/2022

As public companies embark on the year-end reporting process, they will need to consider, and in some cases take steps to address, a number of significant developments and issues. As in past years, Mintz has prepared a...more

SEC Issues Disclosure Guidance as Part of Continued Focus on Cybersecurity

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 9/18/2018

As cybersecurity attacks have continued to gain prominence as a threat posing critical risk management and compliance challenges for financial institutions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has emerged as an...more

SEC Issues Updated Guidance on Cybersecurity Risk Disclosures and Trading on Nonpublic Cybersecurity Information

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 2/22/2018

On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued updates to its interpretive guidance on how public companies should disclose cybersecurity breaches and risks. There are two core messages at...more

Security Frameworks 101: Which is Right for my Organization?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/1/2015

These days information security is on the minds of virtually all technology professionals and business executives alike. But how does an organization ensure that their security profile is adequate. It can certainly help to...more

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