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Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of August 2025

Mayer Brown on 8/29/2025

I. U.S. SANCTIONS - U.S. Department of the Treasury Sanctions Russian Cryptocurrency Exchange: On August 14, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) re-designated the cryptocurrency...more

UK - When is a data protection claim not a data protection claim?

A&O Shearman on 7/17/2024

In a recent case, Pacini & Anor v Dow Jones & Company Inc., the publisher of the Wall Street Journal unsuccessfully applied to strike out a data protection claim concerning two historic articles....more

Top 4 Cybersecurity Headaches Plaguing Financial Services Institutions

J.S. Held on 6/16/2023

Most Financial Services Institutions (FSIs) have digital technology at their core. And a primary responsibility for most FSIs is “cyber-connect” customers – be they organizations or individuals – with their money simply and...more

The ransomware hostage’s dilemma - should you pay the price?

A&O Shearman on 6/8/2023

Paying a cyber ransom will, allegedly, secure your data and give you back control of your systems. But there are legal, operational and ethical risks to consider....more

The Cybersecurity Insurance Market: What to Expect in 2023

Ankura on 3/20/2023

In recent years, especially through 2019 and 2020, the cyber insurance market in the U.S. has seen significant growth. Middle-market companies have been actively requesting cyber insurance policies with low rates and broad...more

Show me the Cryptocurrency: English High Court Grants Novel Information Orders Against Crypto Exchanges

A&O Shearman on 12/15/2022

The High Court has once again grappled with novel issues raised by disputes concerning cryptoassets, this time in the context of an interim application for information orders....more

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Releases 2022 Annual Review

Alston & Bird on 11/8/2022

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently released its 2022 Annual Review, which reports on the state of cyber security threats in the country. As the UK’s technical authority for cyber security, the...more

Director liability for cyber breaches: transatlantic warning signs?

White & Case LLP on 10/27/2022

Two legal cases in the US in the past month suggest that regulators and prosecutors are becoming more determined to take personal action against directors and senior executives who fail to deal adequately with cyber security...more

US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand Issue Advisory on Russian State-Sponsored and Criminal Cyber Threats to Critical...

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/21/2022

The cybersecurity authorities of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn organizations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could...more

Singapore and UK financial watchdogs announce new cooperation efforts to strengthen cybersecurity

White & Case LLP on 7/2/2019

Cyber attacks are a national security concern in the UK. While individuals can be victims of such attacks, private sector institutions are often the direct targets. Cyber attacks can critically damage a commercial reputation...more

Cybercrime and blackmail – court remedies and GDPR

A&O Shearman on 5/10/2018

Following blackmail threats against two companies from cyber-attackers who had stolen confidential information, the court granted injunctions against unknown defendants prohibiting publication of stolen confidential...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/3/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss all 50 states now having data breach notification laws, state attorneys general and their opposition to a federal data breach notification law, the FBI...more

CLOUD Act Aims for Clear Skies: Bipartisan CLOUD Act Seeks to Clarify Law Enforcement Access to Overseas Data

Bracewell LLP on 2/16/2018

In October 2017, the Supreme Court granted the Department of Justice’s petition to review the Second Circuit’s decision that limits the reach of warrants issued under the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”). Specifically, the...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - November 2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/4/2017

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss a Washington state court decision allowing a data breach lawsuit to move forward on a negligence claim, a Ninth Circuit ruling regarding releasing...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Buyout Firms Must Take Action to Respond to Global Cyber Threats

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/18/2017

Cybercrime has become a critical issue for buyout firms as hackers are increasingly targeting sensitive business data to profit from insider knowledge. According to a Private Funds Management survey of 91 PE houses, 54% of PE...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

Jones Day on 6/5/2017

New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/3/2017

In this edition of our Privacy and Cybersecurity Update, we take a look at the Trump administration's executive order outlining its cybersecurity plans, Acting FTC Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen's comments on the possible...more

Critical Cyber-Attack on Hospitals Now A Reality- A View From ‘Across the Pond’

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/18/2016

Serious trouble for all health and care providers looms large. High risk women in labour and major trauma cases are being diverted to other hospitals after a cyber-attack recently shut down services at a hospital in the...more

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