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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Watch What You Say: SEC Enforcement Scrutinizes Cybersecurity Incident Disclosures

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Caps 2024 with Another Cyber Enforcement Action

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

Pierce Atwood LLP

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

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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

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

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

McDermott Will & Emery

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

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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

Fisher Phillips

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

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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

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SEC Proposes Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule For Public Companies

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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

BCLP

Privacy, Vulnerabilities, and Breaches, Oh My

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A recent SEC settlement shed light on data security and privacy concerns that public companies should keep in mind when drafting and filing periodic reports. The SEC settlement concerned a 2018 data breach at Pearson Plc that...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

SEC Issues Disclosure Guidance as Part of Continued Focus on Cybersecurity

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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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

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

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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

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