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First 100 Days – Federal Privacy and Cybersecurity Regulation and Enforcement Under the Second Trump Administration

Alston & Bird on 5/8/2025

Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team highlights the shift in priorities for privacy and cybersecurity regulation and enforcement across U.S. agencies under the second Trump Administration....more

3rd Circuit Rules for Coinbase – Reasoned Analysis and Due Process Do Matter

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/29/2025

On January 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled on Coinbase's Petition for Review of the SEC's Order denying Coinbase's Petition for Rulemaking requesting that the Commission promulgate rules...more

Children’s Programming Commercial Limits Violations Result in $3M Fine for Broadcasters

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/16/2024

For one of our authors, their kids’ current favorite treat is a chocolate bar sold by a popular YouTube personality (and philanthropist!). The kids know about this particular chocolate bar because the personality promotes it...more

AT&T/Snowflake Breach Hits Most of US - Vendor Exposure Strikes Again

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 7/15/2024

AT&T Inc. announced in a July 12, 2024, SEC filing that hackers stole a cache of six months’ worth of mobile phone customer data, illegally downloading the records from a workspace account at the cloud-service provider...more

Privacy Update: FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the "Internet of Things"

ArentFox Schiff on 10/13/2021

FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the “Internet of Things” - The FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of...more

Financial Services Weekly Roundup: OCC Finalizes New CRA Rule; Regulators Continue To Provide COVID-19-related Relief

Goodwin on 5/21/2020

In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule to strengthen and modernize regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt...more

Financial Daily Dose 5.21.2019 | Top Story: FCC Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/21/2019

FCC Chair Ajit Pai gave his agency’s stamp of approval to the pending $26 billion T-Mobile/Sprint merger on Monday, helping move the deal towards completion based on pledges from the companies to develop “a robust 5G network...more

Cybersecurity 2019: Data Privacy Trends

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/26/2019

In 2018, privacy and data security crossed a number of thresholds. In the public mind, through high-profile data breaches and revelations about unexpected uses of personal information, questions of privacy became much more...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/12/2018

The SEC has taken its first enforcement action against a hedge fund over its cryptocurrency investments—namely, falsely holding itself out as the “first regulated fund in the U.S. focused on crypto assets.” It also targeted a...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/19/2018

OMB official Kathleen Kraninger is likely to face serious questions as she takes to the Hill today to begin confirmation hearings for her surprise nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Why? Her lack of...more

Lucia Is Likely To Have Little Impact On Waning FCC Adjudications

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/18/2018

During its most recent Term, the Supreme Court held in Lucia v. SEC that the administrative law judges (“ALJs”) that preside over adjudications at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are “Officers of the United...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

Financial Services Weekly News - November 2016 #4

Goodwin on 11/30/2016

Editor's Note - Potential CFPB Reform in the Wake of the Election. The November 16 edition of the Roundup indicated that the Financial CHOICE Act (Act) may be a blueprint for legal changes affecting the financial...more

Financial Services Weekly News - August 2016 #3

Goodwin on 8/19/2016

Editor's Note - MetLife Fights On. MetLife continued to fight its designation as a nonbank systemically important financial institution (SIFI) this week as the insurer filed its reply brief in the Financial Stability...more

The Digital Download - Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – May 2016

Alston & Bird on 5/3/2016

Special Focus on “Safe Harbor 2.0,” Privacy Shield and E.U. Data Transfers: Alston & Bird’s privacy team has been closely following the development of Privacy Shield, the proposed successor to the E.U.-U.S. Safe Harbor...more

Government Forces Awaken: The Rise of Cyber Regulators in 2016

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/30/2015

As the sun sets on 2015, but before it rises again in the New Year, we predict that, in the realm of cyber and data security, 2016 will become known as the “Rise of the Regulators.” Regulators across numerous industries and...more

Alphabet Soup and Data Security

Bilzin Sumberg on 10/19/2015

In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more

SEC’s Increased Cybersecurity Enforcement and How to Reduce Your Risks

Perkins Coie on 9/29/2015

The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more

SEC Files Fraud Action Tied To Sale of Cellular Licensing

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/9/2015

The sale of spectrum to operate cell phones can yield millions of dollars in profits. This notion was at the center of an action brought by the SEC against six individuals and eleven entities. Investors who purchased...more

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