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New SEC Cybersecurity Compliance Deadlines are Coming: What 5 Things Should Covered Institutions Do to Prepare?

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The SEC’s amended Regulation S-P, adopted last year, will soon enhance data privacy protections for broker-dealers, investment companies, registered investment advisors, and transfer agents. The updated rule requires these...more

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

Alston & Bird

Top 10 Issues General Counsel Need to Know About Ransomware in 2024

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Threat actors are evolving. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team explains how ransomware gangs have changed their tactics and how companies can respond to the threat while navigating new scrutiny from investors and...more

The Volkov Law Group

SEC Sues SolarWinds and its CISO for Fraud Over Botched Data Breach Response, Marking New Era in Cyber Enforcement

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has a message for publicly-traded companies that suffer a data breach: own up. On Monday, the SEC sued Texas-based SolarWinds––and its Chief Information Security Officer...more

Perkins Coie

2023 Breach Notification Law Update: Changes to Notification and Security Requirements Continue at State and Federal Levels

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A flurry of legislative activity over the past year has brought meaningful changes to a variety of privacy and security provisions in state and federal law. At the state level, as in 2022, we have seen a handful of changes to...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection 2022 Year in Review

The year 2022 saw a groundswell of interest in privacy rights and related legislation. Five states enacted new laws or regulations aimed at protecting a general right to privacy, while the U.S. government came closer than...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

“Ding Dong” -- FTC-Drizly Data Breach Settlement Will follow CEO Personally for a Decade

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced on Monday that it is settling a case against Drizly and its CEO stemming from a 2020 data breach that impacted roughly 2.5 million consumers. The proposed order not only...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Regulatory Obligations Concerning the Disposal of Outdated Hard Drives and Servers

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The disposal of hardware in the wrong manner can leave an organization offside its regulatory obligations under privacy legislation. Depending on the residence of the individuals or entities whose personal data is stored by...more

Williams Mullen

Four Key Developments in Data, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law

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The month of March has seen significant developments in the cybersecurity and data protection space. Here are four key legal developments that could be critical to your business. . . ...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: SEC charges another company for misleading cybersecurity disclosure

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It’s déjà vu all over again! On Monday, the SEC announced settled charges against Pearson plc, an NYSE-listed, educational publishing and services company based in London, for failure to disclose a cybersecurity breach. You...more

Knobbe Martens

Lessons From the Complaint Against Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer

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On August 20, 2020, former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan was charged with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony for knowingly concealing a hack of Uber in 2016. Based on Sullivan’s complaint,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SEC Cyber Briefing: Investigation into Wire Fraud and a Look at 2019 Regulatory Initiatives

In our final installment of a three-part series, we look at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investigative Report into the epidemic of wire fraud or “business email compromise,” and then, based on its 2018...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fool Me Twice…SEC’s latest Cyber-Fraud ROI Indicates Future Enforcement Against Hacker Victims

In the aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) latest Report of Investigation (“Report”) regarding cyberattacks via “spoofed or manipulated electronic communications,” companies should prepare to adjust...more

Carlton Fields

A Firewall for the Boardroom: Best Practices to Insulate Directors and Officers From Derivative Lawsuits and Related Regulatory...

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Shortly after the massive 2013 Target data breach, shareholders filed four derivative lawsuits against the company’s directors and some of its officers (13 CARE 624, 3/20/15). The shareholders alleged that the defendants had...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

What General Counsel Need To Know About The Latest Cybersecurity Developments

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In the wake of reported security breaches at a number of significant financial institutions, cybersecurity is garnering more attention and concern than ever before — both within the financial services industry and among...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Boards of Directors Charged with Cybersecurity Risk Management by SEC Commissioner

Last week, SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar outlined expectations for directors of public companies to manage cybersecurity risk. If you think it is enough that a board of directors reviews annual budgets for privacy and IT...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

SEC Commissioner Calls on Corporate Boards to Address Cybersecurity—Refers to NIST Cyber Framework as “the Bible”

While attending the "Cyber Risks and the Boardroom" Conference at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Luis Aguilar called on corporate boards to make sure they are...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The SEC’s Cybersecurity Assessment: A Roadmap for Companies Nationwide

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) provided cybersecurity guidance to the securities industry in the form of a Risk Alert issued by the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) on April 15,...more

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