Connecticut has become the third state to pass a “Safe Harbor” statute offering protection to businesses who face civil lawsuits based on data breaches.
The Connecticut statute, which took effect in October, encourages businesses to adopt one of six cybersecurity …
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) on September 21, 2021, for the first time issued sanctions against a virtual currency exchange, SUEX OTC, S.R.O. (SUEX), for its role in …
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Biden administration is “preparing an array of actions” to combat the ransomware epidemic by targeting the digital currency market as early as this week. Sanctions on cryptocurrency were …
Over the past several months, there have been numerous instances of significant data privacy breaches reported in the news. From Facebook, who experienced a data breach affecting over 540 million users, to Microsoft, Capital One, …
The crack in the foundation of Attorney Work Product and Client Communication Privilege protections for data breach forensic investigation reports was further eroded by a recent Federal district court ruling.
On July 7, 2021, Colorado passed the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), becoming the third state, joining California and Virginia, to enact comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. The CPA will not go into effect, however, until July 1, 2023. Moreover, Colorado Governor Jared Polis noted in signing the …
Recent ransomware cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, including the devastating attack on Colonial Pipeline, have forced the federal government to immediately consider new regulations and legislation to protect American interests. As regulators and Congress move quickly, industries and …
As early as the 13th-century, governments licensed private sailors—“Privateers”— to seize vessels belonging to enemy nations, issuing letters of marque and reprisal to ship owners and captains.
On the heels of the May 7th ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline—resulting in a temporary shutdown of its 5,5000 mile pipeline system carrying 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply— President Biden issued an Executive Order…
In a 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States(the “Court”) reversed the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., holding Google’s use of Oracle’s Java Application …
In March 2021, government and private sector sources estimated that 30,000 U.S. organizations, and 100,000 organizations worldwide, were hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored group known as Hafnium. The mass-hack exploited previously unknown “zero-day” vulnerabilities of Microsoft Exchange …
As we have discussed previously HERE and HERE, the Supreme Court of the United States has been considering an important Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) case concerning the statutory definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS”) …