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Top 10 (Well, 11) Cybersecurity Blog Posts for 2024

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Gareth Hughes, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore, Caroline Novogrod Swett, Marshal Bozzo, Matt Kelly, Robert Maddox, Johanna Skrzypczyk, HJ Brehmer, Stephanie Cipolla, Jackie Dorward, Melyssa Eigen, Joshua A. Goland, Martha Hirst, Karen Joo, Gabriel Kohan, Jarrett Lewis, Noah L. Schwartz, Ned Terrace, Stephanie Thomas, Annabella M. Waszkiewicz, Michiko Wongso and Mengyi Xu December 10, 2024

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 Cybersecurity posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. If you are not already…

Artificial Intelligence

Cyber Whistleblower Leads to DOJ Civil Settlement

By: Avi Gesser, Luke Dembosky, Andrew M. Levine, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore, Stephanie Cipolla and Michelle Shen November 4, 2024

On October 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that The Pennsylvania State University (“Penn State”), a public university in University Park, Pennsylvania, agreed to pay $1.25 million…

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Debevoise Named a Finalist for the FT Innovative Lawyers North America Awards

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann and Jim Pastore October 18, 2024

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has been shortlisted for the Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers North America awards in the “Innovation in New Services to Manage Risk” category. The firm was selected for its global…

Automated Decision Making

Debevoise Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 for Cyber Law

By: Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore, Matt Kelly, Johanna Skrzypczyk and Christopher S. Ford June 17, 2024

Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore, Matt Kelly, and Johanna Skrzypczyk were all recognized by The Legal 500 US in the category Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data…

Announcement

Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore and Matt Kelly Ranked by Chambers & Partners

By: Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore and Matt Kelly June 11, 2024

Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore and Matt Kelly were all ranked by Chambers & Partners in the Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity category. For this category, Chambers…

Artificial Intelligence

Mitigating AI Risks for Customer Service Chatbots

By: Avi Gesser, Jim Pastore, Matt Kelly, Gabriel Kohan, Melissa Muse and Joshua A. Goland April 16, 2024

Online customer service chatbots have been around for years, allowing companies to triage customer queries with pre-programmed responses that addressed customers’ most common questions. Now, Generative AI (“GenAI”) chatbots have…

CISA

CISA Proposes Major Reporting Obligations for Critical Infrastructure

By: Avi Gesser, Luke Dembosky, Jim Pastore, Erez Liebermann, Caroline Novogrod Swett, HJ Brehmer, Gabriel Kohan, Michael R. Roberts, Stephanie Thomas and Annabella M. Waszkiewicz April 8, 2024

Adding to the growing number of cybersecurity incident reporting obligations, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) has introduced a reporting requirement that will impact all critical infrastructure sectors, featuring…

Artificial Intelligence

The Increasing Risks of AI Washing and Securities Fraud Class Actions

By: Maeve O'Connor, Avi Gesser, Jim Pastore, Kristin Snyder, Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Matt Kelly, Gabriel Kohan, Alexandra Mogul and Joshua A. Goland April 3, 2024

Many public companies are starting to face increased risks of securities class action litigation based on statements about their use of AI that are alleged to have been false or…

Cybersecurity

National Cybersecurity Strategy (Part 2): The White House Targets Threat Actors and Urges International Partnerships

By: Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Jim Pastore, Michael R. Roberts, Noah L. Schwartz, Stephanie Thomas, Jarrett Lewis and Jacob Hochberger August 15, 2023

The White House has certainly been true to its word on pushing forward on cyber. In July 2023, following the release of the Biden Administration’s (“the Administration”) National Cybersecurity Strategy…