On January 12, Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted plaintiff Guo Wengui’s motion to compel production of a report (the “Report”)—and related…
On January 12, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) (together the “Agencies”) published a…
We have recently written about the persistence of the four most common varieties of cyberattacks: Ransomware, Phishing, Business Email Compromises, and Credential Stuffing, as well as the increased regulatory scrutiny that companies face…
On December 17, 2020 at 12:00pm ET, Luke Dembosky and Anna Gressel from Debevoise’s Data Strategy and Security Group will be joined by William Roberts, Acquisitions Chief for the U.S.…
EU authorities have understandably declined to put forward a single list of mandatory data security controls that apply to all companies subject to the GDPR. As a result, each new…
California voters have approved the new California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The margin was 56% – 44% – comfortable, if significantly tighter than pre-election polling that showed CPRA winning in…
In a long-awaited final decision, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) has issued a fine of £20m to British Airways (“BA”) following a data breach that took place in…
Earlier this year, we shared a list of 13 technical and nontechnical measures companies can adopt to mitigate the risks of ransomware attacks. With ransomware and other malicious cyber-related attacks…
Reproduced with permission. Published Sept. 10, 2020. Copyright 2020 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. 800-372-1033. For further use, please visit http://www.bna.com/copyright-permission-request/ There’s been dramatic growth in the role lawyers…
We’ve noticed that people seemed more determined than usual this year to really unplug during their vacations. That was no doubt a healthy reaction to months of pandemic-related stress. For…