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Announcement

Debevoise Authors 2023 Edition of the PLI Privacy Law Answer Book

By: Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Jyotin Hamid, Satish Kini, Henry Lebowitz, Erez Liebermann, Maura Kathleen Monaghan, David A. O'Neil, Jim Pastore, David Sarratt, Jeffrey P. Cunard, Kim Le, Tricia Bozyk Sherno, Johanna Skrzypczyk, Michael R. Roberts, Michael Bloom, Fanny Gauthier, Corey Goldstein, Kyle Kysela, Hannah R. Levine, Linda Lin, Melissa Muse, Kate Saba, Noah L. Schwartz and Mengyi Xu January 23, 2023

The Data Strategy and Security team at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has authored the Practising Law Institute’s 2023 edition of the Privacy Law Answer Book, a user-friendly guide to the laws and…

SEC

The SEC’s New Risk Alert Warns about the Use of Alternative Data

By: Andrew J. Ceresney, Avi Gesser, Julie M. Riewe, Kristin Snyder, Jonathan R. Tuttle, Charu Chandrasekhar and Mengyi Xu May 2, 2022

On April 26, 2022, the Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a Risk Alert titled “Investment Adviser MNPI Compliance Issues” (“Risk Alert”) on…

Artificial Intelligence

The Value of AI Incident Response Plans and Tabletop Exercises

By: Avi Gesser, Anna Gressel, Michael R. Roberts, Corey Goldstein and Erik Rubinstein April 27, 2022

Today, it is widely accepted that most large organizations benefit from maintaining a written cybersecurity incident response plan (“CIRP”) to guide their responses to cyberattacks. For businesses that have invested…

Artificial Intelligence

Why Ethical AI Initiatives Need Help from Corporate Compliance

By: Bruce Yannett, Avi Gesser, Douglas Zolkind, Anna Gressel and Adele Stichel April 4, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of the core business operations at many companies. This widespread adoption of AI has led to a proliferation of corporate “ethical AI” principles and…

Artificial Intelligence

Debevoise Discusses AI and Civil Liability at the Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law (Recording Now Available)

By: Anna Gressel and Jim Pastore March 30, 2022

On December 7, 2021, Anna Gressel and Jim Pastore from Debevoise’s Data Strategy and Security and Commercial Litigation Groups participated in the third edition of the “The Athens Roundtable on Artificial…

Artificial Intelligence

Webcast – Artificial Intelligence Vendor Contracting and Diligence

By: Anna Gressel, Avi Gesser and Tigist Kassahun March 22, 2022

On Tuesday, March 22, Anna Gressel and Avi Gesser from our Data Strategy and Security Group and Tigist Kassahun of our M&A and Corporate IP practices hosted a timely discussion on emerging…

Artificial Intelligence

Model Destruction – The FTC’s Powerful New AI and Privacy Enforcement Tool

By: Avi Gesser, Paul D. Rubin and Anna Gressel March 22, 2022

A recent FTC settlement is the latest example of a regulator imposing very significant costs on a company for artificial intelligence (“AI”) or privacy violations by requiring them to destroy…

Automated Decision Making

Webcast – Fireside Chat with NYDFS Cyber Chief Justin Herring

By: Luke Dembosky February 5, 2022

On February 2, 2022, Luke Dembosky, the Co-Chair of the Debevoise Data Strategy & Security Group, participated in a fireside chat with Justin Herring, the Executive Deputy Superintendent for the…

Announcement

Regulatory Risks of the Log4j Vulnerability: FTC Warns Companies to Take Reasonable Steps to Protect Consumer Data

By: Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser and Michael R. Roberts January 7, 2022

Be prepared for increasing scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and other regulators regarding the Log4j vulnerability. The attention of the cybersecurity community has been captured by the recently…

CCPA

The State of State Law Cybersecurity Requirements

By: Jeremy Feigelson, Avi Gesser, Johanna Skrzypczyk, Alexandra P. Swain, Suchita Mandavilli Brundage and Parker Eudy September 30, 2021

Almost everyone working in cybersecurity compliance is aware that each U.S. state has its own set of breach notification requirements. What is less known is that many of these states…