Second Circuit Ruling Opens Door to Telephone Consumer Protection Act Class...
Based on a December 3rd decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, class actions under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) can now be brought in New York federal court. This decision...
View ArticleLandmark Supreme Court Ruling Protects Cell Phones from Warrantless Searches
On June 25, 2014, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that police must first obtain a warrant before searching the cell phones of arrested individuals, except in “exigent circumstances.” Chief Justice...
View ArticleResponding to the Anthem Cyber Attack
Authors: Roger Cohen, Paul Hamburger, Kristen Mathews, Ellen Moskowitz, Richard Zall Anthem Inc. (Anthem), the nation’s second-largest health insurer, revealed late on Wednesday, February 4 that it was...
View ArticleSEC Releases Results of Cybersecurity Examination Sweep
By Rochelle Emert and Phillip Caraballo-Garrison On February 3, 2015, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a Risk Alert that summarized its findings about...
View ArticleCybersecurity Guidance for Registered Investment Advisers
This client alert was prepared by my colleagues Robert Leonard, Michael Mavrides and Christopher Wells. On April 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a Guidance Update addressing...
View ArticleGDPR FAQ’s for Fund Managers
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force across the European Union (EU) on 25 May 2018. It will have an impact on EU fund managers and may have an impact on non-EU fund managers...
View ArticleSEC Issues Updated Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures
On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive Commission Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures (the “Guidance”) to assist public...
View ArticleThe California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
This has been a big year in the data protection world, with the headline-grabbing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) occupying most of the spotlight with its plethora of privacy-related...
View ArticleCalifornia Legislature Passes Amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a major new state law poised to affect the privacy landscape not just in California, but in the U.S. as a whole. (For a detailed overview of the CCPA, read...
View ArticleBills Introduced in California Legislature to Expand Scope of Breach...
California already has some of the strongest data privacy laws in the United States, but within the past week state legislators, with the backing of the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, have...
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