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The SEC on Oct. 22, 2024, announced charges against four companies for allegedly making materially misleading disclosures concerning the impact of cybersecurity incidents associated with the compromised SolarWinds' Orion...more
On October 22, 2024, the SEC charged two current reporting companies, Unisys Corp. and Check Point Software Technologies, and two former public companies, Mimecast Limited and Avaya Holdings Corp., with making materially...more
On Oct. 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against four current and former public companies, Unisys, Avaya Holdings, Check Point Software Technologies and Mimecast, for allegedly...more
Most high-growth companies have technical debt: work owed to IT or software development due to shortcuts that advance the business. That’s natural. But what if the debt carries security risks? Orrick capital markets partner...more
On October 22, 2024, the SEC announced that it had entered into settlements with four separate companies for making allegedly misleading disclosures about how they were impacted by the SolarWinds data breach in 2019. The...more
On Oct. 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it charged four technology companies with making materially misleading disclosures about the effect the SolarWinds cyberattack had on these issuers. To...more
This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged four public companies for alleged deceptive cyber disclosures: Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., and Mimecast Limited....more
On October 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged four companies with making materially misleading disclosures about their cybersecurity risks. Each of the companies—Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check...more
On Tuesday, the SEC announced settled charges against four companies for “making materially misleading disclosures regarding cybersecurity risks and intrusions. The charges against the companies, Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings...more
By now, public companies are generally aware of the cybersecurity rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a year ago, requiring public companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents under Item...more
As companies prepare for the upcoming proxy and annual report season, the following lists some of the key items to consider...more
Morrison Foerster Investigations + White Collar Defense partner Nate Mendell, former Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, hosted the fifth episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on the Line, where leading...more
This edition includes a financial reporting and auditing update for audit committees, highlights from the KPMG 2024 US CEO Outlook, view on the post-election geoeconomic forecast, CEO succession planning, and the latest in...more
On May 16, 2024, the SEC breathed new life into its decades-old Regulation S-P, which requires firms to adopt policies and procedures for the protection of customer information and records. The amended rule balloons the...more
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials, private practitioners, in-house counsel, and others in the corporate and securities industry gathered in Chicago on September 26 and 27, 2024, for the Annual Ray...more
With the end of the third quarter quickly approaching, companies may want to consider the following for their upcoming Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q...more
I work for a public company that recently experienced a ransomware attack. Fortunately, we were able to restore our business operations quickly by obtaining a decryption key from the threat actor. Given that we managed to get...more
In the current political and business environment, companies are taking action to address a range of environmental and social issues. Corporate attitudes have changed since the late 2010s, when environmental, social, and...more
Judge Engelmayer’s 107-page dismissal of most of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s claims against SolarWinds provides valuable guidance, and some comfort, for public companies and Chief Information Security...more
On July 18, 2024, Judge Paul A. Engelmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a 107-page opinion dismissing most of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) case against SolarWinds...more
Covered institutions will need to review their cybersecurity and incident response policies and procedures ahead of the applicable compliance deadline. ...more
Section 13(b)(2)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires public companies to “devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls.” In a recent opinion, a New York federal court rejected the Securities...more
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed many of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) claims against software development company SolarWinds and its chief information security...more
What do the SolarWinds ruling and other recent developments mean for the future of the SEC’s cyber regulatory program? Will the SEC’s “lack of moderation” result in “violent ends” for its cyber agenda? Or will the current...more
Concerns regarding the integrity of the U.S. defense industrial base supply chain continue to grow. Similar to national cybersecurity risks, national security risks to the defense supply chain are asymmetric and can arise at...more