September 13, 2019 marked the last day of California’s 2019 legislative session and, importantly, the last call for any 2019 amendments to the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In the end, the legislature...more
On June 17, the New York State Senate passed S5575B, the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act to amend the state’s breach notification law, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 899-aa. New York now joins the growing...more
Since May 7, 2019, the city of Baltimore has been debilitated by a ransomware attack on its IT systems. The ransomware, dubbed “Robbinhood,” encrypted hard drive data to prevent access to information ranging from the email...more