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On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden issued EO 14036, “Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” The EO includes 72 initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies in an aim to address competition...more
- Both chambers of Congress have passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
- The measure extends the Paycheck Protection Program loan...more
6/5/2020
/ Borrowers ,
Business Expenses ,
CARES Act ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
New Legislation ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (PPPFA) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Safe Harbors ,
Small Business ,
Small Business Loans
In response to the developing COVID-19 crisis, on March 21, 2020, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the federal income tax filing deadline would be automatically extended until July...more
As of March 20, 2020, two bills were passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This alert highlights some of the provisions in Congress’s multiphase response...more
Colleges and universities across the United States are taking action to protect staff, students and faculty from COVID-19 and prevent further community spread of the illness. Notably, in an effort to reduce population density...more
3/13/2020
/ Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Educational Institutions ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Public Health ,
School Closures ,
Student Housing ,
Students ,
Universities
When deciding whether to close schools, safety is the top priority for school and local officials.
It will take far more consideration to close for an extended period of time in response to an incidence (or outbreak) of...more
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) released the full text of the new transatlantic data transfer agreement with the European Union (EU). The new framework, known as the EU-US Privacy Shield, was agreed to in early...more
If you read one thing...
- The omnibus appropriations package includes legislation that provides liability protection to companies who voluntarily engage in cybersecurity information sharing.
- The...more
On December 9, 2015, the House Financial Services Committee favorably reported H.R. 2205, the Data Security Act of 2015, sponsored by Reps. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and John Carney (D-DE). The bill, which would direct...more
In the wake of the European Court of Justice’s (“CJEU”) landmark decision of Schrems v. Data Protection Authority earlier this month, the EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova announced this week that the EU has “agreed in...more
11/2/2015
/ Article 29 Working Group ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Contracts ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The Senate has passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S.754, CISA), sponsored by Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the chair and vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, by a margin of...more
If you read one thing...
- Just this week, Europe's highest court struck down the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework, stating that it failed to adequately protect the privacy rights of EU citizens.
- The ruling,...more
On June 4, 2015, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that it was the victim of a data breach in which records of more than four million current and former agency employees were accessed. According to the...more
On Thursday, March 12, 2015, House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX), along with Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Peter Welch (D-VT), released draft text of...more
On Thursday, March 5, 2015, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), along with Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Al Franken (D-MN), introduced legislation that would grant the FTC authority to issue new rules...more
On Friday, February 27, 2015, the White House released a revised version of its 2012 proposal for a consumer privacy bill of rights. The revised legislative proposal largely tracks with the 2012 proposal in that it focuses on...more
On Friday, February 13, 2015, President Obama delivered the keynote speech and signed an executive order on cybersecurity information sharing at the White House cybersecurity and privacy summit held at Stanford University. ...more
On February 10, 2015, the White House announced that it will create a new agency tasked with facilitating the sharing of cyber threat information among other federal agencies. Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for...more
Tuesday, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held its first hearing of the 114th Congress, entitled “What Are the Elements of Sound Data Breach Legislation?”...more
In his sixth State of the Union Address to Congress, President Obama again called on Congress to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity laws and enact a federal standard for data security and breach notification. Speaking...more
The President is continuing to focus on cybersecurity and privacy issues and proposals in the buildup to his State of the Union address, underscoring the importance of addressing these matters and the increase in bipartisan...more
Today, President Obama announced a series of new bills and voluntary partnerships the White House will launch in order to further protect individual privacy in the wake of several high-profile data breaches at major U.S. and...more
This week, there has been a flurry of last-minute action on various cybersecurity items in both the House and Senate. Much of the legislative activity involved modest adjustments to, or confirmation of, the authority or...more
Yesterday, a coalition of 44 service and retail industry trade associations sent a letter to congressional leadership, urging the House and Senate to adopt a single data breach notification standard at the federal level. The...more
On October 17, 2014, President Obama directed the federal government to take steps to improve the security of financial transactions in the United States. As part of the “BuySecure” Initiative, the President pledged a...more