On Jan. 1, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) went into effect, premised on the belief that illicit actors use corporate structures like shell companies and fronts to hide their identities and launder criminal proceeds...more
2/29/2024
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U.S. Treasury
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which became effective on January 1, requires that U.S. and foreign companies authorized to do business in the U.S. (each, a Reporting Company) report specific personal information...more
The Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies (the “Cybersecurity Rules”), which the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had adopted earlier this year,...more
12/22/2023
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Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Despite the great strides companies have made to mitigate the risks associated with security breaches, including putting insurance in place to cover those risks, cyber criminals have remained two steps ahead, finding new and...more
1/20/2022
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Privacy Laws
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disparate effect on privacy regulators, with varying levels of enforcement advocated by different government entities; the California Attorney General, the U.S. Department of Health & Human...more
6/1/2020
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EU ,
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Global Workforce ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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State and Local Government ,
UK
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, significant sectors of the global workforce abruptly shifted to working remotely. Private and public businesses, government operations, and educational institutions moved en masse to...more