Effective October 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 C.F.R. Parts 730 – 774, to expand the Validated End User (VEU)...more
10/16/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Centers ,
ECCNs ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Exports ,
Licenses ,
National Security ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Semiconductors
On April 4, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) published for public comment a long-awaited proposed rule to implement the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022...more
4/19/2024
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Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
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Data Preservation ,
Data Protection ,
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Reporting Requirements
On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14117 titled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” On March 5,...more
4/1/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Biometric Information ,
Cyber Espionage ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
Geolocation ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
National Security ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Social Security Act
On December 18, 2023, new cybersecurity rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) became effective. Among other things, those rules require SEC registrants to disclose certain information about...more
On March 2, 2023, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director released the National Cybersecurity Strategy (the “Strategy”). While the Strategy carries no legal force in and of itself, it sets forth a bold roadmap...more
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (the “Act”) as part of an omnibus appropriations bill. The Act compels “covered entities” — companies in...more
4/7/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBI ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On October 6, the Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) announced a new Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative – an effort that pulls together attorneys and experts across DOJ focused on fraud enforcement,...more
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On October 6, the Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) announced a new Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative – an effort that pulls together attorneys and experts across DOJ focused on...more
10/19/2021
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Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fines ,
Fraud ,
Joe Biden ,
Popular ,
Whistleblowers
It’s been, as the song goes, a long, long time coming. In April, the Department of Labor issued its first ever formal cybersecurity guidance for retirement plan sponsors and retirement plan fiduciaries, and for the service...more
6/23/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Guidance ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Retirement Plan ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Service Provider
In the past, sanctioned jurisdictions like Venezuela have embraced virtual currency as a way to bypass channels that involve U.S. dollars, blunting the impact of U.S. economic sanctions policies aimed at isolating those...more
3/12/2020
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Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Iran ,
Law Enforcement ,
National Security ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
On September 17, 2019, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) published two Proposed Rules to implement most of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”). CFIUS is an...more
9/19/2019
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Infrastructure ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Proposed Rules ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Technology Sector