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Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ Data Security Program Now in Effect: Top Takeaways

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New DOJ guidance helps companies understand their obligations under the DSP, which could severely impact investment agreements and ordinary commercial data transactions. On April 11, 2025, the US Department of Justice...more

Baker Donelson

DOJ Issues Additional Guidance and Clarification on the Bulk Data Transfer Rule: What U.S. Businesses Need to Know

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On April 11, 2025, the Department of Justice's National Security Division (NSD) issued additional guidance to assist U.S. organizations in understanding and complying with the Data Security Program (DSP). As discussed in our...more

Alston & Bird

FTC Publishes Amendments to COPPA Rule

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On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published the finalized amendments (Amendments) to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would impose additional restrictions on website and...more

A&O Shearman

FSB publishes finalised format for FIRE framework

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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published its finalised Format for Incident Reporting Exchange (FIRE), together with a press release and updated webpage. FIRE provides a standardised format for financial institutions...more

The Volkov Law Group

Practical Issues and the New DSP (Part II of III)

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Like any new regulatory and enforcement scheme, companies face a number of new risks that require understanding.  The DSP framework is new, comprehensive and raises significant risks and requires careful design and...more

Goodwin

The Impact of Trump’s Executive Order on Eliminating Information Silos

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Hello, everyone. My name is Allan Medina. I am a partner in Goodwin’s Washington, DC, office, with a practice focus on government investigations. I’m here with Liza Craig, who is also a partner in the DC office. We are...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Privacy Policy Basics

In today’s digital landscape, privacy policies have evolved from obscure legal documents into essential corporate governance tools. As data privacy regulations expand globally, organizations face increasing compliance...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

He Got the MrBeast Blueprint… and a Trade Secret Lawsuit

Imagine getting your hands on the ultimate creator cheat code — the behind-the-scenes playbook MrBeast uses to dominate YouTube. Now imagine going viral not for using it, but for allegedly walking off with it. That’s exactly...more

Fisher Phillips

Protecting Trade Secrets in the Life Sciences Industry: 8 Steps to Prevent Corporate Espionage and Theft

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Protecting trade secrets in any business is critical, but the stakes are higher in life sciences. Given the high focus on innovation in the industry, corporate espionage can result in devastating financial and reputational...more

DLA Piper

China: CAC Publishes Official Q&As for Cross-Border Data Transfer Regulation

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The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released an important Q&A on cross-border data transfer requirements and policies in early April, providing clarification on a number of issues of concern to companies in China....more

Hogan Lovells

Why medical device companies must prioritize compliance with DOJ's Data Security Program

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This regulation is designed to protect U.S. national security by restricting the transfer of bulk sensitive data to foreign entities associated with “countries of concern,” including China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Florida Bar Urges Law Firms to Adopt Incident Response Plans: A Call to Action for Legal Professionals

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In late March 2025, the Florida Bar Board of Governors unanimously endorsed the recommendation of its Special Committee on Cybersecurity and Privacy Law that law firms should adopt written incident response plans (IRPs) to...more

Osano

AI Risk Management Frameworks to Manage Risks in Artificial Intelligence Systems

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In 2023, an Australian mayor was getting ready to take legal action against OpenAI. The reason? The company’s chatbot, ChatGPT, shared a fake story about him being involved in a bribery scandal. ...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - June 9th - 12th, Pittsburgh, PA

HCCA's Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day interactive education program with a focus on the vast body of privacy laws and regulations in place to help you protect PHI and other critical data. Our...more

Alston & Bird

2025 State Cybersecurity Legislation Focuses on Financial Services

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Eight years ago, on March 1, 2017, the New York Department of Financial Services enacted its landmark cybersecurity regulation covering financial services companies, 23 NYCRR Part 500, known as “Part 500.” Part 500 was the...more

WilmerHale

DOJ Issues Guidance for New Data Security Program

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On April 8, the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ’s”) final rule on Preventing Access to US Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons (the “Rule”) formally took effect. ...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cybersecurity Best Practices for AI-Powered Robotics Under State and Federal Privacy Laws

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As robotics technology rapidly advances in connection with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), the collection, processing, and storage of personal information—including biometric data—will become increasingly common....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC provides an update on its security breach given institutional risk

On April 14, the OCC released a letter providing more details on the recent security breach involving its email systems. The breach — identified as a major incident under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

North Dakota expands its financial data security framework, includes alternative financing providers to obtain money broker...

On April 11, North Dakota enacted HB 1127 (the “Act”), amending the regulatory framework for financial institutions within the state by establishing a new chapter focused on data security programs. The Act amends various...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Arkansas adds crypto kiosk provisions to its money transmission act

On April 14, Arkansas enacted HB 1467 (the “Act”) to amend the Arkansas Uniform Money Services Act to enhance consumer protection and transparency in virtual currency transactions, particularly those through kiosks. The Act...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

DOJ implements its Data Security Program to protect users’ data

On April 11, the DOJ announced steps towards the implementation of a national security program aimed at protecting Americans’ sensitive data from China, Russia, Iran and other foreign adversaries. The Data Security Program,...more

Cozen O'Connor

FAA Proposes to Increase Privacy for Private Aircraft Owners and Operators

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced a process by which private aircraft owners and operators may electronically request that the FAA withhold their aircraft registration information from public view....more

McDermott Will & Emery

New PCI DSS 4.0 Credit Card Compliance Requirements Effective April 1, 2025

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As of April 1, 2025, all merchants and third-party service providers (TPSPs) involved in processing credit or debit card payments must fully adhere to the enhanced security requirements outlined in the Payment Card Industry...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FedRAMP 20x Initiative Promises Major Changes for Federal Cloud Service Providers

Major changes are coming again to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ("FedRAMP"), the federal government's cybersecurity authorization program for cloud service providers ("CSPs")....more

Alston & Bird

Cybersecurity Controls: What Do Regulators Expect Nowadays?

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Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team highlights the increasingly specific cybersecurity controls identified by regulators, explains why these enhanced cybersecurity controls have become the focus of regulators, and shares...more

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