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by Boris Segalis , Marcus Evans and Jay Modrall As we have written extensively, the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ’s) ruling in the Schrems case on October 6, 2015 may effectively invalidate the US-EU Safe Harbor framework. While we believe...

Last week, I was a guest on the “This Week in Law” Podcast, where I talked about the potential impact of the recent invalidation of the US-EU Safe Harbor framework for online privacy. This will likely have far-reaching consequences for startups...

by Mary C. Zinsner and Ethan G. Ostroff The Federal Trade Commission is proactively encouraging start-ups to take cybersecurity seriously and include consumer data safeguards early in the innovation process. At the FTC’s Start with Security conference...

by Mary C. Zinsner and Ethan G. Ostroff The Federal Trade Commission is proactively encouraging start-ups to take cybersecurity seriously and include consumer data safeguards early in the innovation process. At the FTC’s Start with Security conference...

By Amanda Fitzsimmons, Jim Halpert and Chelsea N. Mutual To date, an overwhelming majority of courts have dismissed data breach consumer class actions at the outset due to a lack of cognizable injury-in-fact, an essential element for standing under...

At a press conference today, Satan officially announced that Hell has frozen over. He made this stunning announcement after the New York Times (NYT) reported that the baseball team with the most World Series wins in the history of the National League...

To the extent a company doing business in Russia has not yet done so, it should consider whether Russia's Personal Data Law and its data localization requirement apply to its business, and, if so, begin compliance planning promptly. On December...

By Kelsey S. Farbotko Data breaches are at the forefront of the news, and many companies, including those dominant in the health care industry, have found themselves front and center in the headlines. Although recent news stories have focused their...

by Stephen C. Piepgrass and Steve D. Rosenthal The Federal Trade Commission has released a Staff Report addressing the “Internet of Things” – a phrase referring to everyday items that are able to connect to the internet and transmit...

By Peter S. Vogel The volume of Ransomware is increasing dramatically after malware is downloaded by unsuspecting employees “encrypts a user or company’s fi­les and forces them to pay a fee to the hacker in order to regain access to...

by Stephen C. Piepgrass and Steve D. Rosenthal The Federal Trade Commission has released a Staff Report addressing the “Internet of Things” – a phrase referring to everyday items that are able to connect to the internet and transmit...

A few months ago, I wrote how the NLRB was exploring new areas of potential protected concerted activity to regulate. One such area is information and data security. According to Employment Law 360 [subscription required/free trial available upon registration...

By Aravind Swaminathan and Tara McGraw Swaminatha | The New York Times reported this week that an organized Russian criminal group stole approximately 1.2 billion user name and password credentials associated with more than 500 million email addresses...

by H. Scott Kelly and Michael E. Lacy On February 25, the Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), Benjamin M. Lawsky, spoke at Columbia Law School regarding the increased role of states as regulators, especially...

The cybersecurity of hedge fund data is now a front-burner issue for many firms. In the wake of recent NSA leaks, privacy breaches and hacking scandals, both the regulators and the firms themselves have moved this up in the list of concerns. Issues relate...