On July 12, the Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance the nomination of Anna Gomez to join the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). If the full Senate votes to confirm her in September, Gomez will finally...

X Corp., the company formerly known as Twitter, has launched a multi-faceted attack on scraping of its platform, separately bringing three lawsuits against alleged scrapers of its site – John Does 1-4, Bright Data, Ltd.,...

On July 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules demanding new cybersecurity requirements for all public companies.  These new rules stem from a March 2022 proposal that—in the SEC’s view—attempts to correct...

The SEC recently announced a delay in the anticipated release of a new regulation that would require public companies to file a Form 8-K regarding material cybersecurity incidents within four days of discovering the incident....

As we’ve noted, AI developers are under increasing scrutiny from regulators. While user privacy has been the focus, security is starting to get more attention.   Most recently, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)—the chairman of the Senate Intelligence...

On February 1, 2023, the FTC released guidance highlighting three data security practices that the agency increasingly views as essential for protecting consumer data. Complex data systems, the FTC argues, require “safety engineering” to reduce risk. One...

On January 4th, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (yes, the “Fall 2022” agenda was published in January 2023), including short and long-term...

Now that the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) cybersecurity regulations have partially gone into effect (as of March 1st), you may be wondering: Does this apply to my company? (Don’t worry, you have...

President Obama has catapulted cybersecurity and privacy to the forefront of his agenda with the announcement on February 9th of his administration’s new initiative, the Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP). While the plan may take...

On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed into law five cybersecurity-related bills aimed at protecting federal agencies from cybersecurity threats. The bills advance President Obama’s 2012 Executive Order “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” by improving the...