Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the expansion of its White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice with the addition of Tracy S. Combs in the San Francisco office. During Combs’ eight-year tenure at the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), she served in a variety of roles in Salt Lake City and San Francisco
Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Tracy Combs spoke at the CISO Summit at Black Hat USA 2024 in a session titled “Navigating the Regulatory Landscape: A Fireside Chat on SEC Actions and Corporate Responses” Tuesday, Aug. 6. The event, tailored for chief information security officers (CISOs) and senior security executives, focused on providing insights into
Jeffrey W. Greene, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Boston Litigation Practice and co-chair of the firm’s global eDiscovery & eRetention Practice, was named a 2024 “Go To” Lawyer for Cybersecurity and Data Privacy by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Greene and his fellow honorees are featured in the publication’s June 24 edition. He also
Greenberg Traurig Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Shareholder Reena Bajowala participated in Interfor Academy’s June 26 webinar “Cyber Security: Managing the Threats of Today and Tomorrow.” The webinar focuses on cybersecurity and how it impacts our lives and businesses. Click here to access a recording of the webinar.
On May 21, 2024, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Director of the Division of Corporation Finance Erik Gerding issued a statement clarifying when the SEC expects companies to disclose a cyber incident. This clarification helps guide public companies who wish to disclose a cyber incident but who have not yet determined if the incident is
In July 2022, two relators sued the GTRC and GA Tech under the FCA. The allegations include violations of the FCA and employment law based on the relators’ claims of “increasing retaliation” experienced after they escalated their concerns.
Since the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure Rule (SEC Rule) took effect Dec. 18, 2023, about a dozen companies have filed a Form 8-K reporting a material cybersecurity incident. This GT Alert discusses the trends on how companies have made these disclosures thus far. In short, the companies who have filed an 8-K
GT Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Shareholder Reena Bajowala is quoted in a Bloomberg Law article titled “CISA Bares Regulatory Teeth in Incident-Reporting Proposal (1).”
Click here to read the full article, published by Bloomberg Law March 28, 2024.
Ian C. Ballon, Co-Chair of the Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group, is Chair of PLI’s Advanced Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and TCPA Class Action Litigation 2024, taking place Jan. 24, 2024. He will deliver opening remarks before leading the “2024 Data Privacy, Cybersecurity Breach and TCPA Case Law and Litigation Trends –
As detailed in our July 2023 GT Alert, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now requires public companies to file a Form 8-K and disclose a material cybersecurity incident within four days of determining the incident’s materiality. Form 8-K Item 1.05(c) includes an exception to the four-day requirement: where disclosure poses a substantial risk