Cyber criminals constantly develop new ways to steal money from businesses. One common scam targeting law firms and corporate legal departments involves “imposters” pretending to be clients or other parties who are owed payment, then tricking the attorney into paying the imposters. This deception has led to a rise in lawsuits where parties are battling
On Oct. 22, 2024, the CFPB issued a final rule that will require covered financial institutions to provide consumers and authorized third parties with access and portability options for their financial data. The CFPB’s final rule, called the “Personal Financial Data Rights Rule,” implements Section 1033 of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, a to-date
On Oct. 22, 2024, the SEC announced settled administrative actions against four current or formerly public technology companies, finding that the companies all made materially misleading disclosures to investors in their periodic filings concerning the impact of the 2020 SolarWinds breach on their businesses.
David Zetoony, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s U.S. Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, is a panelist on the “Privacy, Please: Practical Tips for Navigating Data Privacy Laws” session at the ABA’s Forum on Franchising on Oct. 16 from 11:00-4:30 p.m. PT.
With no national data privacy law in place in the United States
On Aug. 2, 2024, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2979 into law, amending BIPA in two ways: significantly limiting potential damages and updating the Act’s definition of “written release” to include an “electronic signature.”
A U.S. district court dismissed all the SEC’s securities fraud and false filings claims against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Timothy Brown regarding the adequacy of cyberattack disclosures, finding that the SEC had impermissibly relied on “hindsight and speculation” to find those disclosures fraudulent. The court also dismissed the SEC’s claims that
Jena M. Valdetero, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s U.S. Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, was named the “2024 Privacy & Data Protection Lawyer of the Year” by the Delinian Legal Media Group as part of its “Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2024.” Greenberg Traurig also received a regional firm award, “Best Law Firm
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 Shareholders David Zetoony, Reena Bajowala, and Liz Harding will present the webinar “Navigating the First-in-the-nation Artificial Intelligence Act” on June 26 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET. The laws surrounding artificial intelligence are evolving quickly. While federal and state governments continue to consider various statutory proposals, Colorado