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 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.
In a potentially significant development for companies subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (CCPA), on Feb. 9, California’s Third District Court of Appeal overturned a Superior Court decision issued in June 2023 that had stayed the enforcement of new CCPA regulations finalized by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), first-in-the-nation privacy regulator
Greenberg Traurig is a sponsor of the 2023 Privacy + Security Forum Fall Academy at the George Washington University Nov. 8-10, 2023. The conference will break down the silos of privacy and security and bring together seasoned thought leaders for in-depth sessions and workshops designed to deliver practical takeaways for conference participants.
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On Aug. 9, 2023, a tutoring company agreed to pay $365,000 to settle an artificial intelligence (AI) lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The settlement comes on the heels of multiple EEOC warnings to employers about potential discrimination associated with the use of AI for hiring and workplace decisions.
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the long-awaited final rule requiring that public companies disclose information about cybersecurity incidents within four business days of determining the incident is material. GT wrote about the proposed rule shortly after it was released in March 2022. For context, Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw noted, in
On April 27, 2023, Washington enacted the “My Health My Data Act” (WMHMDA or the Act). Unlike other modern state privacy laws that purport to regulate any collection of “personal data,” WMHMDA confers privacy protections only upon “Consumer Health Data.” While the Act was promoted as a measure to help protect reproductive and gender affirming
Greenberg Traurig Shareholders Jena M. Valdetero, David A. Zetoony, and Diane D. Reynolds presented the Thomson Reuters West LegalEdcenter and Celesq webinar, “Litigation and International Data Privacy: Is a Company Permitted To Transfer Personal Data From Europe to the US in Litigation?” Thursday, Feb. 23 at 12:00 pm EST. The webinar
Rebekah S. Guyon, a shareholder in GT’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, is quoted in a Corporate Counsel article titled “Big-Dollar Biometric Settlements Emboldening Plaintiffs Attorneys to Bring More Cases.”
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GT Shareholders Ian C. Ballon and Jena M. Valdetero will present at PLI’s Advanced Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and TCPA Class Action Litigation 2023 event Jan. 26, 2023. The program will cover forensic tutorial guides; major new cases and trends from the past year in the law of data privacy and security breach; the latest