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About Cara Peterman

Cara Peterman is a partner with Alston & Bird’s Securities Litigation Group. Her practice focuses on fiduciary duty and shareholder derivative suits, securities fraud, and other complex commercial litigation.

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Recent Updates in Two Closely-Watched Cybersecurity and Privacy-Related Securities Fraud Class Actions

April 4, 2022 By Oyinkan Muraina, Sierra Shear and Cara Peterman

Observers have been awaiting decisions in a number of cybersecurity and privacy securities fraud class actions with potentially important implications for corporate liability.  Over the last several weeks, critical developments emerged in two such cases: the defendants’ motion to dismiss was granted in part and denied in part in In re Zoom Securities Litigation, and […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Breach Litigation, Data Protection, Data Security, Online Privacy

California Federal Court Dismisses Data Security-Related Securities Fraud Class Action

October 1, 2021 By Sierra Shear, Cara Peterman and Madeleine Juszynski

A California federal court has dismissed a putative securities fraud class action alleging that a large title insurer that disclosed a data security incident in May 2019 made false and misleading statements related to its data security practices and the incident.  The dismissal follows the June 2021 settlement of a related Securities & Exchange Commission […]

Filed Under: California, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Breach Litigation, NYDFS, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach

Securities Class Actions Filed Against Three Chinese Tech Titans After Announcement of Cyber-Related Investigations

July 27, 2021 By Sierra Shear and Cara Peterman

In early July, investigations by a Chinese cybersecurity regulatory agency, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”), into at least three China-based technology companies—DiDi Global Inc. (“DiDi”), Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. (“FTA”), and Kanzhun Limited (“Kanzhun”)—were purportedly revealed weeks after each conducted a substantial initial public offering (“IPO”) on a United States stock exchange. These […]

Filed Under: China, Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach Litigation, Data Security, International, National Security, Regulation

SEC Announces Its First Enforcement Action Over Cyber-related Disclosures

April 27, 2018 By Cara Peterman

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s $35 million settlement with Altaba Inc., the successor in interest to Yahoo! Inc., is the first civil penalty of its kind for a data breach and underscores the agency’s increasing focus on public companies’ cybersecurity disclosure obligations. A cross-practice team from our Securities Litigation and Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response groups […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Enforcement Tagged With: Data Breach Notification, Regulatory Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC Adopts Statement and Interpretive Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures

February 23, 2018 By Cara Peterman

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a press release announcing its unanimous approval of a statement by SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and interpretive guidance (the “2018 Guidance”) to assist public companies in preparing disclosures about cybersecurity risks and incidents. This is the first interpretive guidance published by the full Commission on the topic of […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Security Breach Tagged With: Securities and Exchange Commission

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