Harris v. comScore, Inc., No. 11 C 5807 (N.D. Ill.) (Apr. 2, 2013) Judge Holderman. Granting class certification in part. Everybody shops on the Internet these days. comScore developed software that tracks consumers’ online behavior. Consumers download the software in exchange for incentives like free third-party software. Each person who downloads comScore’s software agrees (through […]
New York Takes Increased Regulatory Interest in Cybersecurity Practices at Insurance Companies
On Tuesday, May 28, at the direction of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) requested that the State’s largest insurance companies provide DFS with information regarding their cybersecurity practices. Among other requests, DFS is seeking information on what cybersecurity safeguards those insurance companies have in place, whether […]
Kim Peretti Quoted in The Wall Street Journal
On June 2, 2013, Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management and Response Team, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal article “Support Grows to let Cybertheft Victims ‘Hack Back.’” A version of this article appeared June 3, 3013, on page B6 in the U.S. Edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the […]
Peretti and DePalo’s “Evolving DDOS Attacks Provide the Driver for Financial Institutions to Enhance Response Capabilities” Published in The Banking Law Journal
Kim Peretti, co-lead of the Security Incident Managements & Response Team, and Maki DePalo, Associate, recently published “Evolving DDOS Attacks Provide the Driver for Financial Institutions to Enhance Response Capabilities,” in the most recent May issue of The Banking Law Journal. “In the wake of an unprecedented variant of a traditional cybercrime attack, financial institutions […]
IP Commission Report Recommends U.S. Consider Limited “Hack-Back” Legislation
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property released a report making several policy, legislative and legal recommendations with the aim of reducing the “scale and scope of IP theft.” The Commission noted that to reduce such theft the United States must change the “incentive structure for IP thieves” […]