On April 1, 2015, the White House unveiled Executive Order 13694, which authorizes the Treasury Department to sanction entities outside of the United States that engage in “cyber-enabled activities” that are “reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial […]
Cybersecurity
FCC Advisory Group Issues Cyber Risk Management Report
On March 18, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) approved the Final Report on cybersecurity risk management and best practices issued by Working Group 4 (“WG4”) of its Communications, Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (“CSRIC”). The CSRIC, currently in its fourth assembly, is an advisory committee tasked with providing recommendations to the FCC to achieve “among […]
White House Releases Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On February 27, 2015, the Obama Administration released a discussion draft of the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015 (the “Privacy Act”), holding true to President Barack Obama’s commitment in 2012 to introduce legislation to put the Privacy Act’s principles into law. The Privacy Act is intended to “establish baseline protections for individual […]
Webinar: Advising the C-Suite and Boards of Directors on Cybersecurity
On February 11, 2015, Alston & Bird hosted a webinar entitled “Advising the C-Suite and Boards of Directors on Cybersecurity.” Panelists included Alston & Bird attorneys Jessica Corley, Scott Ortwein and Kim Peretti, with Jim Harvey as the moderator. The cybersecurity legal landscape is rapidly unfolding due to the mass number of companies whose systems, […]
Alston & Bird Privacy Program: An Interactive Discussion on How EU Data Laws are Undergoing Profound Changes
On February 4, Alston & Bird’s Los Angeles office hosted a presentation on EU data laws and US data laws with two leading experts from Olswang LLP, Ross McKean and Andreas Splittgerber. Alston’s Dominique Shelton moderated while McKean and Splittgerber shared their views on the profound changes occurring in EU data protection laws. It was […]