The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has sanctioned an investment adviser and fined it $75,000 for failing to “adopt written policies and procedures reasonably designed to protect customer records and information.” The SEC alleges that this failure, which was a violation of its Safeguards Rule, contributed to a cyber attack against the investment adviser that […]
Data Security
Kim Peretti Appointed Co-Chair of Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute
Kim Peretti, co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team, has been invited to be a co-chair of Georgetown’s Cybersecurity Law Institute. The Cybersecurity Law Institute is in its third year and Ms. Peretti has been an advisory board member of the Institute for the past two years. In that time, she has already […]
Kim Peretti Speaking at NIST’s 2015 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum
Kim Peretti, co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response Team, will be a featured speaker at the 2015 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum (CIF) in Washington, DC, hosted by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The CIF takes place September 9 – 11 and is a three-day event being planned with participation from the Department […]
Illinois Governor Vetoes Data Protection Bill; Suggests Revisions
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill amending the state’s data breach notification law on August 21, 2015, saying in a letter to the General Assembly that the bill “goes too far, imposing duplicative and burdensome requirements that are out-of-step with other states.” The bill, S.B. 1833, would have amended Illinois’ Personal Information Protection Act […]
Alston & Bird Privacy Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2016 List
Jim Harvey, David Keating, and Dominique Shelton, partners in Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Group, have been named to the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes […]