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Yesterday afternoon the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence marked up H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which was introduced in February. The bill passed the Committee by a vote of 18-2 after the approval of six amendments. Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) praised the “collaborative effort” on improving privacy and civil liberties, while Chairman Mike […]

On April 11, Alston & Bird’s Kim Peretti was interviewed by Fox Business on the prosecution of cyber criminals. In the video interview entitled, “Cyber Conundrum: Prosecuting Hackers,” Peretti discusses: Prosecution roadblocks to bringing foreign and domestic hackers to justice. Primary categories of actors in the hacker world: hacktivists, state sponsored groups and global criminal hacking […]

On Wednesday, April 10, Security Incident Management & Response Team Co-Leaders Kim Peretti and Jim Harvey hosted the panel discussion “Nuts, Bolts and Latest Developments in Cyber and Privacy Investigations” in Alston & Bird’s Washington, D.C. office. They were joined by cybersecurity and cybercrime experts from the government and private sector to discuss the latest developments […]

Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s security-incident and management-response team and former senior litigator for the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, appeared on Fox News to discuss prosecuting cyber criminals. To view the video, please click Peretti Appears on Fox News. Written by Security Incident Management & Response Team | Alston & Bird LLP

The United States and the European Union announced in February their intent to launch negotiations this year on a far-reaching trade and investment partnership agreement. Negotiations on the treaty, known as “TTIP”, should commence in June following a Congressional and public consultation period in the United States, and a parallel process in the EU whereby […]