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Penn State University Hit With False Claims Act Suit for Alleged Cyber Security Deficiencies

September 25, 2023 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On September 1, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania unsealed a qui tam False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit (originally filed on October 5, 2022) alleging Penn State University failed to provide “adequate security” for Covered Defense Information, as contractually required by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 252.204-7012. DFARS requires […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, FCA, National Security, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), False Claims Act, Litigation

Recent Exploits of Blockchain Bridges Highlight Need for Cybersecurity in Crypto and Risk of Liability

August 2, 2022 By Kim Peretti and Kristen Bartolotta

According to recent media reports there have been several instances of blockchain bridges being hacked this year, including reports on August 2 that a bridge lost close to $200 million to upwards of 40 hackers who exploited a bug in its protocol, and reports in June that another bridge lost $100 million from hackers allegedly […]

Filed Under: Crypto, Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Crimes, International, Uncategorized Tagged With: Blockchain, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Litigation

Georgia Introduces Privacy Bill Stricter than CCPA – the Top 10 Issues

February 10, 2022 By Daniel Felz

On January 26, 2022, the Georgia General Assembly introduced a bill titled the Georgia Computer Data Privacy Act (GCDPA).  Despite its title, the GCDPA is not a “computer”-focused bill.  It is instead is an omnibus privacy statute modeled after California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).  The GCDPA was introduced by the Republican leadership in Georgia’s state […]

Filed Under: CPPA, Data Protection, Legislation, Privacy, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Georgia, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement, US State Law

The GDPR Reaches the US Supreme Court in Cert Petition

March 22, 2021 By Daniel Felz

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been raised in a petition for certiorari before the US Supreme Court, apparently for the first time since the GDPR entered into application in 2018.  A party in Vesuvius USA Corp. v. Phillips has filed a petition for certiorari in a GDPR-related discovery dispute.  Of course, since […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, GDPR, International, Legislation, Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: GDPR, Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court

Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies There Is No Duty to Safeguard Personal Information from a Data Breach

May 21, 2019 By Gavin Reinke

The Georgia Supreme Court recently issued a decision holding that there is no duty to safeguard personal information from a data breach under Georgia law.  Georgia Department of Labor v. McConnell involved the accidental disclosure of a spreadsheet that contained the name, social security number, home telephone number, email address, and age of thousands of […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Class Action, Cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Litigation, US State Law

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