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Compliance Officers: Recent Regulatory Guidance and Enforcement Actions and Mitigating the Risk of Personal Liability Image

Compliance Officers: Recent Regulatory Guidance and Enforcement Actions and Mitigating the Risk of Personal Liability

Patrick Campbell, Jonathan New & Madison Gaudreau

This article explores legal developments over the past year that may impact compliance officer personal liability.

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Are Companies Playing It Too Safe With GDPR Breach Reporting? Image

Are Companies Playing It Too Safe With GDPR Breach Reporting?

Frank Ready

A new report from the law firm of Pinsent Masons shows that there has been a high level of GDPR "over-reporting" at the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office, but organizations who may think they are playing it safe may actually be opening themselves up to further regulatory scrutiny.

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Companies Poised To Repeat Data Privacy Compliance Mistakes

Phillip Bantz

<b><i>New Study Shows U.S. Companies Are Taking the Same Failed Approach To Complying With California's Privacy Regulation As They Did for GDPR</b></i><p>U.S. companies haven't learned much from the missteps they made while preparing for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), suggests a new study on data privacy regulation compliance.

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State Report: New NJ Data Breach Notification Legislation Signed Image

State Report: New NJ Data Breach Notification Legislation Signed

Suzette Parmley

Legislation expanding the types of personal data that will trigger a required notification to customers in case of a breach, including email addresses and passwords, was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy.

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State Report: NY Creates Nation's First Regulatory Cybersecurity Division Image

State Report: NY Creates Nation's First Regulatory Cybersecurity Division

Dan M. Clark

New York's financial regulatory agency has created a first-in-the-nation cybersecurity division to place special focus on protecting the state's consumers and industries from digital threats.

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Getting Ready for Wide-Ranging Reach of California's Data Privacy Law Image

Getting Ready for Wide-Ranging Reach of California's Data Privacy Law

Samuel Cullari & Alexis Cocco

The CCPA is the first of its kind, generally applicable data protection law in the United States. What makes the CCPA unique is not only its applicability to companies like those in the entertainment and media industries, but also the rights it provides to consumers regarding their personal information (PI).

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Carrot Replaces Stick: Corporate Crime Enforcement In the Trump Administration Image

Carrot Replaces Stick: Corporate Crime Enforcement In the Trump Administration

Joseph F. Savage, Jr. & Marielle Sanchez

Elections have consequences, and the election of President Trump has resulted in a significant shift in law enforcement priorities. Corporate enforcement activity is at lows not seen in decades, despite an overall increase in federal criminal cases. This is a product of a change in priorities, both in terms of types of offenses and types of offender. So, for the time being, there will be almost unprecedented opportunity to achieve favorable resolutions for corporate clients.

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Privacy Notices, Opt-In Clauses Debated as U.S. Regulators Shape Federal Privacy Law Image

Privacy Notices, Opt-In Clauses Debated as U.S. Regulators Shape Federal Privacy Law

Caroline Spiezio

Tech giants' privacy counsel and U.S. senators discussed opt-in policies, lengthy, legalese-filled privacy notices and location tracking. The discussion aimed to further shape a potential U.S. federal data privacy law.

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High Court's View of 'Full Costs' in Copyright Litigation Image

High Court's View of 'Full Costs' in Copyright Litigation

Scott Graham

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court, led by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, held that the phrase “full costs” in §505 of the Copyright Act means all of the costs specifically enumerated in the general cost-shifting statutes, such as transcripts and fees for court-appointed experts and interpreters.

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"Spoofing" as Fraud: A Novel and Untested Theory of Prosecution Image

"Spoofing" as Fraud: A Novel and Untested Theory of Prosecution

Jodi Misher Peikin & Justin Roller

The DOJ has signaled its intent to pursue prosecutions for spoofing — which the law defines as "bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution" — aggressively. This article begins with a brief discussion of the elements that the government must prove to establish commodities fraud and wire fraud. It then examines recent spoofing prosecutions that raise important questions about the applicability of the traditional fraud statutes to spoofing-related activity. How the federal courts answer these open questions will have significant implications for participants in the commodities markets.

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