10/12/20
On October 1st—the first day of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month—the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warned companies working with victims of ransomware attacks …
9/18/20
By: Caitlin Tubbesing and Barry Miller
The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act (CFAA) is a federal law that provides it is a violation for an individual to “intentionally access a computer without authorization or exceed authorized access” to get protected …
CCPA Enforcement: It’s Here … And Beyond
9/14/20
By: Rick Bortnick
On July 1. California’s Attorney General (“OAG”) began enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) against Covered Entities, notwithstanding that California’s Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) had yet to approve CCPA’s correlative regulations. That changed on August …
8/20/20
By: Barry Miller
Litigators fight a continuing battle in trying to get social media evidence. When an opponent does not cooperate, the only option may be to subpoena that information directly from the owner of the social media platform. On …
Supreme Court to Hear TCPA Case on Autodialer Definition
8/18/20
By: Matthew Foree
The Supreme Court of the United States recently announced that it will consider an important Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) case concerning the problematic statutory definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS”). Information about the case, Facebook, Inc. …
Does What Happens in Mediation Stay in Mediation?
8/14/20
By: Barry Miller
Insurers: Time to review your mediation practices.
As COVID-19 travel restrictions force most mediations online, often with participants in more than one state, insurance carriers must re-examine their assumptions about the process. They need assurance that what …
Statute of Limitations Tolled in California Amid Pandemic
8/3/20
By: Matthew Jones
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom issued a “state of emergency” for the entire State. In response, the California Judicial Council adopted several Emergency Rules to implement during the pandemic. In particular, Rule 9 states …
Twitter Hack and the Lessons it Leaves Behind
7/21/20
By: Courtney Mazzio
Twitter fell victim to a major cyber attack on Wednesday, July 15, when the accounts for some of the world’s most recognizable public figures, executives and celebrities starting tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. The first public …
Microsoft Takes Control of Domains Exploiting COVID-19 Crisis in Phishing Attacks
7/17/20
By: Barry Miller
Microsoft now controls several domain names that, according to the company, were used in attempts to get personal information from Microsoft account holders during the COVID-19 crisis.
A Virginia federal court issued a temporary restraining order July …
Businesses Beware of the Parallax RAT Trap
7/7/20
By: Peter Dooley
One of the newest and most potentially harmful malware campaigns, the appropriately named Parallax RAT, has been wreaking havoc on businesses of all sizes during this already trying time of increased remote work. RAT stands for “remote …
BREAKING – Supreme Court Severs Government-Debt Exception From TCPA
7/7/20
By: Matt Foree
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Barr vs American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. As we reported earlier here, this case deals with the constitutionality of the government-debt exception to …
New Jersey’s Continued Push to Expand its Data Breach and Privacy Laws
7/1/20
By: Zachary Danner
Following in the steps of California and other states considering consumer privacy legislation, New Jersey’s legislators have recently introduced a number of bills that would establish specific notification requirements for the collection and use of personally identifiable …