January 28-29, Park Hyatt Washington, Washington, DC
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders Partners Ronald Raether and Ashley Taylor, Jr. will be featured speakers at this upcoming industry-leading conference.
Mr. Raether will be a speaker on a panel titled “Cyber Security Preparedness: Data Breach Incident Response Teams and Refurbishing Your Governance Programs.” The
Join us at the Data Breach & Privacy Litigation Conference
February 11, 2016; The Julia Morgan Ballroom, 465 California Street, San Francisco
We are pleased to announce that Ronald Raether, partner at Troutman Sanders LLP, will speak at the 2016 Data Breach & Privacy Litigation Conference on Deflecting the Onslaught: Data Breach Litigation Defenses &
On November 13, 2015, an administrative law judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s action against LabMD, ruling the FTC failed to show that the laboratory’s alleged conduct caused or would cause harm to consumers. The decision represents a significant blow to the FTC and its ability to bring actions under the unfairness prong of Article
Despite the anti-American sentiments resulting from the Snowden revelations, governments from all over the world have been increasingly demanding data from social media companies. According to Facebook’s latest report on government requests, a growing number of governments are demanding that Facebook turn over data to aid law enforcement investigations. Ironically, other counties are increasingly stepping
After several high-profile motor vehicle computer hacking incidents, new legislation was introduced on November 5 that would require a study of best cybersecurity and private practices for software-enabled smart cars.
The so-called SPY Car Study Act was introduced by U.S. Representatives Ted W. Lieu and Joe Wilson. The Act tasks the National Highway Traffic Safety
On November 3, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”), the federal agency that regulates the U.S. financial services industry, issued a warning to U.S. banks of a growing threat of cyberattacks involving extortion.
The general threat of cyberattacks comes as no surprise in the wake of highly publicized data breaches. Likewise, cyber security professionals
On October 29, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced the settlement of an enforcement action against two affiliated consumer reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) based on these companies’ employment background screening practices. The consent order requires these background screeners to pay a total of $13 million in penalties and
On October 27, the United States Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (“CISA”) by a vote of 74-21. CISA claims to improve cybersecurity by encouraging the sharing of threat information among companies and the U.S. Government.
As previously reported here, CISA would permit private entities to share cyber threat
In October, at the Privacy & Security Forum at George Washington University, Federal Trade Commissioner Terrell McSweeny emphasized that companies that outsource data security to third parties can still be liable in an FTC enforcement action. This position follows what we have heard previously from the Office of Civil Rights, the agency charged with enforcement
LifeLock, an identity theft and data protection company, has reached a tentative proposed settlement with the FTC regarding deceptive marketing claims.
Privacy and security attorney Ron Raether, a partner at the law firm Troutman Sanders LLP, says that it appears, based on what LifeLock disclosed so far, that the FTC may not be demanding additional