06 Jun, 2024 The Office of the National Cyber Director Releases 2024 Report on Cybersecurity Posture By Trisha Sircar On May 7, 2024, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released the 2024 Report on the Cybersecurity Posture of the United...
17 Jan, 2025 CFPB Issues Order for Financial Data Exchange to Issue Standards under CFPB's Personal Financial Data Rights Rule By Trisha Sircar On January 8, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an order recognizing Financial Data Exchange, Inc. (FDX) as a...
17 Jan, 2025 DORA Takes Effect: Key Next Steps for Firms By Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien After a two-year implementation period, the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) takes effect on 17 January 2025. DORA is part...
16 Jan, 2025 FTC Finalizes Changes to Children's Privacy Rule By Trisha Sircar On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release confirming that it has finalized changes to the Children’s...
16 Jan, 2025 What Will the New FTC Do With the Green Guides? By Chris Cole The incoming administration will change the Federal Trade Commission leadership. Chair Lina Khan, whose term has expired, is leaving,...
16 Jan, 2025 OFAC Sanctions Russia's Energy Sector By Jacques Semmelman In an effort to reduce Russian energy revenues being used to fund the war against Ukraine, on January 10, 2025, the United States...
08 Jan, 2025 Key Highlights of India's Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 By Catherine O'Brien On January 3, 2025, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the Draft Digital Personal Data...
08 Jan, 2025 U.S. Eases Economic Sanctions on Syria By Jacques Semmelman In the aftermath of the overthrow of the Assad government on December 8, 2024, the United States has eased (but has not lifted) its...
07 Jan, 2025 The CFTC Codifies the Letter 19-17 Compliance Processes Around Separately Margined Accounts By Stephen Morris In 2014, the Joint Audit Committee issued a Regulatory Alert insisting that futures commission merchant (FCM) clearing members treat...
30 Dec, 2024 IRS Broker Rule for Digital Assets Faces Constitutional Challenge From Industry Leaders By Dan Davis Alex Kim Three digital asset organizations have jointly filed a lawsuit challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) new digital asset broker...
23 Dec, 2024 Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Protect Consumers' Privacy and Vehicle Data By Trisha Sircar On December 18, 2024, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the bipartisan Auto Data Privacy and Autonomy Act (the...
23 Dec, 2024 The US Government Charges China-Based Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day Vulnerability By Trisha Sircar On December 10, 2024, the federal government unsealed an indictment in federal court in Indiana, charging Chinese national Guan Tianfeng...
23 Dec, 2024 The European Data Protection Board Releases Opinion on Artificial Intelligence By Trisha Sircar On December 18, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued an opinion on personal data use in artificial intelligence (AI) in...
16 Dec, 2024 President-Elect Trump Taps Andrew Ferguson to Serve as FTC Chair and Nominates Mark Meador as Commissioner By Trisha Sircar On December 10, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that FTC commissioner Andrew Ferguson will chair the agency, while...
13 Dec, 2024 Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Board Diversity Rules in En Banc Decision By Ny'esha Young Johnjerica Hodge India Williams In a 9-8 en banc decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked the Nasdaq board diversity rules, ruling that the U.S....
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: New York Updates By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Emily Tuten In 2024, there was much legislative activity in New York that affected the Private Wealth realm. A brief summary of the 2024 changes...
09 Dec, 2024 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: California Updates By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Avi Pariser Uniform Directed Trust Act and Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act Become Effective As reported in Katten's 2023 Year-End...