The FTC brought charges against these companies for their alleged misrepresentation of participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.

The lawsuit alleges that the company took no action to secure its online dispute portal despite prior warnings of vulnerability.

In the August 9, 2017, Federal Register, the Agriculture Department amended the scope and applicability of USDA's uniform rules of practice governing adjudicatory proceedings to include actions initiated under subtitles B and D of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended.

On February 14, the Alabama attorney general announced the establishment of a Cybercrime Lab in the attorney general's office to assist all levels of law enforcement with cyber-related ...

As the interest in blockchain technology grows, companies will be confronted with numerous decisions, challenges, and legal issues pertaining to its adoption

In April 2018, two major clothing retailers confirmed that hackers breached the stores' points of sale systems to steal the credit card information of more than a million shoppers.

On April 13, 2018, the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering stated that the Department of Defense planned to create a "joint artificial intelligence center."

On January 24, a North Carolina federal judge granted preliminary approval to a proposed settlement between an aircraft maintenance company ...

On January 9, the House of Representatives passed the Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act, which requires the Secretary of DHS to report to Congress ...

On January 17, the House of Representatives passed the Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017, a bill that would reestablish an Office of Cyber Issues within the State Department ...

On February 1, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey unveiled a portal on the Agency's Security Breach website that allows users to notify ...

On July 26, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center ("NCSC") released its 2018 Foreign Economic Espionage in Cyberspace report, which highlighted current threats

On September 3, another set of New York's cybersecurity regulations under 23 NYCRR 500 went into effect after an 18-month transitional period.

The retail strategy task force will focus on leveraging data analytics and technology to identify large-scale misconduct affecting retail investors.

On February 7, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations ("OCIE") announced that cybersecurity was one of its 2018 examination priorities.

On January 10, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced a bill to establish an Office of Cybersecurity within the FTC to supervise data security at consumer reporting agencies.

On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking.

On November 28, 2017, Washington's Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a lawsuit against a transportation services company for violating the state's data breach notification law.

A successful green building project may involve much more than construction design and include initial soil decontamination, optimization of financial or fiscal incentives and creative occupancy contracts.

On July 17, the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan and the European Commission issued a Joint Statement ...