A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

On April 21, 2022, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States of America issued a Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Declaration announcing the...

Could President Biden's $4 trillion infrastructure plan be a bridge too far?

In a lengthy Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 (the "Order"), the Biden Administration has taken steps "to make bold changes and significant investments" in both public and private sector cybersecurity.

On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an "Updated Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments."

November 13, 2023 – Kathleen Benway, Kate Hanniford, Amy Mushahwar, Kim Peretti, and Lance Taubin published "Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Advisory: FTC Approved New Data Breach Notification...

Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations and Securities Litigation Groups review a jaw-dropping bounty that shines further light on how far the Biden Administration will go to leverage insiders to bring enforcement actions.

Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group reviews the changes to California Environmental Quality Act filing requirements that favor electronic filing and public posting by state agencies.

Just before the New Year holiday, the FDA announced it that was suspending non-mission-critical domestic and foreign inspection activities.

"An injury in law is not an injury in fact." Our Litigation Group explores how the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that despite whatever Congress may say...

Observers have been awaiting decisions in a number of cybersecurity and privacy securities fraud class actions with potentially important implications for corporate liability.

In response to a claimed need to allocate IRS resources to significant issues and improve audit efficiency, the IRS issued Announcement 2010-9 in January 2010, setting forth a new initiative that would require certain business taxpayers to disclose uncertain tax positions (UTP) on a new schedule that would be filed with their federal income tax returns.

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) continues to refine its position regarding the importance of and requirements regarding Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)...

Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our fall edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2021.

Senator Bill Cassidy's Health Information Privacy Reform Act (HIPRA) has advanced out of the Senate HELP Committee with unanimous bipartisan support, proposing to extend HIPAA-like protections to health data collected by wearables, health apps, and other non-HIPAA entities. The manager's amendment substantially rewrites the original bill, introducing stricter data minimization requirements, expanded geolocation protections, mandatory AI-specific rulemaking, and new restrictions on government access to healt

Alston & Bird's quarterly Digital Download examines the rapidly evolving intersection of privacy, cybersecurity, and data strategy, highlighting how AI-driven threats are reshaping breach costs, regulatory frameworks, and organizational defense strategies. From IBM's 2026 breach report showing record-high costs to new government initiatives like the White House's Gold Eagle clearinghouse, the landscape demands heightened vigilance and sophisticated governance approaches.

Below is Alston & Bird's Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action...

This week, CMS issued the FY 2023 IPPS/LTCH PPS proposed rule with comment period.

On 21 September 2023, the UK Government adopted the Data Protection (Adequacy) Regulations 2023, also referred to as the "UK-U.S. Data Bridge".

On May 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued guidance that uses Section 5 of the FTC Act to create new breach notification obligations.