On June 4th, the European Commission issued modernized Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for data transfers from controllers or processors in the EU/EEA...

The U.S. Supreme Court held that natural gas companies holding a Section 717f(e) certificate have the power to condemn state-owned land under the Natural Gas Act.

Our Food & Beverage; Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources; and ESG Advisory Groups outline regulatory and litigation developments in environmental claims on product labels and provide insights...

Last week, the FDA added new heart health risk information to mRNA vaccines' fact sheets. In addition, the U.S. seized unauthorized COVID-19 drugs ...

Last week, the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) met and provided recommendations on the COVID-19 booster dose, and yesterday the FDA authorized the booster dose for certain individuals.

As an update to prior coverage of the FTC's final revisions to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards Rule (Final Rule), following its publication in the Federal Register on December 9, 2021...

On December 7, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA), which notably excluded any cybersecurity incident reporting requirements.

On July 15, 2021, the DOJ and DHS together with additional federal partners launched StopRansomware.gov, a one-stop hub intended to help the private and public sector mitigate the threat of ransomware.

On January 16, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a warning regarding destructive malware targeting Ukrainian organizations...

Our Health Care and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy groups review the status of the proposed update to the HIPAA Security Rule.

January 31, 2025 – Kathleen Benway, Maki DePalo, Jennifer Everett, and Hyun Jai Oh published "Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Advisory | FTC Finalizes Amendments to COPPA Rule."

On January 18, after approximately fourteen months of settlement negotiations, the CFPB announced that it secured a settlement agreement with BrightSpeed Solutions, Inc., a third-party payment processor...

On September 7 and 8, 2021, the California Privacy Protection Agency ("CPPA") Board held a public virtual meeting regarding the rulemaking process under the California Privacy Rights Act ("CPRA").

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the Bill Relating to Registration of Business Entities that Qualify as Data Brokers (HB 2052) (the "Act") on July 27, 2023.

The House has no votes scheduled but will be holding a committee work week. The upper chamber has until Friday to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government or face a federal shutdown.

The upper chamber will spend a sizable portion of the week debating 28 motions to instruct conferees on the legislation (H.R. 4521) aimed at boosting manufacturing and technological innovation...

The Senate will be in session this week, while the House will have committee work with no votes scheduled.

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.

New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced two agreements related to data breaches with entities that operate in the education industry.

On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance hedge fund and private fund disclosure requirements and increase regulators' visibility into the private funds industry.