ArticleConsumer Protection/FTC Advisory: FTC At Full Strength AgainOur Consumer Protection/FTC Team examines what the Federal Trade Commission may prioritize now that Chair Lina Khan has her Democratic majority in place.United StatesPrivacyAlston & Bird
ArticleNCUA Board Approves Corporate Stabilization EffortsOn January 28th, the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) announced a program under which it will temporarily guarantee $80 billion in uninsured member shares or deposits at wholesale or corporate credit unions.United StatesStrategyAlston & Bird L.L.P.
ArticleFTC Releases Warning To Companies That Fail To Mitigate Log4j VulnerabilityLess than a month ago, a critical vulnerability was identified in the ubiquitous, open source Log4j tool prompting swift guidance from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...United StatesTechnologyAlston & Bird
ArticleIncomplete Cybersecurity Compliance Disclosures May Support Fraud Claim Under The False Claims Act, Federal Court HoldsAt the heels of a recent Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative related to cybersecurity practices and the False Claims Act (FCA), a cybersecurity-related FCA case has survived...United StatesTechnologyAlston & Bird
ArticleRussia Sanctioned For Role In SolarWinds Supply Chain AttackOn April 15, 2021, the Biden Administration took a significant step in announcing sanctions against the Russian Government and private Russian entities for multiple internationally-destabilizing activities, ...United StatesTechnologyAlston & Bird
ArticleUS, UK, And Australia Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory On Ransomware Threat To Critical InfrastructureOn February 9, 2022 the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory on the "Increased Globalized Threat of Ransomware"...United StatesTechnologyAlston & Bird
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ArticleU.S. To Lift COVID-19 Travel Ban To Allow Fully Vaccinated TravelersAfter more than a year of various travel bans, the Biden Administration announced a uniform policy for air travel from certain countries and another for land crossings.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Alston & Bird
ArticleFBI Releases IC3 2020 Internet Crime Report Showing Record Increase In CybercrimeThe FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center ("IC3") recently released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report ("Report"), which gathers statistics from nearly 800,000 complaints...United StatesCriminal LawAlston & Bird
ArticleMedical Products Supply Chain Week In Review – October 21, 2021Last week, the FDA authorized the booster doses for both the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines and mix and match booster doses. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticleMedical Products Supply Chain Week In Review – September 29, 2021Last week, the White House COVID-19 Response Team indicated the Administration is ready to begin providing booster vaccine doses to eligible Americans.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesAlston & Bird
ArticleNYDFS Issues Report On The SolarWinds Attack And Covered Entities' ResponsesFollowing the SolarWinds cyber espionage attack (the "Attack") and the resulting focus on supply chain risk, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)...United StatesTechnologyAlston & Bird
ArticlePAVE Task Force Issues Action Plan To Address Appraisal BiasA&B Abstract: As part of the Biden Administration's stated focus on narrowing the racial gap in wealth and homeownership, federal agencies launched an Interagency Task Force...United StatesFinance and BankingAlston & Bird
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ArticleLook Ahead To The Week Of March 7: A Funding Package Is Coming TogetherLawmakers are still working on finalizing a $1.5 trillion government funding package before the latest iteration of the Continuing Resolution expires on Friday.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorAlston & Bird
ArticleUSCIS Takes Action To Reduce Excessive Backlogs In Immigration Case ProcessingYesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced three new efforts to increase efficiency and reduce excessive backlogs in processing immigration petitions.United StatesImmigrationAlston & Bird
ArticlePatent Case Summaries | Week Ending March 4, 2022A 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.United StatesIntellectual PropertyAlston & Bird
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