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January 30, 2020 - Privacy + Data Security

Why the Three Lines of Defense Model for Risk Management is Not Fit for Digital Innovation

By: Lokke Moerel

Morrison & Foerster senior counsel Lokke Moerel authored an op-ed for IAPP’s Privacy Perspectives that discusses why risk management best practice is not fit for digital innovation. Lokke argues that innovation requires a culture of openness and transparency where joint decisions about the design …›

January 28, 2020 - European Union

Un-Levelling the Playing Field: The UK Declines to Implement the New EU Copyright Law

By: Sana Ashcroft and Alistair Maughan

The UK has announced that it will not implement a key change in the EU copyright regime after Brexit. As a result, for affected businesses, consistent Europe-wide digital compliance in the post-Brexit era just became a little bit harder. The EU Digital Copyright Directive imposes …›

January 27, 2020 - Privacy + Data Security

Webinar - Ransom Proof: Hard Lessons and Best Practices for Responding to Ransomware Attacks and Cyber Extortion

By: John P. Carlin and Alex Iftimie

From hospitals to media companies to manufacturing plants, ransomware attacks have become increasingly prevalent and caused far-reaching impacts. As more and more of our valuable data is only stored digitally, the impact to a business from their data being rendered inaccessible is greater than …›

January 21, 2020 - Financings, Intellectual Property

SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Technology, Data and Intellectual Property Risks in International Operations

By: David M. Lynn and Rose Zukin Pierson

On December 19, 2019, the Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance outlining the Staff’s views about disclosure obligations that companies should consider with respect to technology, data and intellectual property risks that could arise when operations …›

January 14, 2020 - Privacy + Data Security

California AG Issues Advisory on CCPA and Data Broker Law

By: Christine E. Lyon

California’s Attorney General has issued a brief advisory providing consumers with an overview of their rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which went into effect on January 1, 2020, as well as additional information relating to California’s new data broker law. Although …›

January 9, 2020 - Artificial Intelligence + Robotics

U.S. Department of Commerce Imposes Immediate Export Controls on Artificial Intelligence Software Used to Automatically Detect and Identify Objects Remotely

By: Charles L. Capito, Nicholas J. Spiliotes, John P. Carlin, and Joseph A. Benkert

On January 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to place new restrictions on the export of certain software specially designed for automating the analysis of geospatial …›

January 7, 2020 - Blockchain, Fintech

Maryland a Leader in Embracing Blockchain Technology

In an article authored for Today’s General Counsel, partner Tracy Bacigalupo discusses how new legislation in Maryland, Senate Bill 136, provides Maryland-formed companies with the statutory framework necessary to migrate their businesses to a blockchain-enabled platform. The legislation reinforces Maryland as a ‘go to’ …›

December 18, 2019 - Intellectual Property, Litigation

Striking the Balance in Trade Secret and Corporate Espionage Disputes

By: Matthew A. Chivvis

In 2017, the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property issued a report to Congress estimating that the theft of trade secrets could cost the United States economy as much as $600 billion annually. In the years following, news reports indicate that alleged …›

December 16, 2019 - Blockchain

Blockchain Basics

By: Dario de Martino

In Blockchain Basics, a three-part series that summarizes a roundtable on the burgeoning technology at the ACC Global GC Summit in London, Morrison & Foerster’s Dario de Martino discusses blockchain across industries. In the first article, Dario covers the basics of blockchain. In the second …›

December 13, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security

2020 CCPA Ballot Initiative Gets a Makeover

By: Robert N. Famigletti

Businesses have been finalizing their plans to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) by January 1, 2020, when the law becomes operative, but the ultimate trajectory of California’s post-2020 privacy regime remains in flux. As we detailed last month, the …›

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