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Cloudy with a chance of exploitation

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • June 13 2013

With all the controversy surrounding the leaks regarding the PRISM program, there is at least one constituency that is likely rejoicing &mdash

“I’m shockedshockedto find that surveillance is going on in here.”

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2013

It seems we can't go a day without another bombshell in what we can now call the "Snowden Affair." Many people are calling Edward Snowden a

The FISA court order flap: take a deep breath

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2013

There may be a lot less to the NSA "scandal" than meets the eye. In an article for Foreign Policy, I explain why I am quite confident that the

US-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty implemented in ITAR and officially in effect; license-free exports now available for Australia under certain circumstances

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • May 23 2013

On April 11, 2013, the US State Department, Directorate of Trade Controls (DDTC), issued a final rule amending the International Traffic in Arms

IRS releases final College and University Compliance Project Report, announces furlough days

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

On April 25th the IRS released the final report for the Colleges and Universities Compliance Project. This project started in 2008 with questionnaires

House Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing to discuss College and Universities Compliance Project

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

Congressman Charles Boustany (R-La), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced a hearing for May 8th

Supreme Court rejects alien tort claims premised on overseas conduct

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Netherlands, Nigeria, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • April 19 2013

In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., the US Supreme Court significantly limited the viability of Alien Tort Statute (ATS) claims for human rights

Court finds NSL gag orders unconstitutional, this time for real

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2013

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that the federal law allowing the government to issue National Security

Supreme Court dismisses FISA challenge based on “paranoid fear”

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 9 2013

Late last month, the Supreme Court held, in Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, that a group of plaintiffs lack standing to challenge the

Defense contractors must now report successful cyberattacks

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2013

Defense contractors with security clearances will soon be required to inform the government when hackers successfully penetrate their networks