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NIST updates cybersecurity guidelines

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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May 4 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its cybersecurity guidelines "Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4:

FTC draws blood over lax security practices, but class action adds salt to the wound

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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March 2 2013

CBR Systems, Inc. has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it deceived consumers by misrepresenting the security measures it

How do you search the cloud?

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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May 11 2013

A federal magistrate judge recently rejected a government request for a search warrant that would allow it to surreptitiously install data extraction

Ninth Circuit rejects ECPA challenge to out-of-state subpoenas

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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April 20 2013

Some might have thought the fax was essentially dead, but law enforcement agencies continue to keep this dated technology alive by faxing subpoenas

Breathing a little easier in the cloud

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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April 20 2013

This month, the Second Circuit handed down its much-anticipated decision in WNET v. Aereo, Inc. To the considerable relief of public-facing cloud

Courts can't seem to find meaning in "loss"

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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March 10 2012

The debate in the courts continues as to what exactly constitutes a compensable “loss” under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA

Another decryption request bites the dust

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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May 11 2013

A federal magistrate in Wisconsin has ruled, in In the Matter of the Decryption of a Seized Data Storage System, that the government cannot force a

HHS publishes sample business associate contracts for HIPAA compliance

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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February 14 2013

On January 25, 2013, the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services published its final rule implementing important

Federal Wiretap Act does not preempt state law, court finds

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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May 12 2012

The federal Wiretap Act does not preempt more privacy-protective state legislation, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Small hospice hit with large HIPAA fine

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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January 19 2013

The Department of Health and Human Services is ramping up its enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule, including against relatively small companies

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