Julie A. Stockton

ERISA Trumps State Law Claims in Anthem Data Breach

USA - December 11 2015 The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts state-law…

Alexander K. Haas (Alex), Leslie M Bassett, David Tetrick Jr, Nicholas A. Oldham, Kenneth A. Raskin

Privacy law, cross-border data flows, and the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement: what counsel need to know

European Union - November 10 2015 Privacy law has become such a hot-button issue that it now finds its way into multilateral trade treaties like the Trans-Pacific Partnership…

Alexander K. Haas (Alex), John A Drennan, Joseph A. Laroski Jr., J. Michael Taylor

Coordinated hackers infiltrate 200 targeted employees’ LinkedIn networks

USA - October 12 2015 Cybersecurity researchers at the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit ("Dell CTU") uncovered a network of approximately 25 fake LinkedIn profiles…

New York banks agree to conditions for use of new communication platform

USA - September 21 2015 On Monday, September 14, 2015, four major banks signed agreements with New York's Department of Financial Services to regulate their use of a new…