Cyberlaw
Congress Passes IoT Security Act, but is it Toothless?
The House and the Senate have both passed a bipartisan bill to shore up the security of “internet of things” devices ...
Court Greenlights Accenture/Marriott Breach Suit
A court has ruled that Accenture, as a service provider to Starwood, owed a duty to prevent data breaches to Starwood’s customers In September 2018, Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International’s subsidiary chain Starwood ...
Data Breach Litigation Waivers: Be Careful What You Wish For
Companies with data breach litigation waivers may find those waivers used against them by savvy law firms In her 1969 book, “On Death and Dying,” Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described the five stages of ...
Texas Court Backs Phishing Attack Insurance Claim
Are insurance companies bound to pay claims for phishing attacks resulting in third-party losses? RealPage, a Texas-based company, operated a rent-servicing portal whereby renters could pay their rent and landlords could get ...
Supreme Court Looks at Computer Trespass Meaning
Federal statutes have muddied the waters on the meaning of computer trespass, but a Supreme Court case may clear the air When Congress passed a federal statute on computer fraud in 1984, ...
California Proposal for Mandatory Cyber Insurance
Will California’s bill to force cyber insurance be a harbinger for the rest of the U.S.? On Feb. 15, California Assemblyman Ed Chau, representing the Western San Gabriel Valley (near President Nixon’s ...
Bill to Prevent Child Porn Could Kill Encryption
New legislation being introduced by Sen. Lindsay Graham ostensibly to prevent the spread of child porn and other child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) may have the effect of prohibiting the kinds of ...
The Symbiotic, Parasitic Relationship Between Privacy, Security
Increasingly, at least in the law, privacy and security are diverging. There are cybersecurity lawyers who specialize in forensic investigations, data breaches, security regulatory compliance and ensuring that contracts protect the security ...
Biometrics: Giving the Government the Finger
A federal court has ruled that suspects can’t be forced to provide a biometric key to unlock their digital devices during an investigation. When two individuals were involved in a Facebook sextortion ...
Let’s Get Physical – Online vs. In Real Life Law
Almost all of computer law (and there really is no such thing as computer law) is the placing of old wine into new bottles. For example, how do you “trespass” when there ...
