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Cleared Contractors Under the Gun As Insider Threat Program Deadline Approaches

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.17.16

By November 30, 2016, contractors that have facility clearances through DoD's Defense Security Service (DSS) must have a written plan in place for implementing an insider threat program, a new requirement under the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual. As the deadline looms, our team’s recent BNA article provides practical pointers to help contractors turn the high-level DSS guidance into a detailed but practical plan.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.01.26

Supreme Court Rejects “Mere Knowledge” Standard for Contributory Copyright Infringement in Cox v. Sony, Reverses $1 Billion Judgment Against Cox

On March 25, 2026, in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a $1 billion verdict against Cox. The judgment was the result of a jury trial in which Sony claimed that Cox was liable for contributory copyright infringement because it knew that its customers were using its service to infringe yet did not respond with sufficient diligence to prevent that infringement....