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Firm News 7 results

Firm News | 4 min read | 10.18.23

New Cyber Resilience Guide Helps Executives Strengthen Cybersecurity

Today, ArmorText, a leading secure out-of-band communications platform, and the international law firm of Crowell & Moring released an innovative guide, Cyber Resilience: Incident Response Tabletop Exercises 2023. Written for C-suite executives, in-house counsel, and incident response teams, the toolkit is a resource for leaders as they help their organizations mitigate cyber threats and strengthen their incident response capabilities.

Firm News | 1 min read | 07.22.22

Crowell & Moring Advises Amazon in its $3.9 Billion Acquisition of One Medical

Washington – July 22, 2022:  Crowell & Moring is advising Amazon on health care and related matters in its acquisition of One Medical for approximately $3.9 billion. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
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Firm News | 8 min read | 01.03.22

Crowell & Moring Elects 13 New Partners, Promotes Seven to Senior Counsel, and 19 to Counsel

Washington – January 3, 2022: Crowell & Moring elected 13 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2022. The firm also promoted seven to the position of senior counsel and 19 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s London, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media; Antitrust & Competition; Corporate; Energy; Environment & Natural Resources; Government Contracts; Health Care; Technology & Intellectual Property; International Dispute Resolution; Litigation; Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation; and Privacy & Cybersecurity.
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Client Alerts 45 results

Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.19.23

FBI Offers Pathway to Request Delay of SEC Cybersecurity Incident Disclosures

Public companies now have a pathway to request a delay in their cybersecurity incident disclosure to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). On December 6, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) Cyber Division published the “Cyber Victim Requests to Delay Securities and Exchange Commission Public Disclosure Policy Notice” (the “Policy Notice”) in response to the SEC’s finalized disclosure rules (the “Final Rules”). Published on July 26, 2023, the Final Rules established guidelines around cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incidents for public companies subject to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Among several requirements under the Final Rules, companies are required to disclose cybersecurity incidents within four days of a materiality determination by filing an SEC Form 8-K.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.08.23

Uncharted Territory: The SEC Sues SolarWinds and its CISO for Securities Laws Violations in Connection with SUNBURST Cyberattack

On October 30, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) filed a civil lawsuit charging SolarWinds Corporation (“SolarWinds” or the “Company”) and its chief information security officer, Timothy G. Brown (“Brown”), with securities fraud, internal controls failures, misleading investors about cyber risk, and disclosure controls failures, among other violations.  The SEC’s claims arise from allegedly known cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities at SolarWinds associated with the SUNBURST cyberattack that occurred between 2018 and 2021.
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 07.28.23

Five Key Takeaways from the SEC’s Final Cybersecurity Rules for Public Companies

On July 26, 2023, the SEC finalized long-awaited disclosure rules (the “Final Rules”) regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incidents by public companies that are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  While the end results are substantially similar to rules proposed by the SEC in March 2022, there are some key distinctions. 
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Press Coverage 4 results

Press Coverage | 01.10.22

Major DC Law Firms Promote Sizable Partner Classes For 2022

The National Law Journal

Press Coverage | 12.19.20

The Blockchain Revolution (video)

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Publications 9 results

Publication | 01.10.24

Privacy: A Growing Focus on Privacy Raises the Stakes

Litigation Forecast 2024
Broader privacy laws are proliferating throughout U.S. states. At the same time, federal and state regulators are pursuing more rigorous enforcement of data breaches. The interplay between these two trends is increasing the risk of privacy-centered litigation for businesses operating in all sectors.
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Events 8 results

Event | 04.04.24

LS-ISAO New York Workshop

Crowell & Moring Partner Matthew Welling, a member of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, will be speaking at the LS-ISAO New York Workshop, taking place in New York, NY on April 4, 2024. His presentation, "Armortext: When Your Communications Betray You, Where Do You Turn?" will take place at 3:15 p.m. EDT.
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Event | 11.14.23 - 11.16.23

Cyberevolution

Crowell & Moring Partner Matt Welling, a member of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity group, will be speaking at Cyberevolution, taking place November 14-16th in Frankfurt. His panel, "Arresting Disaster: Driving Incident Response in Cyber-Regulated Europe in an Age of AI Threats," will take place at 3:10 p.m. CET.

Event | 06.12.23, 12:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT

Energy Drone and Robotics Summit—Law Tech Connect

The Law-Tech Connect™ Workshop - Energy Edition is an educational event that aims to connect and inform all those involved in uncrewed systems (C-Suite, Compliance Officers, operators, engineers, attorneys, academics, students, etc.) in a dynamic one-day session of techno-legal content, focused on the energy sector. 

Webinars 6 results

Webinar | 11.07.23, 1:00 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST

Conducting an Incident Response Tabletop Exercise

Every day, organizations face a barrage of attacks from cybercriminals looking to gain access to IT systems to steal sensitive data or otherwise do harm. To ready themselves for this, organizations must prepare a robust incident response plan that can be quickly and effectively deployed to address cyber threats that arise.

Webinar | 09.21.21, 3:00 PM CEST - 4:00 PM CEST

Cyber Insights – Lessons Learned from Recent Ransomware Attacks

In the wake of high-profile attacks by Russian-based cybercriminals on Colonial Pipeline, operator of the largest refined fuel pipeline in the United States, on JBS Foods, the world’s largest meat processor, and targeting a vulnerability in Kaseya software to impact hundreds of managed service providers and their customers, ransomware has jumped again to the top of the agenda of board and C-suite meetings. 
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Webinar | 12.21.20, 10:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST

SolarWinds and Navigating Uncertain and Evolving Threats

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) warned that the recent cybersecurity attack on SolarWinds poses a “grave” and “unacceptable” risk to the U.S. government and the nation’s critical infrastructure and issued an Emergency Directive calling on all federal civilian agencies to review their networks and take mitigation and remediation measures including disconnecting or powering down SolarWinds Orion products immediately. 
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Speaking Engagements 21 results

Speaking Engagement | 12.05.23, 2:00 PM EST

Tabletops for Public Sector: Three Critical Mistakes to Avoid

Blog Posts 15 results

Blog Post | 02.21.19

EPCA Compliance: What Appliance Manufacturers (and Importers) Need to Know

Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer

Blog Post | 07.25.18

Safety Act Liability Protections Will Be Tested

Crowell & Moring's Data Law Insights

Podcasts 1 result

Podcast | 07.15.21

Byte-Sized Q&A: What is Ransomware?

In this episode, hosts Kate Growley and Evan Wolff talk with Matthew Welling about all things ransomware, including how to prepare for and respond to these kinds of incidents.  Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces.
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