Karl A. Racine, Attorney General of the District of Columbia, on Monday sued Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of being personally responsible for decisions that enabled the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the personal
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The Libra Digital Currency Project: The (Long) Path Forward
By Richard Chesley and Oksana Koltko Rosaluk
“We have done a lot to democratize free, unlimited communications for billions of people. We want to help do the same for digital currency and financial services . …
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Breach and cyber incident reporting: disclosure challenges for public companies
One of the big corporate governance-related stories last month was the settlement agreement between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Facebook Inc. arising from the misuse of Facebook user data and disclosures in Facebook’s…
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Lessons learned from the SEC’s Facebook settlement
Much has been written about preventing breaches. But what should companies think about doing when they become aware of a breach?
Sanjay M. Shirodkar discusses the lessons learned from the SEC’s Facebook settlement. Click here…
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District of Columbia v. Facebook: General Consumer Protection Statute can serve as vehicle for state attorney general seeking redress for data privacy violations
On May 31, 2019, the District of Columbia Superior Court rejected Facebook’s request to dismiss data privacy litigation brought by the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General based on its alleged role in…
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