By KAREN MICHAEL Special correspondent The use of artificial intelligence in the workplace has been at the center of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recent guidance on “The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Use of Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence to Assess Job Applicants and Employees.” The guidance can […]
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Ice Miller Cybersecurity Law Snapshot: Settlement in Cybersecurity-Related False Claims Act Case, Europe Releases Hardened Directives, and CISA Warns of Looming Cyberattacks
Aerojet Offers Insight into the Financial and Legal Risks of Cybersecurity in DFARS On April 26, Aerojet Rocketdyne settled the first-of-its-kind cybersecurity-focused False Claims Act (FCA) case for $9 million dollars, in addition to other undisclosed payments. As we mentioned in a previous Cybersecurity Law Snapshot, United States ex rel. […]
Better Cybercrime Metrics Act signed into law, pledges improvements to federal action on cybercrime
© Shutterstock With the signing of the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act last week, President Joe Biden welcomed a new cybersecurity bill into law, promising improvements to how the federal government prosecutes, measures, and tracks cybercrime. Backed by the National Fraternal Order of Police and other national law enforcement organizations, the […]
Biden Cyber Reporting Act Requires Ransomware Notice from Banks
Most banks and their service providers are familiar with the final rule governing notice for “notification incidents” and “cyber security incidents.” With compliance due by May 1, 2022, the rule establishes standards and deadlines for service providers to notify banks of such incidents and for banks to notify their primary federal regulator […]
Illinois House passes modifications to heavily debated criminal justice reform ‘SAFE-T Act’
File Photo – Illinois House of Representatives | Photo: Daniel Schwen via Wikimedia Commons (The Center Square) – The Illinois House passed follow-up legislation to the SAFE-T Act which will allow defendants on electronic monitoring to be able to have periods of “free movement.” The Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity-Today, […]
Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 Signed into Law | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Entities Subject to Reporting Requirements The Act requires “covered entities” to report any cyber incidents and ransomware payments to CISA. While the Act requires the CISA director to define “covered entities” and “covered cyber incidents” more clearly for the purposes of the law’s reporting requirements, the broad definitions currently within […]
Ruptured methane pipeline near coal mine possible criminal act
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BROOKWOOD, Ala. (WBRC) – A methane pipeline ruptured in Brookwood after midnight Thursday, according to ATF agents. Special Agent Bridgette Mason said on March 24, 2022, shortly after midnight, the Tuscaloosa Sheriff’s Office received a report of an explosion that occurred on Hannah Creek Road in Brookwood. A Warrior Met […]
Biden warns organizations to act now against potential Russian cyber attack
White House intelligence indicates that Russia may be exploring options for potential cyber-attacks against US targets. Evolving intelligence suggests that such an attack could be on the horizon as Russia looks to respond to the unprecedented sanctions the US has imposed following the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Cyber attacks […]
Employee Rights Act puts workers at the center of labor law
Imagine that an employer wants to award a spot bonus to a high-performing employee but isn’t allowed to. Or that an employee who deserves a raise for working hard learns that such increases are prohibited. Scenarios such as these expose the many downsides of the outdated model of collective bargaining, […]
Congress Passes Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 | Insights
Reports to CISA. The CIRCIA was quickly included and approved as part of federal omnibus appropriations legislation, which passed on March 11, 2022, and was signed by President Joe Biden on March 15, 2022. CIRCIA garnered bipartisan support in light of increased national cybersecurity risk in the wake of the […]