Right out of the box – California enacts first-of-its-kind statute regulating internet-of-things
Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cybersecurity, Litigation | Comments Off on Right out of the box – California enacts first-of-its-kind statute regulating internet-of-things
The California legislature had a big year in 2018. While a great deal of attention has focused on the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), California also passed a less-publicized, but highly critical, statute that will regulate certain aspects of Internet of Things (IoT or connected) device security. The IoT law, known as SB-327, should have a significant impact that...
FERC Issues Geomagnetic Disturbance Final Rule
Posted on Nov 20, 2018 in Energy and Infrastructure | Comments Off on FERC Issues Geomagnetic Disturbance Final Rule
FERC has approved reliability requirements to address the impacts of geomagnetic disturbances. The requirements were proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as revisions to NERC’s mandatory and enforceable reliability standards applicable to owners and operators of major electric transmission facilities. FERC determined that NERC’s standard “better...
SEC and CFTC continue efforts to regulate cryptocurrency
Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Regulation | Comments Off on SEC and CFTC continue efforts to regulate cryptocurrency
Important events at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week further indicate these regulators’ strong intent to oversee cryptocurrency markets. On November 7, 2018, the CFTC Chairman gave a speech encouraging regulators to leverage technology to help keep pace with technological advancements in the cryptocurrency space....
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