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Understanding and Managing Cybersecurity Risks Posed by Third Parties
Data security laws and regulations increasingly require businesses and organizations to perform sufficient oversight of their third-party vendor’s data security protocols. The interconnectedness of businesses and organizations in today’s marketplace means…
The 2015 amendments to New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) made a number of substantive changes to the program, including changes to the refundable tax credits, their amount and how they are calculated. The 2015 amendments create “Generation 3” of the…
As noted in Phillips Lytle’s recent Data Security & Privacy Client Alert, the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) goes into effect on May 25, 2018. GDPR is a regulation that imposes requirements on businesses to protect the personal…
On Monday, Superintendent Maria T. Vullo of the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) issued a reminder about the upcoming certification deadline under the DFS’s landmark Cybersecurity Regulation (“Regulation”). Superintendent Vullo stated that “[t]he DFS compliance certification is…
Released in November, the Federal Government’s Climate Science Special Report (CSSR) concluded that “it is extremely likely that human activities… are the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.” Unsettling climate-related weather events have become increasingly common…
As noted in Phillips Lytle’s most recent Data Security & Privacy Client Alert, there are only a few short weeks until the first certification deadline under the New York State Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation (“Regulation”). Pursuant to…
On December 3, 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Cybersecurity (EX) Working Group met and noted that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has recommended that states nationwide work to implement NAIC’s recently adopted Insurance Data Security Model…
In November 2017, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman introduced the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”) to the New York State legislature. The bill, sponsored by Senator David Carlucci and Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, seeks…
Six months after the legislature adopted an Energy Storage Deployment Program (“Storage Program”), Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law on November 29, 2017, signaling continued support for energy storage development in New York. The Storage Program − which…
As New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (“REV”) initiative continues to promote increased deployment of Distributed Energy Resources (“DER”), the Public Service Commission (“PSC” or “Commission”) recently established the first set of Uniform Business Practices for DER providers (referred to…
