We begin the episode with Michael Ellis taking a close look at the takedown of the ransomware gang. It’s a good story for the good guys, as REvil seems to have been brought down by the same tactic it
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Changes Ahead? US Treasury Publishes Outcomes of Sanctions Policy Review
On October 18, 2021, the US Treasury Department published a report of its 2021 Sanctions Review of economic and financial sanctions implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) since September 11, 2001. The next day, Deputy Secretary of…
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Cybersecurity Community Beware: US Finally Enacts “Intrusion Software” Rule
They have been almost a decade in the making, but have finally arrived: new U.S. export controls on “cybersecurity items,” including products and technology involving “intrusion software” and IP network communications surveillance. Published today but effective January 19, 2022, the…
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Judge Seibel: Students Can Pursue Contract Claims for University’s Failure to Hold In-Person Classes During the Pandemic
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Seibel largely rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by University of Tampa students claiming that the University breached its obligations to them by failing to hold in-person classes.
A newly-enacted Florida statute provides…
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Antitrust Update: Developments at the FTC and DOJ
The Biden administration has made promoting competition a top priority, as reflected in President Biden’s July executive order on competition. (For a complete description of the executive order and developments in its implementation, please visit Steptoe’s Executive Order on Competition …
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OFAC Issues Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry
On October 15, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued anticipated Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry and updated two related Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs 559 and 646). OFAC has…
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OFAC Issues Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry
On October 15, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued anticipated Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry and updated two related Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs 559 and 646). OFAC has…
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Episode 379: LinkedIn, Slinkedout: Microsoft and China
Fresh from his launch of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies, Dmitri Alperovitch kicks off this episode with a hopeful take on the 31-nation videoconference devoted to combatting ransomware. He and Nate Jones both think a coordinated…
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Order No. 2222: DER Implementation Informational Requests (i.e., Deficiency Letters) – Part 2
By Jennifer Key
Part 2 of post on Order No. 2222 deficiency letters issued to the NYISO and CAISO.
Locational Requirements. NYISO DER Aggregations must be at a single NYISO-identified Transmission Node that will be as large as possible while accounting for…
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Order No. 2222: DER Implementation Informational Requests (i.e., Deficiency Letters) – Part 1
By Jennifer Key
Two ISOs, CAISO and NYISO, filed their Order No. 2222 compliance filings in July, as they had largely already had DER aggregation programs even before the effective date of the Final Rule. Their filings garnered relatively few protests, which…
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