U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the "Data Protection Act of 2020." The bill would form a national Data Protection Agency to establish and enforce data privacy and cybersecurity practices.
Illinois residents filed a federal class action Complaint against a biometrics company and its licensing agent for gathering biometrics identifiers and information without informed consent.
The DOJ charged five individuals with conspiracy and violations of the Emergency Economic Powers Act by arranging for the purchase of oil from the Republic of Iran.
The U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit brought by several State Attorneys General to block a proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint.
On September 9, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that LinkedIn cannot stop a data analytics company from using publicly available information from LinkedIn's website.
The FDIC's proposal to revise its brokered deposit regime was published in the Federal Register. Comments on the proposal must be submitted by April 10, 2020.
ISDA highlighted separate economic analyses on: (i) trends in the credit default swaps market, (ii) clearing networks and central counterparties stress testing, and (iii) the cost effects of clearing fragmentation.
The FTC and the DOJ's Antitrust Division extended the comment deadline for proposed draft Vertical Merger Guidelines that would replace the DOJ's 1984 Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines.
