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The SEC Adopts Significant Cybersecurity Amendments to Reg S-P

Debevoise Data Blog

Firms will have either 18 or 24 months (depending on size) from the date of publication in the Federal Register to come into compliance. We discuss Reg S-P’s new and expanded requirements, as well as considerations for compliance, below. a)(5).” §§ 240.17a-4(e)(14(v) 240.17ad-7(k)(5), 270.31a-1(b)(13)(v), 275.204-2(a)(25)(v).

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Are Electronic Signatures Legal?

Clio

Electronic signatures (or e-signatures) have become nearly ubiquitous in everyday life and business—from confirming your agreement to terms and conditions on a website, to using e-signature tools to sign a work contract. What is an e-signature? The ESIGN Act supersedes state laws that may conflict with the act’s provisions.

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The Tax Season Survival Guide for Law Firms

Lawmatics

In addition, the tax practitioners they work with must understand the specific accounting and tax concerns that lawyers and law firms have. “ “ Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income tax form than it does to make the income. ” — Alfred E. IRS Form 1065. IRS Form 1040-ES. Late filings.

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Observing the Black Box: Transcend’s Brandon Wiebe’s Insights into Governing Emerging AI Systems (TGIR Ep. 218)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

So there’s corporate and IP and employment and all of that, and our own internal privacy compliance as well. And we saw at the time of recording this just last week, a very popular video communications tool, have an issue that arose around how they were processing data are how they stated they were processing data for their AI systems.

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European Data Protection Roundup – Q4 2024

Debevoise Data Blog

If a data breach occurs, businesses may wish to take steps to rectify it and prevent recurrence and maintain a record of its response. What to do : Businesses may want to start work to align ahead of the go live date, given the challenges of retrofitting compliance.

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Observing the Black Box: Transcend’s Brandon Wiebe’s Insights into Governing Emerging AI Systems (TGIR Ep. 218)

Legal Tech Monitor

So there’s corporate and IP and employment and all of that, and our own internal privacy compliance as well. And we saw at the time of recording this just last week, a very popular video communications tool, have an issue that arose around how they were processing data are how they stated they were processing data for their AI systems.

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Treasury’s Post-2024 RFI Report on AI in Financial Services – Uses, Opportunities, and Risks

Debevoise Data Blog

For internal uses, respondents emphasized the growing role of AI in compliance, risk management, and operations, with generative AI in particular enhancing tasks like report creation, data analysis, and detecting anomalies in anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance. Inconsistent State Laws.