“How Legal Departments Can Conduct Effective Cyber Vulnerability Testing,” Today’s General Counsel

By Elizabeth Burgin Waller, Patrick J. Austin

In an April 3, 2024, column in Today’s General Counsel, WRVB Cybersecurity & Data Privacy attorneys Beth Burgin Waller and Patrick Austin give in-house legal departments a primer on how they can take the lead in their organizations’ cybercrime prevention… Read more

April 4, 2024 |

Employment Agreement or Offer Letter – Which One Should You Use?

By Leah M. Stiegler, Frederick H. Schutt, Emily Kendall Chowhan

Does your new hire need an employment agreement, or can an offer letter suffice? If you worry about whether to present your new hire with an employment agreement, you are not alone. Employers regularly struggle with the decision, torn between… Read more

March 28, 2024 | Labor & Employment

Proposed Federal Cyber Incident Reporting Rule Adds Hefty Federal Reporting Requirements to Critical Infrastructure Sector and Large Businesses

By Elizabeth Burgin Waller, Patrick J. Austin

The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a draft of its proposed rule detailing how covered entities operating in critical infrastructure sectors report cyberattacks and ransomware payments to the federal government. The proposed rule states that entities operating… Read more

March 28, 2024 | Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Ray King and Vanessa Carter Present on Foreclosures in The VSB Real Property Section Videos

In the March edition of the Virginia State Bar (VSB) Real Property Section Newsletter, WRVB attorneys Ray King and Vanessa Steltenpohl Carter are highlighted in three new videos on Foreclosures. In part 1, Vanessa provides a quick overview of residential… Read more

March 26, 2024 |

Defense Department Expands Access to DIB Cybersecurity Program

By Patrick J. Austin, Jerry A. Miles

On March 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published a final rule (pdf) that dramatically expands access to defense contractors seeking to join the DoD’s voluntary Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Program (“DIB CS Program” or “the Program”). The… Read more

March 21, 2024 | Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

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