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China’s Digital Currency and What This Could Mean For Foreign Companies and Financial Institutions in China

By Betty L. Louie, Partner, Technology Companies Group, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Martha Wang, Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Orrick

China is operating increasingly on a cashless basis, with the Chinese government posed to launch a digital currency called Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP or “digital yuan”). This article provides a holistic overview and answers several key questions pertaining to the DCEP.

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OFAC Compliance: Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Impact Everyone

By Joe Valenti, Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

In the current climate with Russia invading Ukraine, U.S. and international policymakers enacted numerous sanctions that raise many questions. Knowing the typical course of these sanctions in past scenarios helps to triage new risk assessment and update internal controls. This is a “Top Ten” list of considerations.

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Five Information Governance Steps to Comply with the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulations

While the Cybersecurity Regulations require several technical controls (e.g., monitoring network activity and implementing multi-factor authentication and encryption), most of the requirements involve instituting information governance (“IG”) practices and structures to manage cyber risks. In the following, we set out five steps which address the key IG issues and requirements that can help your organization come into compliance with the Cybersecurity Regulations.

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The Legal Aspects of Homeland Security

By Rob Levin, David Mendelsohn, Jay Westermeier, Kevin Mullen, Jim Halpert and Deborah Rosenbloom

Provides an overview of legal aspects of homeland security including corporate viability and business continuity, cybersecurity, the SAFETY Act, the Department of Homeland Security and information sharing and the Freedom of Information Act.

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EU Data Protection – The Balance between Business, the Individual and the State Post Snowdengate

By Vivienne Artz, Anna Pouliou

One year after a plan to reform European data protection laws was unveiled, the debate is still intense. While individuals and companies are still feuding over cases of profiling, cloud computing companies are struggling to understand when and how governments can access users’ data. Interestingly, the Commission’s proposal is also contemplating “a right to be forgotten” whereby a person would be able to ask that their data be deleted.

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