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Crypto Experts React to Recent SDNY Ethereum Fraud Indictment

The NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) is following the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York’s recent indictment of two individuals for allegedly attacking and stealing $25 million from the Ethereum blockchain. The indictment in the case, United States v. Peraire-Bueno, 24 Cr. 293 (SDNY), is available here. Below, several crypto experts and former prosecutors provide their reactions to the case.

Left to right: Maria Vullo, Daniel Payne, Elizabeth Roper, Usman Sheikh, Justin Herring, and Robertson Park (photos courtesy of the authors)

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Looking Back at Fall 2023 PCCE Events: Conference on Security, Privacy, and Consumer Protection

As we prepare for a full schedule of events in 2024, the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) is taking a moment to reflect on our busy Fall 2023 program. In this post, we review our November 17, 2023 full day conference on Security, Privacy, and Consumer Protection.

(©Hollenshead: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau)

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Cybersecurity Pros Discuss the Implications of the NYDFS’s New Amendments to its Cybersecurity Rule

On November 17, 2023, the NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) hosted a standing-room-only full-day conference on Security, Privacy, and Consumer Protection. The conference addressed issues such as managing effective cybersecurity and privacy compliance programs, the use of “dark patterns” to manipulate consumer choices, and whether privacy regulation and enforcement actions actually prompt firms to update their privacy policies. A full agenda of the conference, along with speaker bios, is available here. In this post, several participants from the panel titled The NYDFS Cybersecurity Rule Amendments and Their Implications for Firms Beyond the Financial Sector share further thoughts on the issue.

Left to right: Justin Herring, Matthew Levine, Cheryl James, Edward Stroz, and Alexander Southwell (Moderator)(©Hollenshead: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau)

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Cybersecurity Experts React to NYDFS’s Amendments to its Cybersecurity Rules

Editor’s Note: The NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) is following the New York State Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) recently announced amendments to its Part 500 Cybersecurity Regulations. In this post, cybersecurity experts offer their insight on the final amendments and the potential implications they have for corporate cybersecurity programs.

Top left to right: Johanna Skrzypczyk, Avi Gesser, Justin Herring, Kathleen McGee, and Edward Stroz.
Bottom left to right: Kellen Dwyer, Rebecca Hughes Parker, Elizabeth Ferrick, Grant Ankrom, and Alex Southwell. (Photos courtesy of the authors)

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