Brian Yin

Aug 16, 2023 | corporatesecretary.com | Clifford Chance |Megan Gordon |Daniel Silver |Brian Yin

As cyber-attacks continue to increase in frequency and intensity, companies have raced to tighten controls. Against this backdrop, last month the SEC adopted a set of cyber-security disclosure rules for public companies that require issuers to provide information to their investors and the market about material cyber-security incidents and the controls they have in place to protect against such attacks.

Jun 9, 2023 | globalinvestigationsreview.com | Megan Gordon |Daniel Silver |Benjamin A Berringer |Brian Yin

IntroductionOn 25 July 2016, Verizon Communications announced that it would pay US$4.83 billion in cash to purchase Yahoo! Inc. Seven months later, that price was cut by US$350million and Yahoo! agreed to pay 50 per cent of any costs relating to government investigations and private litigation concerning historic data breaches. The reason for the change? Verizon identified two massive undisclosed data breaches during its due diligence, which dramatically changed the value of the transaction.