Tonya Riley

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Tonya Riley

New guidance from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has put critical infrastructure companies on guard to address growing threats to their operational technology security. The guidance on Tuesday came after the CISA, FBI and Department of Energy warned of increased cyber attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, including the energy and transportation sectors. The attacks used unsecured passwords in operational technology devices as their launch point.

Feb 3, 2025 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Tonya Riley

A Fifth Circuit panel pressed the Federal Communications Commission Monday on whether it violated AT&T Inc.‘s constitutional right to a jury trial when it imposed a $57 million penalty for sharing customers’ location information without consent. Judges asked the agency for its justification in moving forward with the forfeiture order without an administrative law judge hearing.

Nov 14, 2024 | news.bloombergtax.com | Tonya Riley |Cassandre Coyer

Imminent change in leadership at the Federal Trade Commission under a second Trump administration has cast uncertainty on the future of two long-awaited privacy proposals introduced by the outgoing Biden administration. A sweeping proposal on commercial surveillance and updates to children’s privacy rules will be under the control of Republican commissioners who have accused the FTC of overstepping its bounds during the last four years.

Nov 14, 2024 | news.bloombergtax.com | Tonya Riley |Cassandre Coyer

Imminent change in leadership at the Federal Trade Commission under a second Trump administration has cast uncertainty on the future of two long-awaited privacy proposals introduced by the outgoing Biden administration. A sweeping proposal on commercial surveillance and updates to children’s privacy rules will be under the control of Republican commissioners who have accused the FTC of overstepping its bounds during the last four years.

Nov 12, 2024 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Tonya Riley

Trade group NetChoice sued California to block a new state law reining in youth social media addiction. The law’s requirements to restrict minors access to content and collect information to verify their ages “violate bedrock principles of constitutional law and precedent from across the nation,” NetChoice argued in a complaint filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. SB 976 , effective Jan.