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The Certification Charade: A Challenge to an Industry Built on Paper Tigers
By Haja Mo — Opinion This is my opinion on the state of cybersecurity certifications today. Our digital world is under an unrelenting siege. Every minute, another company is breached, another database is ransomed, and another CISO is forced to explain the inexplicable. We are in a state of perpetual cyber warfare, yet the industry…
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Cybersecurity Enforcement Intensifies: DoD Issues Final CMMC Rule and Updates DFARS
The U.S. Department of Defense recently issued a final rule to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program, and defense contractors will be subject to a variety of cybersecurity obligations when the rule becomes effective, starting November 10, 2025….By: Perkins Coie
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Cooperation Between Competition Authorities in Digital Markets: A Continuing Trend
How to tackle the competition law issues relating to digital players and markets remains a key priority area for regulators around the world and an area about which they are now more regularly coordinating. Here, we consider how recent updates on cross-border cooperation and perspectives should affect how businesses approach these issues….By: Mayer Brown
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Order Up – The First FASCSA Order Has Been Issued by ODNI
The wait is over – on September 18, 2025, almost 2 years after implementing the Interim Rule, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (“ODNI”) issued a Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (“FASCSA”) order to remove and exclude products and services from Acronis AG, a Swedish cybersecurity and data protection company….By: Sheppard Mullin…
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UK Crypto Update: Completing the CARF Jigsaw
Following a series of consultations, in June 2025 His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) published a policy paper titled ‘Implementation of the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework’. The paper sets out the United Kingdom’s (“UK”) approach to implementing new rules on reporting information related to crypto-asset transactions. The rules mark a significant step in advancing tax transparency…
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“Enhancing American Greatness in Space”: President Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand the Domestic Commercial Space Industry
During his first term, President Donald Trump founded the US Space Force, saw the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launch its first commercial crew operation through an industry partnership, and issued seven Space Policy Directives aimed at returning astronauts to the moon, establishing commercial and cybersecurity space protocols and reinvigorating human space exploration, among…
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Distilling the Legal Implications of IARC’s Hazard Classification for Automotive Gasoline
On 21 March 2025, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that it would classify automotive gasoline as “carcinogenic to humans,” (Group 1) based on its interpretation that there is sufficient evidence for cancer in humans, and the combination of sufficient evidence for cancer in experimental animals and strong mechanistic evidence in exposed…
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China, for First Time, Vows to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate conference that his country would seek to reduce emissions by at least 7 to 10 percent by 2035. Ukraine’s president appealed for more weapons to fight Russia and warned of the dangers of a new arms race.
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South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid
Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the United States under murky circumstances, they had always planned to return home.
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Typhoon Ragasa Slams Into China After Deaths in Taiwan and the Philippines
One million residents of Guangdong, in southern China, were evacuated before the powerful storm made landfall on Wednesday. At least 18 people have been killed along its path this week.
