Tag Archives: Information exchanges

So, You Want to Share Your Technical Cyber Threat Information with Your Neighbors?

Photo of Pamela Jones HarbourPhoto of Gerald J. FergusonPhoto of Theodore J. Kobus IIIBy Jonathan Lewis, Pamela Jones Harbour, Gerald J. Ferguson and Theodore J. Kobus III on Posted in Data Privacy
Echoing guidance previously given to a nonprofit organization looking to exchange certain cybersecurity information, including exchanging actual real-time cyber threat and attack information, and others planning to exchange information concerning remediating the Y2K problems, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently released a joint “Antitrust Policy Statement on Sharing of Cybersecurity … Continue Reading

Is It Ever Okay to Exchange Competitively Sensitive, Nonpublic Information with a Competitor?

By Jonathan Lewis and Lee Simowitz on Posted in FTC Act, Government Investigations
  Rarely, according to a recent Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) enforcement action against two nationally known hair restoration businesses—Bosley and Hair Club.  However, before you start chatting up your competitor for information, pick up the phone and call your lawyer for advice.   So, what got Bosley and Hair Club clipped?  For more than four … Continue Reading
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