In our ninety-ninth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: Safe Harbor: deal or no deal?; Judicial Redress Act emerges from Senate Judiciary; Government Accountability Office criticizes DHS’s Einstein cyberdefense program; House Oversight to investigate Juniper code anomalies; and Crypto: Attorney General asks for Silicon Valley’s help; DOJ and FTC disagree on government access to encrypted information. In our second half we have an interview with Amit Ashkenazi, legal advisor of The Israel National Cyber Bureau and a former general counsel to Israel’s data protection agency. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our ninety-eighth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, and Maury Shenk discuss: Safe Harbor stagnates; New York bans sale of encrypted smartphones; firm sues cyber insurer over $480k loss; hacked casino sues cybersecurity firm; debate over data breach injury and standing continues in Minnesota; FBI unapologetic about running porn site; Senate Judiciary tees up Judicial Redress Act; and White House creates new organization for background investigations. In our second half we have an interview with Melanie Teplinsky, former cybersecurity lawyer at Steptoe, adjunct professor at American University’s Washington, and advisory board member for Crowdstrike. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our ninety-seventh episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, and Meredith Rathbone discuss: Tech and Terror: Twitter’s liability for terrorist group activity; Apple lashes out on encryption debate; cyber may result in a redo for the Wassenaar Arrangement; European Court of Human Rights brings good news for corporate security programs; FTC fines dental software firm over encryption claims; first EU-wide cybersecurity rules backed by Internal Market Committee; NSA’s report on 215 implementation; Yahoo’s settlement of an email surveillance suit; and ODNI is hacked by same teen who hacked CIA director. In our second half Jim Lewis, CSIS, joins our interview with John Lynch, head of the Justice Department’s computer crime section. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our ninety-sixth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, and Maury Shenk discuss: Ukraine electric grid hack; US tech firms lobby against UK security bill; Administration asks Silicon Valley for help fighting terrorism on social media; privacy protects the privileged: Volkswagen refuses to comply with US government investigative demands; DOJ wants to moot the Klayman v. Obama victory; NSA’s General Counsel makes his first public statement; Defense counsel claim FBI mishandled child porn investigation; and EU’s “cookie notice” privacy requirement comes under fire. In our second half we have an interview with Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who sits on the Intelligence Committee. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our ninety-fifth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, and Alan Cohn discuss: Cyber Security Act passes; EU agrees to international extension of data protection rules; tech firms prepare for new EU privacy laws; security and privacy regulation on the rise: HIPAA, COPPA, and order-enforcement fines up to $100 million; and CFTC approves new testing rules for derivatives clearing organizations, trading platforms, swap data repositories. In our second half we have an interview with Nick Weaver of the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In a bonus ninety-fourth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker interviews Mike Daugherty, CEO of LabMD, at the Black Hat Executive Summit. Mike discusses his six-year battle with the Federal Trade Commission over a file-sharing program installed on the corporate network of LabMD. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our ninety-third episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: proposals requiring social media sites to do more about online terrorist activity; first EU-wide cybersecurity rules for critical infrastructure and how they will affect US companies; Wyndham Hotels agrees to 20 years of privacy and security monitoring by the FTC; and encryption: Rep. McCaul to introduce a bill that creates encryption commission; White House meets with privacy advocates about encryption; FBI Chief says Texas gunman used encryption to text overseas terrorist. In our second half we have an interview with Rod Beckstrom, where we discuss his expansive career which started at DHS’s National Cybersecurity Center, he then headed ICANN; before and after those gigs, he was a Silicon Valley investor and officer in security startups as early as the 1990s and as recently as this year. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our ninety-second episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Maury Shenk, Michael Vatis, and Jason Weinstein discuss: appeals court clears accused ‘Cannibal Cop’ of all charges; the fate of the Safe Harbor negotiations; foreign pressure on US companies to aid surveillance; tech companies dodge liability; and stalemate over law requiring a warrant. In our second half we have an interview with Washington Post reporter Ellen Nakashima and Tony Cole, the Global Government CTO with FireEye. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our ninety-first episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: court upholds warrantless surveillance program as NSA metadata program shuts down; FTC and LabMD data-privacy case: FTC launces an appeal and LabMD sues FTC lawyers; Google has mostly won their cookie case, but not quite; NRC’s new cyberattack reporting requirements; Iranian hackers attack State Department via social media accounts; and Comcast injects copyright warnings into users’ screens. In our second half we have an interview with Jason Healey of the Atlantic Council and Columbia University. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our ninetieth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker and Michael Vatis discuss: The FTC’s astonishing loss to LabMD; The European Union “cracking down” on bitcoin; The G20 embracing limits on commercial cyberespionage; Latest in litigation over the nearly expired NSA 215 program; 24 hour tech support available for ISIS; Snowden and ISIS: Glenn Greenwald insists that Snowden taught ISIS nothing about security; Tech manual used by ISIS invokes Snowden’s advice about remote storage systems. In our second half we have an interview with Charlie Savage, New York Times reporter, where we talk about Power Wars, his monumental new book on the law and politics of terrorism in the Obama (and Bush) administrations.