United States of America: Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Covington and Burling LLP over alleged illegal trading and disclosure violations arising from the cyberattack
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
12 Jan 2023 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Announced Securities and Exchange Commission subpoena enforcement action in investigation into Covington and Burling for names disclosure refusal after cyberattack
On 12 January 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it filed a subpoena enforcement action against the law firm Covington and Burling LLP due to the firm's refusal to disclose to the authority the names of a list of cl…
Event type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government