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Articles by Paul Rosenzweig
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Senate Debates Cybersecurity Bill
The idea behind the legislation on the floor of the Senate this week is to harden American Internet infrastructure to attack, but there’s a lot of disagreement over how to do that without hampering the industry — and compromising Americans’ privacy.…
Cybersecurity’s Last Gasp? Reid Files for Cloture
That’s the word from the Senate — Majority Leader Harry Reid has filed for cloture to conclude the debate on the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 — debate that began in earnest earlier today. In addition, he s invoked a procedural device known as “filling…
Cybersecurity Legislation: Questions That Need to Be Answered
The Senate has agreed to consider S. 3414, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, this week. Before Senators vote on the bill or related amendments, such as the Whitehouse–Kyl “compromise” that raises many of the same issues, they should insist upon answers…
Leahy Computer Fraud Abuse Amendment to the Cybersecurity Act
Senator Leahy has an proposed Cybercrime Amendment to S3414 that would, effectively, substantially enhance penalties for cyber crime and impose mandatory minimum sentences. There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of this — but the main one…
The Whitehouse-Kyl Cyber Compromise
Ah … the life of a “journalist.” I don’t think of myself that way, but now I have a couple of confidential sources (or so it seems). Attached here is the Whitehouse-Kyl compromise language for replacing Title I of the Lieberman-Collins…
Guessing what Section 706(d) of the Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Bill Means
My correspondent (and friend) Gus Coldebella, wrote in the other day with a response to an earlier post of mine, in which he wondered what the meaning of section 706(d) of the Lieberman-Collins bill is. I hadn’t noticed the provision when I first…
Administration to Senate: This Far and No Farther
Here is the Administration’s Statement of Administration Policy on the Lieberman-Collins bill. On the regulatory provisions and the information-sharing liability provisions they are drawing a line in the sand:The revised bill contains…
Gus Coldebella on the Lieberman-Collins Liability Exemption
Gus Coldebella, former Deputy General Counsel (and Acting General Counsel) for DHS and now a partner at Goodwin Proctor write in with this addition comment on the liability provisions of the Lieberman-Collins bill [I added the hyperlink to my prior…
The Puzzling Liability Limitations of the Lieberman-Collins Bill
Word is that Senator Reid has filed cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the Lieberman-Collins bill. [UPDATE: At the request of two readers I’ve uploaded the latest version of the text of the bill. As with any fast moving legislation,…
Majority Leader Reid on Cybersecurity
Senate Majority Leader Reid spoke on the Senate floor earlier today explaining why the Senate needed to consider cybersecurity legislation as an urgent matter and, in particular, why he would prioritize the cyber bill over the Defense Authorization…