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New Jersey Law Journal

The Data Privacy and Security Implications of Employee Theft

Rogue employee? While your client scrambles to stem the loss of trade secrets and competitive information, another risk demands attention: data breach.
15 minute read

Corporate Counsel

ACC's New Data Security Guidance to Law Firms: Be Careful What You Ask For

It is almost cliché to say that data security has become the most common concern keeping in-house counsel awake at night. Indeed, many qualified law firms, including ours, have developed the needed expertise to advise clients on the best practices for cybersecurity. And while a law firm's traditional strengths lie in advising clients on avoiding lawsuits and investigations, not being a party to them, more and more find themselves targets of hackers seeking not only the law firm's proprietary information but also the confidential information the firm holds for its clients.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

For Lawyers and Law Firms: Mitigating Cyber Risks With Right Security Controls

Chris Moschovitis writes: Unfortunately, many lawyers are becoming tone-deaf to the constant narrative of "it's not a matter of if you'll be hacked—it is a matter of when" and are being seduced by vendors that promise "peace of mind." These promises are dangerous and expensive fantasies that deliver a false sense of security. That said, business must go on, and lawyers are all responsible for taking pragmatic steps to mitigate cyber security risk.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Privacy Regulations and the Power of State AGs

Companies that handle sensitive personal information, both of consumers and of their employees, should be aware that, even with the perceived hostility of the current administration toward data privacy, state regulators, and especially State AGs, likely will still be on the beat as data privacy sheriffs.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

Colorado Latest State to Propose Cybersecurity Compliance Rules

The rules for broker-dealers and investment advisers are directed at 'ensuring that each entity has baseline data security procedures in place that are commensurate with its size.'
13 minute read

Legaltech News

Microsoft Hires Ex-FTC Commissioner as Cybersecurity, Privacy Lead

Julie Brill joins the company after roughly a year with Hogan Lovells, where she served as co-director of the firm's privacy and cybersecurity practice.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Microsoft Hires Ex-FTC Commissioner as Cybersecurity, Privacy Lead

Julie Brill joins the company after roughly a year with Hogan Lovells, where she served as co-director of the firm's privacy and cybersecurity practice.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

It's Not You, It's Your Vendor: The Hidden Doorway to Phishing Attacks

Without understanding the potential vulnerabilities service providers may bring, there is not much to protect organizations from highly sophisticated phishing attacks.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Data Privacy and Security Implications of Employee Theft

Rogue employee? While your client scrambles to stem the loss of trade secrets and competitive information, another risk demands attention: data breach.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

Microsoft Hires Ex-FTC Commissioner as Cybersecurity, Privacy Lead

Former commissioner for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Julie Brill will be deputy general counsel and report directly to Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith. Brill joins the company after roughly a year with Hogan Lovells.
9 minute read

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