Business Torts, Privacy, Business Organization

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part One) [Video]

by Robert Brownstone | Fenwick & West LLP on 3/19/2013

With data security breaches dominating the headlines and a rising number of employees taking advantage of BYOD, or bring your own device to work policies, businesses have found themselves vulnerable to targets by hackers,...more

SEC v. Hackers: More Cybersecurity Enforcement On The Horizon?

by Robert Cohen, Katherine Lubin, Danielle Van Wert | Orrick - Securities Litigation and Regulatory... on 3/5/2013

Cybersecurity may be the SEC’s newest area for enforcement actions. While the SEC first released Disclosure Guidance concerning cybersecurity in 2011, the recent media attention surrounding significant cybersecurity breaches...more

Missouri Uniform Trade Secrets Act Does Not Protect Customer Information Insufficiently Guarded or Which is not Truly "Trade...

by Williams Venker & Sanders on 2/20/2013

In this case, a corporate successor, Central Trust Investment Company (hereafter also "Central Trust") sued the former employee (Kennedy) of its acquired company, Springfield Trust & Investment Company (hereafter also "STC"),...more

Three Key Data Retention Questions [Video]

by Robert Brownstone | Fenwick & West LLP on 1/22/2013

Your company has been sued – what do you need to consider to comply with data preservation requirements? How do you address litigation holds, ediscovery and data retention? Robert Brownstone, litigation attorney and chair of...more