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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

Insurance Coverage for Cyber Attacks

by Roberta Anderson | K&L Gates LLP on 5/8/2013

There’s no denying that the present-day Internet, while extraordinary, is increasingly scary. Cyber attacks of various types continue to escalate across the globe. As stated by one recent commentator: “Cybercrime is raging...more

Don't Let a Data Breach Diminish Your Retail Profits This Holiday Season

by Thomas (Tom) C. Bell, Vivek Chopra, Todd M. Hinnen, Selena J. Linde, Michael Sussmann | Perkins Coie on 11/30/2012

For the first time, online retail sales exceeded $1 billion on Black Friday and reached nearly $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday this year. Analysts expect this increase in e-commerce to continue, and Forrester Research estimates...more

$6.8 Million Hacking Loss Covered By Insurance

by Miller Canfield on 9/13/2012

If your organization suffers a loss as a result of someone hacking into your network, will your insurance policy's computer fraud rider cover the loss? The answer, of course, depends on the language of your policy and the...more

Sixth Circuit Holds Computer Hacking Losses Covered by Insurance

by BuckleySandler LLP on 9/10/2012

Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court holding that the computer fraud rider to a retailer’s Crime Policy covered losses resulting from the theft of customers’ financial...more

Crime (Policy) Does Pay – Sixth Circuit Holds That Endorsement of Crime Policy Covers Losses from Hacker's Data Breach

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 9/5/2012

Cyber hacking, data breaches and privacy concerns have become commonplace headlines. While not always front page news, one study reported on 1,700 instances of computer hacking, cyber terrorism, and other data breaches in the...more

Checked your insurance policies lately?

by Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 8/28/2012

In a ruling that might provide a new path to data breach insurance coverage, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Inc. has prevailed in its attempt to obtain insurance coverage for losses associated with a data breach under a commercial crime...more

Multi-Million Medicare Fraud and HIPAA Conviction: A Cautionary Tale

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 8/21/2012

The owner of a Long Island medical supply company was convicted last week on charges of a $10.7 million Medicare fraud and wrongful disclosure of private medical information under the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Insuring Against Cybercrime

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/3/2012

Originally published in THE RECORDER February 3, 2012 edition At the same time as we begin to emerge from recent financial dislocations and economic turbulence — and as we face continued uncertainty in the Eurozone,...more