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The legal profession faces unprecedented challenges in securing sensitive client data and maintaining the integrity of digital practice. This webinar focuses on law firms seeking useful information about robust cybersecurity...more
Join our CLE webinar, "Ethics, Cybersecurity & Data Protection: Mastering Competent Representation," as we explore reasonable steps needed for lawyers to comply with the duty of providing competent representation. Dive into...more
The legal profession is under constant threat of cyberattacks and breaches. Cybersecurity challenges exist in many contexts but the legal profession is particularly vulnerable due to its federated environment and disparate...more
Law firms process sensitive information on a daily basis. Confidential client data is targeted by hackers and insiders for a variety of reasons including financial gain or retaliatory purposes. When a law firm has a security...more
On July 16, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama dismissed a putative class action against Sarrell Regional Dental Center for Public Health relating to a 2019 ransomware incident. Data Incident and...more
The bad news first. An estimated 3.5 million cybersecurity positions will be unfilled globally by 2021.* Leaving data security entirely up to the professionals isn’t a viable option. Like it or not we’re all on the...more
In 2018, 1,244 data breaches occurred in the U.S. with over 445.6 million records exposed with a cost of $654 billion. Lawyers make a promise to safeguard confidential client data when they enter into an attorney-client...more
As attorneys, our livelihood is often heavily dependent upon the keeping of secrets. But in this complex electronic-data driven environment we work in, where physical security via locked doors and piercing alarms may no...more
Lawyers don’t get a free pass when it comes to data security. In fact, ethical rules impose a series of obligations on lawyers when they or their firms are subject to a data breach....more
Most attorneys are well aware of statutory obligations that require private and governmental entities to notify individuals of data breaches that involve the loss or disclosure of personally identifiable information. An area...more
We learned some important lessons this week about the dangers inherent to losing control of your customer or client data, either through hacking, internal theft, or poorly designed controls over what your business associates...more
The recent $575,000 settlement with EmblemHealth signals a push from AG Schneiderman “for stronger security laws and hold[ing] businesses accountable for protecting their customers’ personal data.” Noting New York’s “weak and...more
Last week marked the first time a U.S. law firm was publicly named in a class action data security lawsuit. Originally filed in April 2016, the class action complaint in Shore v. Johnson & Bell, Ltd., 16-cv-4363 (N.D. Ill.),...more
Customer data can be a treasure trove for an organization. Many businesses believe customer and prospect data to be their most valuable asset. Unfortunately, some have discovered that, unless handled with care, it can also...more
Tennessee has joined other states in formally approving lawyers’ cloud-storage of client-confidential data. The Board of Professional Responsibility (“BOPR”) held that lawyers ethically may use cloud storage for...more
The SEC’s focus in the action was not on the manner of the firm’s responses to the breach or whether there was any actual harm, but predominantly on the adequacy of the firm’s written policies for safeguarding customer...more