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Congress Enacts CLOUD Act within Omnibus Spending Bill to Address Overseas Storage of Electronic Data, Potentially Mooting Supreme...

On March 23, 2018, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (H.R. 1625), an omnibus spending bill that includes the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (the CLOUD Act)....more

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Which is Better: eDiscovery in the Cloud or eDiscovery in a Data Center?

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This commonly asked question is actually a false dichotomy – in reality, neither the cloud nor a data center is better, because the cloud is a data center. “The cloud” is often used as a buzzword to give the impression of...more

Bracewell LLP

Hey, You, Get Off Of My Cloud – New DOJ Approach To Remote Data Storage

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Last month, the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division (“CCIPS”) issued new guidance advising prosecutors seeking enterprise customer data stored “in the cloud” to attempt...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In the Cloud: DOJ Issues New Guidance for Collecting Stored Data

The Justice Department is changing its approach to collecting data stored in the cloud. That’s the upshot of new DOJ guidance for criminal investigations issued late last month. The guidance, from the DOJ’s Computer Crime...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Cloud Computing 101: Tips to Control Waste

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In an industry poised to exceed $250 billion in the the coming years, there isn’t a better time to review your cloud deals to ensure your company is getting maximum value for its cloud spend. As Ian Barker reports in this...more

Winstead PC

Is it HIPAA or HIPPA? Either way, it still applies.

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I have negotiated hundreds of SaaS agreements for dozens of software companies and I always hated when the company on the other side was a healthcare provider. Invariably, they would bring up Protected Health Information...more

Jaburg Wilk

Do You Know Where Your Data Is Located? Why Knowing is Half the Battle

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Whether you realize it or not, you are probably storing some personal or business data in the cloud. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines cloud computing as a model for enabling ubiquitous,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Considering E-Discovery in Cloud Contracts

Earlier this year, I predicted that 2016 would be a year of increased focus on e-discovery from cloud-based sources and postulated that many organizations would demand better e-discovery solutions and increased cooperation...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Second Circuit Eases Tension Between U.S. Discovery Requirements and EU Privacy Laws

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Microsoft scored an important victory when the Second Circuit ruled that the government is not authorized to issue warrants for customer data stored overseas. In re Warrant to Search a Certain E-mail Account Controlled &...more

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Government Access to Private Data: Microsoft Opens a New Front in the Battle for Consumer Privacy

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Prior to the Information Age, sensitive papers were stored in file cabinets and drawers. When home computers arrived, information was digitized and moved to hard drives or other electronic media, still possessed by the user....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Systema Software exposes information of 1.5 million on Amazon Web Service

Systema Software, which provides software solutions for claims management, is investigating a breach (although it was discovered, accessed and confirmed by an independent third party) involving information of 1.5 million...more

King & Spalding

New York Banks Agree To Conditions For Use Of New Communication Platform

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On Monday, September 14, 2015, four major banks signed agreements with New York’s Department of Financial Services to regulate their use of a new financial messaging platform provided by Symphony Communication Services...more

Polsinelli

Cybersecurity for Startups Now a Cost of Entry for Consideration by Larger Clients: What is Your Company's Plan?

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For technology startups, maintaining strong security controls remains vital to winning new business opportunities and strengthening existing relationships. Despite the global spike in cybersecurity attacks (there were 42.8...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Trade Secrets, Security, and Cloud Computing: Best Practices Now

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As businesses increasingly store and access confidential information in the cloud, questions arise as to how to safeguard a company’s private data once it becomes part of an external computing network. Standards for...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Proposed Change to Export Controls Would Allow Use of the Cloud for Encrypted Data

On June 3, 2015 the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published proposed regulations which would change the definition of the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Both Sides Now: Cloud Security and Privacy Enter the Modern Era with ISO 27018

Until recently, many cloud users felt like Joni Mitchell in her classic song, “Both Sides Now.” No matter how you looked at clouds, you never really understood them, how they worked, or what happened inside them. Cloud...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

IP | Trend: Data in the Cloud is the Next Big Storm?

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Convenience, accessibility, and cost have led companies and their employees to put an increased amount of data in the cloud. But, does this put corporate data at risk? Attorneys Seth Northrop and Sam Walling discuss some of...more

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

ESI & Electronic Discovery - October 3, 2013

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The emergence of mid-size firms outside the major metropolitan areas as players in the Ediscovery market is coming. Clients who are tired of soaring document hosting and review costs associated with Big Data will appreciate...more

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