Cybersecurity, Trade Secrets, Cyber Crimes

How to Improve Information Governance and Cyber Security

TransPerfect Legal on 8/5/2021

Australian government research shows cyber-crime is costing the Australian economy approximately $3.5 billion a year. In fact, the government is considering whether to impose personal liability on corporate directors for...more

[Webinar] Primers for Pandemic Litigation Update - Critical Assets at Risk: Protecting Data Privacy and Trade Secrets during...

Blank Rome LLP on 6/12/2020

With the COVID-19 related increase in remote work, anxious employees are being increasingly targeted by cyber criminals and hackers with phishing scams, business e-mail compromise schemes, and malicious ransomware. At the...more

Cybercriminals' New Target: COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines

BakerHostetler on 5/15/2020

In March 2020, the U.S. government took extreme measures to crack down on the spread of COVID-19, including largely shutting down international air travel. However, no quarantine, lockdown, or social distancing measure...more

COVID-19 Update: Protecting Trade Secrets In The Midst Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/6/2020

Millions of Americans and others around the globe have been told to work from home in order to blunt the spread of COVID-19. In short order, companies have been faced with unprecedented strain on internal networks and demands...more

Fiduciary Duties With Respect To Trade Secrets For Dual Or Multiple Directors

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/13/2018

The purpose of this short paper is to ‘join the dots’ between a director’s fiduciary duties and especially a person holding dual or multiple directorships and trade secrets....more

Cybersecurity 2017 – The Year In Preview: Trade Secret Theft Takes Center Stage

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 11/21/2016

Editor’s Note: This is the first of an end-of-year series of posts examining coming trends in cybersecurity. Posts will examine trends in state regulations, federal regulatory authority, the changing nature of the threat...more

Testing the Limits – Cyber Coverage Litigation Update

Locke Lord LLP on 3/2/2016

The growing percentage of businesses that purchase cyber security and data privacy insurance portends a growing number of claims and, inevitably, litigation over some of those claims. Wells Fargo’s 2015 Cyber Security and...more

New York Stock Exchange releases cybersecurity guide for public companies

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/23/2015

We continue to urge CEOs and boards of public companies (and private and not-for profits) to harken the call of getting a handle on cybersecurity risk to companies today. Not too soon, the New York Stock Exchange published a...more

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Features Key Developments in Intellectual Property and Information Technology

King & Spalding on 10/8/2015

On October 5, the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) countries announced that they had resolved all remaining issues and reached a final agreement on the long-anticipated regional free-trade agreement. As King & Spalding...more

Trade & Manufacturing - News of Note - October 2015

King & Spalding on 10/8/2015

President Xi's State Visit Brings Announcements on Cybersecurity and Climate Change - In late September, Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to the United States. Cybersecurity and climate change...more

Project CAMERASHY Details Cyberespionage By China’s Military

King & Spalding on 10/1/2015

In a story reminiscent of a Tom Clancy plot, the Wall Street Journal reported last Thursday on “meticulously documented” cyberespionage conducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) Unit 78020 to further strategic...more

U.S. Considers Sanctions Against China For Cyber Hacking And Trade Secret Misappropriation

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 9/8/2015

You may have missed it this past weekend, but reports indicate the United States is considering sanctioning Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited from their government’s alleged cyber hacking of U.S. trade...more

Throwback Thursday: Why Trade Secret Theft Isn’t Just a Digital Problem And What Businesses Can Do About It

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 9/4/2015

With stories of cyberattacks and data breaches on a seemingly endless loop, businesses and governments have been doubling down on their efforts to protect digital information and assets. But, in some industries, the greatest...more

Hacking Your Rivals – Corporate Espionage in Major League Baseball

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 7/13/2015

As we approach the dog days of summer, baseball season is again in full bloom. We previously discussed old-fashioned sign stealing in the context of teams trying to gain a competitive advantage during an actual game. But it...more

Five Minutes With … National Security and Cybercrime Professor Ahmed Ghappour

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 3/23/2015

This marks the inaugural “Five Minutes With” feature that Trade Secrets Watch will run occasionally. These will be question-and-answers with notable figures in the trade secrets world. TSW got a chance to sit down with UC...more

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