Cybertheft

Trade Secret “Watch List”: Bill Would Establish Monitoring List Of Countries Engaging In Cybertheft, And Make U.S. Intelligence...

by Robert Isackson | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/10/2013

Here’s another sign of the rising urgency of trade secret theft as a national security issue: the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee wants the head of the nation’s intelligence bureaucracy to track countries that...more

Missouri Court Rules Against $440,000 Cyberheist Victim

by Bernstein Shur on 4/22/2013

A Missouri court last week handed a legal defeat to a local escrow firm that sued its financial institution to recover $440,000 stolen in a 2009 cyberheist. The court ruled that the company assumed greater responsibility for...more

Obama Administration Solicits Public Help in Preventing Foreign Trade Secret Theft

by Joshua Rich | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/22/2013

On Tuesday, the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Victoria Espinel, published a notice in the Federal Register "requesting any recommendations for legislative changes that would enhance enforcement against,...more

Christopher Garcia on Cyber Security [Video]

by LEVICK on 3/7/2013

In this LEVICK Daily video interview, we discuss cyber security with Christopher Garcia, a partner in the securities litigation practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP. Amid an epidemic of data loss and theft, companies need...more

Obama Administration Trade Secret Report Raises Important IP, Business, and Securities Issues

by Matthew P. Allen, Kathleen Koppenhoefer, Michael Simoni | Miller Canfield on 2/28/2013

The Obama Administration’s recent “Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets” makes clear the importance for businesses to be aware of and understand the international threats to their intellectual property, the...more

Cord Blood Bank Settles FTC Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers’ Sensitive Personal Information

by King & Spalding on 2/5/2013

On January 28, 2013, CBR Systems, Inc. (CBR) agreed to settle FTC charges that it failed to protect its customers’ personal information, including nearly 300,000 customers’ Social Security numbers and credit and debit card...more

The Sony data breach fine: A hand-slap from London now, but what would it have been under the proposed new EU Data Protection...

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/25/2013

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Sony £250,000 for the widely publicized 2011 security breach during which hackers gained access to personal data (including credit card information) of over 77 million...more

Second Circuit Rules U.S. Court Has Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Employee Who Allegedly Misappropriated Trade Secrets...

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/11/2013

Last month, a federal appeals court issued a ruling permitting an employer in Connecticut to pursue a claim against a former employee who allegedly misappropriated the employer's confidential information from outside the...more

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Trade Secret “Watch List”: Bill Would Establish Monitoring List Of Countries Engaging In Cybertheft, And Make U.S. Intelligence...

Missouri Court Rules Against $440,000 Cyberheist Victim

Obama Administration Solicits Public Help in Preventing Foreign Trade Secret Theft

Christopher Garcia on Cyber Security [Video]

Obama Administration Trade Secret Report Raises Important IP, Business, and Securities Issues

Cord Blood Bank Settles FTC Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers’ Sensitive Personal Information

The Sony data breach fine: A hand-slap from London now, but what would it have been under the proposed new EU Data Protection...

Second Circuit Rules U.S. Court Has Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Employee Who Allegedly Misappropriated Trade Secrets...

Network Interference: A Legal Guide to the Commercial Risks and Rewards of the Social Media Phenomenon (2nd Edition)

Effective Data-Use Policies Can Have “Far-Reaching” Benefits in Cracking Down on Employee Cyber Theft

OCC Issues Alert On DDoS Cyber Attacks

When Banks Are on the Hook for Cybertheft

Christopher Garcia on Cyber Security [Video]

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