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Cybersecurity Compliance Programs for Law Firms

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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

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

ABA Provides Guidance for Law Firm Data Breaches

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

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Attorneys Must Consider Ethical Obligations Associated with a Data Breach

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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

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Hacking Your Vote From Inside Your Head: How Cambridge Analytica Altered Reality Via Social Media To Induce Specific Voting...

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

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SEC Releases First Cybersecurity Enforcement Action for Failure to Protect Client Data

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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

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