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New Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice Before USPTO

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published guidance on the use of artificial intelligence-based tools in patent practice to inform practitioners of important issues when using Artificial Intelligence (AI)...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Enhancing Security in Law Firms: The Imperative of Multi-Factor Authentication

In today’s digital age landscape, where 27% of law firms experience security breaches, protecting sensitive client information is paramount for legal professionals. With cyber threats becoming more sophisticated, relying...more

TransPerfect Legal

Three Strategies to Prevent Departing Employees from Absconding with Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Business Information

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One of the biggest threats to modern corporations involves departing employees who take confidential business information (CBI) and/or trade secrets with them prior to or upon their departure. Indeed, the misappropriation of...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Using Technology to Trim Litigation Costs

The emergence of artificial intelligence as a critical legal technology has prompted discussions among law firm leaders regarding how AI usage should be disclosed to clients and who – the law firm or the client – should...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

HHS Cybersecurity Performance Goals and the Healthcare Industry

The healthcare industry is a major target for cyberattacks because of all of the personal information collected from patients. Recognizing that the healthcare industry is such a ripe hunting ground for cybercriminals, the...more

Cozen O'Connor

AI Is Not Just eDiscovery’s Future — It’s Also Its Past

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Generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard have dominated headlines for months as people consider the possibilities and pitfalls of their uses in a variety of fields, from writing poetry to generating...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Using AI in Human Resources: Generative AI in the Workplace

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This post is the third in a three-part series examining the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Human Resources. In Part I, we explored some of AI’s uses in the workplace and potential legal complications with the...more

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Protecting Your Business in a Digital World: Top 10 Questions for Internal Teams and Stakeholders

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The questions below are intended to help in-house counsel obtain the most important information related to technology projects so they can evaluate risks to the company’s data, intellectual property, and commercial interests,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Collision at the Intersection of Construction and Intellectual Property Law: Are You Protecting Your Firm's Trade Secrets?

The construction industry is full of valuable business information including customer lists, pricing information, project budgets, and more. The value of such information may be lost if it becomes known to a competitor or the...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

How Lawyers Can Prepare for the Future of AI in Legal with Bert Kaminski, Director of Legal for Google Cloud

Bert Kaminski is a seasoned legal counsel in the technology industry, specializing in advanced and emerging fields such as cloud computing, internet of things, artificial intelligence, data science & machine learning.  Bert...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NYDFS Issues Ransomware Guidance

The New York State Department of Financial Services recently announced new guidance addressing ransomware attacks, and highlighting cybersecurity measures to significantly reduce the risk of an attack. The guidance comes as...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Lawyers, Be Tough Customers When Purchasing Technology

Lawyers, ask yourselves:  Can I ethically connect my work laptop computer to an unsecured public Wi-Fi network? What data security measures are in place at the technology vendors that store and process my clients’...more

Clark Hill PLC

Eight Data-Related Provisions That Might be Missing from Your Professional Services Agreement

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Modern business requires the engagement of professional services providers, such as IT services, marketing, software, data hosting, or other needed services. Far too often, though, the agreements governing these relationships...more

Lighthouse

Does Cellular 5G Equal 5x the Fraud and Misconduct Risk?

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Increased cellular speed through mobile devices offer increased opportunity for fraudsters to circumvent corporate IT controls by using shadow IT platforms to infiltrate proprietary and confidential data at scale, wreak havoc...more

Fisher Phillips

Not If But When: Cybercrime Targets Telework

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have deserted the physical workplace. Modern technology and remote access capabilities have made it possible to transform almost any job to a telework position. As...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Uber Criminal Complaint Raises the Stakes for Breach Response

On August 20, 2020, a criminal complaint was filed charging Joseph Sullivan, Uber’s former chief security officer, with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony in connection with an alleged attempted cover-up of a...more

Nossaman LLP

Preparing to Return to the Office: Trade Secrets in the Post-Pandemic World

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It is often said that every crisis also presents an opportunity. The current COVID-19 pandemic presents the chance to revise and improve protective strategies for trade secrets. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Conducting Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Investigations Remotely

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One of the first things a company should do when it suspects that its trade secrets have been compromised or that an employee has violated post-employment restrictive covenants is to conduct an investigation. ...more

King & Spalding

Energy Newsletter - April 2020

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Developing Contingency Plans: The NYDFS Mandate on Licensed Virtual Currency Businesses - The events surrounding COVID-19 have increased the use of fintech products, both out of necessity and convenience. Shelter-in-place...more

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New York Dept of Financial Services (NYDFS) Extends Cybersecurity Compliance Deadline

The NYDFS has announced that it has extended the deadline for compliance with certain cybersecurity requirements due to the coronavirus emergency. The announcement from the Superintendent of Financial Services of the State...more

Hogan Lovells

EU: 5 tips to protect your trade secrets during the COVID-19 emergency

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While COVID-19 dramatically spreads across Europe, all companies are being forced to implement new large scale remote working arrangements. During these times of crisis, it’s easy for proprietary and confidential information...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Can Hackers be Ethical, not Evil?

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We are increasingly seeing situations in which a client’s information systems are breached by an ethical hacker. Typically, they take a screen shot or two of data to prove their accomplishment, carefully redact any...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Increasing Importance of Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Asset Management Explained

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Trade secrets have, up until recently, been somewhat ignored. When I started to pay attention to trade secrets, some of my colleagues and contacts probably thought that I was mad. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

A Value Add to Employee Security Education: Mobile Apps

While we have been talking about the very important message of educating employees about data security, I find that giving employees tips about their personal data security keeps them interested and engaged during education...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation 18-month Compliance Deadline Arrives

On September 4, 2018, the third stage of compliance deadlines under the New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) expansive cybersecurity regulation went into effect....more

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