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Guidepost Solutions LLC

Cyber Bullets for Small Law Firms

In our rapidly evolving digital landscape, all organizations are facing an onslaught of cybersecurity threats. According to recent research, victims of cyber attacks paid out a record $1.1 billion last year and have already...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Can employers face liability when a cyber-attacker steals funds from an employee's individual 401(k) account?

Retirement plans face increased risks for cyber-attacks resulting in theft of plan assets. Few entities can keep up with the pace set by cyber-criminals for theft from accounts, and security requirements for industries...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 10. Privacy Briefs: October 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 10 (October, 2022) - Thirty Democratic senators led by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have called on HHS to strengthen federal privacy protections under HIPAA to broadly restrict providers...more

AEON Law

Patent Poetry: Jury Awards $2 Billion in Trade Secret Theft Case

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A jury in Virginia has awarded software company Appian Corp. more than $2 billion in damages, finding that its competitor, Pegasystems Inc., had stolen its trade secrets. As Reuters reported, Appian, based in McLean,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup November 29 – December 3, 2021

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 29, 2021 – December 3, 2021... November 29, 2021: The IRS published a news release...more

Burr & Forman

Insurance Coverage for Cybercrimes in the Wake of COVID-19

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Attorneys are well aware of the ways in which corporate clients are increasingly conducting their business and affairs electronically. A business may routinely place orders with trusted vendors via e-mail, rely on the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Maritime industry beware: hacking pirates are targeting valuable cargo

As I have written before, I am a big fan of the sharing of cyber intrusion information so all industries can learn from one another. No industry is immune from cyber-attacks. But this is a new one, and good to know for...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

UPDATE: Sur-Sur-Sur Reply Highlights The Short Arm Of U.S. Law In Trade Secret Theft

A few months ago, we discussed the federal government’s difficulties prosecuting foreign companies and individuals for theft of U.S. trade secrets. We highlighted three cases in which foreign defendants effectively stalled...more

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