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Defending Data Breach Class Actions

Womble Bond Dickinson on 12/19/2024

Class actions arising from data breach represented the fastest growing segment of class action filings. In 2023, more than 2000 class actions were filed, more than triple the amount filed in 2022. These cases were filed in...more

Privacy Tip – Health Care Sector Continues to Be Hit with Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 6/29/2022

According to the 2022 State of Ransomware Report issued recently by Sophos, it surveyed 5,600 IT professionals from 31 countries, including professionals in the health care sector. Those professionals in the health care...more

Privacy Tip #321 – California AG Warns Consumers About ID Theft from T-Mobile Breach

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/4/2022

On March 2, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta urged individuals affected by the T-Mobile breach in 2021 to take advantage of resources to assist with preventing or responding to identity theft. According to the...more

Privacy Tip #313 – Data Breaches Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/6/2022

According to The Identity Theft Research Center (ITRC), data breaches in 2021 surpassed the previous record year of 2020 by 17 percent. The incidents ranged from the theft of cryptocurrency (Livecoin went out of business...more

Practical Tips to Mitigate the Risk of Being Hacked by Fake IRS or Google Voice Scams

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 11/5/2021

Risk Management Question - What are some of the newest hacking scams that may affect law firms and other businesses? The Issue - On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warnings to be on alert...more

Cybersecurity: How to Protect Yourself and Your Company

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. on 7/25/2019

Just recently, Equifax had the largest-ever settlement for a data breach. They are to pay at least $575 million, and potentially as much as $700 million, to settle allegations over its massive 2017 data breach. What we tell...more

Privacy Tip #198: Cybersecurity for Tax Professionals

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/12/2019

This week, I was honored to again have the opportunity to participate as a speaker at the Internal Revenue Service’s Nationwide Tax Forum 2019 in Washington, D.C. Through a generous grant provided by the American Coalition...more

Client Alert – Employers Beware: ‘Tis the Season for Data Theft

Bowditch & Dewey on 12/18/2018

Because cybercriminals don’t take holidays, December is an appropriate time for all employers to take steps to protect tax data and identities (both their own and their employees’) in advance of the 2019 tax-filing season....more

Cyber Risk and Reality – Procuring Transportation in the 21st Century

Nossaman LLP on 8/13/2016

With the rapid pace of innovation and deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to enhance existing transportation infrastructure, transportation officials frequently procure and manage sophisticated systems that...more

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