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Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0 - Part 2

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/20/2024

This is the second article in our two-part series on Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0, focusing on the legal implications and potential liabilities manufacturers face from cyberattacks, as well as practical...more

Privacy Briefs: September 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 9/20/2024

The HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying 946,801 people whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information...more

[Webcast Transcript] From Breach to Insight: Incident Response & PII Recovery

HaystackID on 6/6/2024

Editor’s Note: In this informative webcast, Christopher Wall, DPO and Special Counsel for Global Privacy and Forensics at HaystackID, moderates a compelling discussion titled “From Breach to Insight: Incident Response and PII...more

[Webcast Transcript] Proper Hygiene Matters: Three Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection Challenges and Solutions

HaystackID on 3/28/2023

Editor’s Note: HaystackID hosted an educational webcast on March 15, 2023, to discuss the growing importance of cyber and data hygiene in the context of privacy, cybersecurity, and data protection. The webcast focused on how...more

Cybersecurity and eDiscovery: What you need to know about your vendor

Array on 1/31/2023

Baker McKenzie recently released their sixth annual edition of ‘The Year Ahead: Global Disputes Forecast’ in which senior legal and risk leaders share what they expect to see in the coming year. From an overarching...more

How to Improve Information Governance and Cyber Security

TransPerfect Legal on 8/5/2021

Australian government research shows cyber-crime is costing the Australian economy approximately $3.5 billion a year. In fact, the government is considering whether to impose personal liability on corporate directors for...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 6

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/1/2021

Binance Probed by CFTC Over Whether U.S. Residents Traded - "Binance, which has an office in Singapore but says it lacks a single corporate headquarters, hasn’t been accused of misconduct and the investigation may not lead...more

Privacy Developments in China, Singapore and Hong Kong

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/25/2019

International companies should keep in mind recent developments coming out of Asia on the privacy front. Chinese authorities are reported to be confiscating smartphones at the border to install surveillance apps. Companies...more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | February 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 2/7/2019

Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more

Vulnerable Vendors: Automakers’ Data Breach Highlights Importance of Vendor Cybersecurity

Fisher Phillips on 9/10/2018

This summer, several automakers, including Tesla, Toyota, General Motors, Ford, and Volkswagen learned that their closely held trade secrets were readily available on the internet. The source? An unprotected back-up server....more

A New Month, A New Compliance Deadline In The European Union: What Businesses Need To Know About The EU Trade Secrets Directive

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 6/21/2018

Just days after the European Union’s widely-discussed new data privacy regulations, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), took effect on May 25, 2018, another EU-wide legal change quietly occurred. ...more

Are You Doing Enough to Protect Your Company's Secrets?

Fisher Phillips on 10/19/2017

A decade ago, I litigated a trade secret/unfair competition dispute between two large plastics manufacturers. The Plaintiff was based in southwest Florida, the Defendant in southern Alabama. The factual dispute is...more

Cyber Insurance: Get What You Pay For

Fisher Phillips on 8/4/2017

Due to the increasing number of successful and attempted cyber-attacks and increased government scrutiny surrounding protection of confidential information, companies cannot ignore the various risks associated with potential...more

Cybersecurity 2017 – The Year In Preview: Trade Secret Theft Takes Center Stage

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 11/21/2016

Editor’s Note: This is the first of an end-of-year series of posts examining coming trends in cybersecurity. Posts will examine trends in state regulations, federal regulatory authority, the changing nature of the threat...more

Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Company’s Data

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP on 3/10/2016

You know how important data is to your business and you have been hearing about data breaches for more than a decade, but where do you find a simple, straightforward summary of how to protect your company? That is a question...more

New York Stock Exchange releases cybersecurity guide for public companies

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/23/2015

We continue to urge CEOs and boards of public companies (and private and not-for profits) to harken the call of getting a handle on cybersecurity risk to companies today. Not too soon, the New York Stock Exchange published a...more

That is SO last week - October 2015

Zelle LLP on 10/6/2015

Last week saw a lot of media coverage about “Yelp for People.” The app, called Peeple, allows users to rate friends, co-workers, and romantic partners based on a five-star rating system. Recruiters could review the ratings...more

Project CAMERASHY Details Cyberespionage By China’s Military

King & Spalding on 10/1/2015

In a story reminiscent of a Tom Clancy plot, the Wall Street Journal reported last Thursday on “meticulously documented” cyberespionage conducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) Unit 78020 to further strategic...more

U.S. Considers Sanctions Against China For Cyber Hacking And Trade Secret Misappropriation

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 9/8/2015

You may have missed it this past weekend, but reports indicate the United States is considering sanctioning Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited from their government’s alleged cyber hacking of U.S. trade...more

Throwback Thursday: Why Trade Secret Theft Isn’t Just a Digital Problem And What Businesses Can Do About It

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 9/4/2015

With stories of cyberattacks and data breaches on a seemingly endless loop, businesses and governments have been doubling down on their efforts to protect digital information and assets. But, in some industries, the greatest...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - July - August 2015

King & Spalding on 8/6/2015

Protecting Trade Secrets in the Era of the Data Breach - The prevalence of data breaches cannot be ignored. New data breaches continue to occur one after an-other. In the first half of 2015 alone there were reports of...more

Hacking Your Rivals – Corporate Espionage in Major League Baseball

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 7/13/2015

As we approach the dog days of summer, baseball season is again in full bloom. We previously discussed old-fashioned sign stealing in the context of teams trying to gain a competitive advantage during an actual game. But it...more

Will Your Cyber Insurance Respond When You Need It Most?

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/26/2015

On May 7, Columbia Casualty Company, an insurance company, filed one of the first lawsuits by an insurer seeking to deny coverage for a privacy class action under a cyber insurance policy. Why is this significant? As the...more

Employment Law Commentary -- Volume 26, Issue 7 July 2014 -- Building A Workforce Culture Of Data Security In The Post-Snowden Era

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/1/2014

Last month’s Employment Law Commentary discussed the high level of international attention now being paid to protecting trade secrets from misappropriation, with recommendations for practical steps that companies may take to...more

3 Data Breach Liability and Care Standards to Know Now

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/19/2014

Privacy and Cyber Security Litigation (PCS Litigation) has recently experienced extensive growth, particularly when it comes to the liabilities associated with a data breach. PCS Litigation involving data breach may be...more

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