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Data Breach Civil Liability

BakerHostetler

Sovereign Immunity Is Alive and Well, Even After a Cyberattack

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As highlighted in the Data Security Incident Response Report, government entities such as universities, medical centers, public utilities and transportation services companies have become highly sought-after targets of cyber...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - January 27th, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance education, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Learning From Data Breach Cases To Reduce Legal Risk

The average cost of a data breach is on the rise. According to the 2022 ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report, the average cost in 2021 of recovering from a data breach in the U.S. is $9.5 million — an increase of 16%...more

Oberheiden P.C.

10 Reasons to Hire a Corporate Private Investigator

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Corporate investigations can serve a variety of different purposes. From uncovering accounting fraud to responding to cybersecurity breaches and preparing for litigation, there are various circumstances in which corporate...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear YouDig? Cyber Security Isn’t Fake News

Dear YouDig?, We are an old school company. We admit that we have not adopted technology as fast as we should. Our president believed that a lot of the “fake news” reports out there were made to scare us into stupid...more

Carlton Fields

Baltimore's Three-Week Ransomware Is a Warning for Other Local Governments to Prepare for Cyberattacks

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The Baltimore city government's email and other systems have been offline for more than three weeks as the result of a ransomware attack in early May. This is not the first local government to have been the victim of such...more

White & Case LLP

Chapter 16: Remedies and sanctions – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

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Why does this topic matter to organisations? Whereas the remedies and sanctions available to DPAs under the Directive were comparatively low (generally subject to a maximum of less than €1 million per infringement, with...more

Hogan Lovells

The General Data Protection Regulation timidly opens the doors to data class actions in Europe

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More than 15 years after the adoption of the Data Protection Directive, the European Commission noticed that the current legislative framework on data protection did not adequately deal with the risks associated with online...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

You Might Be an Inside Trader If…You Trade on Your Unconfirmed Suspicions of a Cybersecurity Event Prior to Its Public Revelation...

Earlier this year, the SEC released cybersecurity guidance addressing, among other things, the risk of insider trading in the event of a data breach. This risk comes in multiple forms, including the intruders trading on...more

Fisher Phillips

Is There Automatic Civil Liability For A Data Breach?

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No! It is a common misconception among the general public that someone always has to pay when there is a data breach. It is understandable that individuals affected by a data breach will be upset, distraught, and even angry....more

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