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Cybersecurity for Lawyers: A Series

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If you are an attorney covering cybersecurity, not only do you have to stay on top of ever-evolving legal obligations and risks, you have to be able to speak competently with your technical counterparts....more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] Cybersecurity Resilience in Law Firms - March 6th, 9:00 am PT

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The legal profession faces unprecedented challenges in securing sensitive client data and maintaining the integrity of digital practice. This webinar focuses on law firms seeking useful information about robust cybersecurity...more

TransPerfect Legal

[Webinar] Ethics, Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data Protection - March 8th, 9:00 am - 10:15 am PST

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Join our CLE webinar, "Ethics, Cybersecurity & Data Protection: Mastering Competent Representation," as we explore reasonable steps needed for lawyers to comply with the duty of providing competent representation. Dive into...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] Are Large Language Models Like GPT Secure? A Look at the Technology and the Law. - September 28th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm BST

In an age of digital transformation, the legal industry is increasingly thinking about using AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT for document review, legal research, and even writing legal briefs. Yet, in our...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] Are Large Language Models Like GPT Secure? A Look at the Technology and the Law - September 13th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

In an age of digital transformation, the legal industry is increasingly thinking about using AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT for document review, legal research, and even writing legal briefs. Yet, in our...more

HaystackID

[Webinar] M365 for Law Firms and Lawyers: Purview Premium eDiscovery and Security, Capabilities and War Stories - August 30th,...

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In the digital age, law firms have faced increased pressure to protect exponentially growing amounts of data under their management, especially since they have become major targets for bad actors seeking to profit by stealing...more

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[Webinar] Cyber Sidebar: The NIST Cybersecurity Framework Applied to the Legal Profession - November 15th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

The legal profession is under constant threat of cyberattacks and breaches. Cybersecurity challenges exist in many contexts but the legal profession is particularly vulnerable due to its federated environment and disparate...more

U.S. Legal Support

[Webinar] Culture of Confidentiality: How to ensure your external vendors are mitigating cybersecurity risk - July 20th, 10:00 am...

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Despite strengthening security across and beyond the business, many legal organizations overlook a critical vulnerability with surprising frequency – the risk presented by third parties. Cybersecurity risk is further...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Cybersecurity Compliance Programs for Law Firms

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Law firms process sensitive information on a daily basis. Confidential client data is targeted by hackers and insiders for a variety of reasons including financial gain or retaliatory purposes. When a law firm has a security...more

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E-Discovery Gold Nuggets

Offering tips to help legal professionals with e-discovery, Daniel Gold’s “E-Discovery Gold Nuggets” highlight the newest legal technology lessons and challenges. Originally a series of short video clips on LinkedIn, ACEDS is...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

ACC Launches Data Steward Program: An Approach To Assessing Law Firm Data Security

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On December 8th, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), which represents over 45,000 in-house counsel across 85 countries, announced the launch of its Data Steward Program (DSP) to help organizations and their law firms...more

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Putting Data Security First: 3 Simple Steps

The bad news first. An estimated 3.5 million cybersecurity positions will be unfilled globally by 2021.* Leaving data security entirely up to the professionals isn’t a viable option. Like it or not we’re all on the...more

Epiq

ABA Issues Opinion - How To Respond to Data Breaches

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In 2018, 1,244 data breaches occurred in the U.S. with over 445.6 million records exposed with a cost of $654 billion. Lawyers make a promise to safeguard confidential client data when they enter into an attorney-client...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

ABA Provides Guidance for Law Firm Data Breaches

Lawyers don’t get a free pass when it comes to data security. In fact, ethical rules impose a series of obligations on lawyers when they or their firms are subject to a data breach....more

Fisher Phillips

Attorneys Must Consider Ethical Obligations Associated with a Data Breach

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Most attorneys are well aware of statutory obligations that require private and governmental entities to notify individuals of data breaches that involve the loss or disclosure of personally identifiable information. An area...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York Settles EmblemHealth Breach for $575,000

The recent $575,000 settlement with EmblemHealth signals a push from AG Schneiderman “for stronger security laws and hold[ing] businesses accountable for protecting their customers’ personal data.” Noting New York’s “weak and...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Wake-Up Call: Law Firms in the Cybersecurity Crosshairs

Last week marked the first time a U.S. law firm was publicly named in a class action data security lawsuit. Originally filed in April 2016, the class action complaint in Shore v. Johnson & Bell, Ltd., 16-cv-4363 (N.D. Ill.),...more

Burr & Forman

TN Ethics Opinion Approves Lawyers’ Cloud Storage of Client Data

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Tennessee has joined other states in formally approving lawyers’ cloud-storage of client-confidential data. The Board of Professional Responsibility (“BOPR”) held that lawyers ethically may use cloud storage for...more

Troutman Pepper

SEC Releases First Cybersecurity Enforcement Action for Failure to Protect Client Data

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The SEC’s focus in the action was not on the manner of the firm’s responses to the breach or whether there was any actual harm, but predominantly on the adequacy of the firm’s written policies for safeguarding customer...more

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