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Defending Your Law Firm Against Cyber Threats

In an increasingly digitized world, law firms are prime targets for sophisticated cyber threats that can result in substantial financial losses and reputational damage. Recently, a prominent law firm, esteemed for its...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Safeguarding Against the Rise of Deepfake Scams: What Employers and Employees Need to Know

A recent deepfake scam has rocked the financial landscape of Hong Kong, demonstrating the extreme lengths to which cybercriminals are willing to go to defraud unsuspecting victims. This sophisticated scheme, which saw...more

Hogan Lovells

Partially relieved – Hong Kong court judgment highlights difficulties facing cyber fraud victims in seeking recovery

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The Hong Kong Court of First Instance in Edison Norge As v. BZZ Ltd [2021] HKCFI 135 has granted default judgment against email fraudsters whilst granting the declaratory relief applied for only in part. This decision...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Owners and Contractors Beware! Electronic Payments in Construction Are Subject to Increased Fraud

While electronic funds transfer is considered a convenient and quicker way to process payments and receive funds on construction projects, this practice presents significant risk to project participants. Contractual and...more

A&O Shearman

Can a Cyber Breach Be a Violation of Internal Controls? The SEC Says, ‘Maybe’

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On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report outlining an investigation conducted by the SEC’s Division of Enforcement related to the internal accounting controls at nine public companies...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Special Report: Rampant Business Email Compromises Require Reassessment of Internal Accounting Controls

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has joined the government chorus in sounding the alarm about the rapid rise in "business email compromises" that are victimizing organizations across industry sectors....more

Locke Lord LLP

Cyber Threats and Internal Accounting Controls

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On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an investigative report (see here) pursuant to Section 21(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) warning public companies that...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Social Engineering Scam Covered By Cyber Insurance

The Sixth Circuit recently entered a ruling in American Tooling Center, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. of America, 2018 WL 3404708 (6th Cir. July 13, 2018), soundly rejecting a cyber carrier’s extremely narrow...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Fraud and Forgery: From Vintage Violins to Today’s Real Estate Transaction

Fraud has a long history. In a recent blog in the Orchestrating Real Estate Series, New Things to Consider in Section 1031 after the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, I discussed how famous violin maker Jean-Phillipe...more

Carlton Fields

Scratching the Surface: The FTC’s Phishing Tips for Victim Companies Are a Good First Step but Companies Should Not Stop There

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In one type of phishing, fraudsters impersonate your business when contacting consumers. Phishing victims think they’re giving information to your company — by phone or Internet —but instead give personal or financial...more

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WIPO - France: Domain name used for cyber fraud

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In a recent decision under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a Panel ordered the transfer of a domain name because, although it had never been...more

King & Spalding

Another Cyber Coverage Gap? Some Carriers Resisting Coverage Of Commercial Cyber Fraud

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In the fast-developing world of cyber threats and corresponding cyber coverage, at least two insurance carriers are pushing back against covering losses arising out the transfer of funds to cyber fraudsters after employees...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Business E-mail Compromise Scam v2.0

In March, we reported on the Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) scam where criminals target employees responsible for wiring company money, and trick them into wiring money under false pretenses to fraudulent accounts...more

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