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Cybersecurity’s Role in Legal Transcription

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Legal transcription services play a vital role in legal matters, ensuring that live oral arguments and other audio or video content are fully accessible to all stakeholders in text. When managing transcription...more

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[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

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[Webinar] Addressing the Cybersecurity Threat Landscape in the Legal Services Industry - June 29th, 10:00 am PDT

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A roundtable discussion with top cybersecurity and industry experts - Cybersecurity needs to be at the forefront of any business, but particularly for those who work in the legal sector. Cybersecurity threats are not only...more

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Why a Global Approach to InfoGov is Necessary with Today’s Emerging Markets

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The Legal Technology industry tends to focus heavily on North America, and in many ways, it’s easy to see why. After all, technologies and workflows must align with the jurisdictions they are serving, which vary not only from...more

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Law Firms and Cyber Attacks: InfoGov Isn't Just for Corporate Legal Teams Anymore

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From the beginning, Information Governance, or InfoGov, has been focused on helping Corporations manage their data, often involving the legal, compliance, and IT departments working together. But what about a corporation’s...more

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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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ABA Issues Formal Opinion Detailing Lawyer Obligations Relating to Cyber Attack Incidents

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Law firms—more so than other business entities—are prime targets, and victims, of computer-network penetration and data theft. Law firms have access to their clients’ personal information, including sensitive, heavily...more

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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

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ABA Issues New Cybersecurity Ethics Rules for Lawyers

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Lawyers are advisors and advocates. Clients trust lawyers to preserve secrets, confidential matters that when disclosed could cause financial or reputational damage. A significant element of legal representation involves...more

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ABA Encourages Encryption of Emails When Transmitting Confidential Client Information

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In a recent formal Ethics Opinion, the American Bar Association stressed that lawyers must make reasonable efforts to prevent inadvertent or unauthorized access to confidential information relating to the representation of...more

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Untrusted Advisor: How Your Law Firm May Fail to Protect Your Data

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In recent years, the prevalence of data and information security breaches at major corporations have become increasingly more commonplace. While general awareness may be increasing, many companies are still neglecting to...more

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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

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