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With Threats Rising, New York Mandates Cybersecurity Training for Lawyers

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC on 11/21/2022

Beginning January 1, 2023, all attorneys in New York must take continuing legal education courses on cybersecurity topics as a condition of practicing law in New York. The new continuing legal education requirement, the first...more

ABA’s Innovation Trends Report: What law firms should know

Array on 10/25/2022

Law firms and the legal profession as a whole have the long-held reputation of being slow to innovate andstymied in tradition. In 2016 the American Bar Association launched its Center for Innovation to guide “innovations...more

New York Could Become the First State to Require Cybersecurity CLE

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/4/2020

New York attorneys could soon have to complete cybersecurity training courses to satisfy their continuing legal education (“CLE”) requirement. The House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”) has...more

Trouble in Paradise: No Privilege for Stolen Documents

Jones Day on 9/9/2019

The Situation: In an era of sophisticated cyberattacks and data leaks, questions have been raised over whether the doctrine of legal professional privilege ("LPP") should be extended to provide clients with a legal right to...more

Interactive Map Offers Easy Access to Data Breach Laws by State

BakerHostetler on 9/20/2018

An enhanced resource for analysis of data breach notification laws for all 50 states is now just a click away. BakerHostetler combined two of its state breach notification law resources (a summary of the laws and a guide to...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/2/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine California's new sweeping privacy law, two U.S. agencies' report on "botnet" threats and the European Parliament's call to suspend the Privacy Shield....more

On GDPR Day, Austrian DPA issues First Binding DPIA Whitelist

Alston & Bird on 5/29/2018

The GDPR entered into force on May 25, 2018. One of the GDPR’s core going-forward obligations is the duty to conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) over processing activities that create a “high risk” to...more

Closing Attorney Scams: Avoiding Fraudulent Wire Transfers

Baker Donelson on 2/28/2018

As we move into the busy spring real estate cycle, criminals are targeting real estate agents and closing attorneys with increasing frequency. The scam begins with what appears to be a legitimate email from a party involved...more

GDPR May 25th Deadline Approaching – Businesses Globally Will Feel Impact

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 2/12/2018

In less than four months, the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR" or the "Regulation") will take effect in the European Union/European Economic Area, giving individuals in the EU/EEA greater control over their...more

When It Comes to Cybersecurity, Passwords are Passé

Maynard Nexsen on 12/7/2017

In the ever-changing landscape of data security, it is increasingly clear that law firms of all sizes, from the one-lawyer shop to the 1,000-lawyer megafirm, are being targeted by hackers. As the methods used to gain access...more

GDPR Breach Notification Checklist

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/28/2017

U.S. companies now have to consider breach notification requirements under the GDPR in addition to data breach notification laws in the U.S. (enacted by 48 states and numerous regulators). Follow our chart to determine if...more

The CFAA: Shield or Anti-Competitive Sword in the World of Data Scraping?

Fish & Richardson on 10/5/2017

Most people think of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. § 1030, as the federal criminal statute addressing computer hacking and other cybercrime. But as more and more businesses vest their enterprise value in...more

First Cyberspace Court set up in China: the Chinese judiciary enters the digital age

Hogan Lovells on 8/23/2017

China’s first Cyberspace Court was inaugurated on Friday 18 August in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Going forward, this new court will handle all internet-related disputes in all districts of Hangzhou through a fully...more

Digital Single Market: “DSM in 5 minutes” – Brochure

Hogan Lovells on 7/3/2017

In this brand-new publication, our pan-European DSM Taskforce helps you plan for the changes by providing an overview of the Commission’s Digital Single Market strategy; what the key legislative measures will bring about and...more

Ponemon Institute Study on Costs of Data Breaches Highlights Improvement and New Risks for U.S. and Global Companies

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/29/2017

The average cost of a data breach, on both an aggregate and a per-record basis, has decreased slightly according to the Ponemon Institute's 2017 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Overview. In addition to presenting recent...more

IoT Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Trends in Asia: Be Ready

Hogan Lovells on 6/14/2017

In this hoganlovells.com interview, Hong Kong-based Hogan Lovells partner Mark Parsons talks about the regulatory environment in Asia as it relates to cybersecurity, data privacy, and the Internet of Things (IoT)....more

ABA Encourages Encryption of Emails When Transmitting Confidential Client Information

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/23/2017

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

China's New Cybersecurity Law and Draft Data Localization Measures Expected to Burden Multinational Companies

Jones Day on 5/10/2017

China's new Cybersecurity Law ("new Law") is set to come into effect on June 1, 2017, and introduces sweeping provisions that may have a significant impact on companies doing business in and with China. To provide guidance on...more

2016 Class Action Year-End Review

BakerHostetler on 3/31/2017

We are pleased to share BakerHostetler’s 2016 Class Action Year-End Review, which offers a summary of key developments in class action litigation during the past year. Class action litigation moved to the forefront of the...more

Legal Issues Business Leaders Need to Know in 2017

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 3/27/2017

Expanding wage and hour obligations will continue to be a top concern for employers in 2017. As most employers are aware, in May 2016, the United States Department of Labor issued its long-awaited final rule regarding the...more

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - February 2017"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/3/2017

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we look at a series of recent court rulings regarding standing in privacy cases, most of which suggest plaintiffs will continue to have a difficult time establishing...more

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2016"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/3/2016

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Sixth Circuit's decision to allow injury-in-fact to be established by alleging a "substantial risk of harm" in a data breach case, New York state's...more

Short-Sellers Partnering with Hackers: Exploiting Cybersecurity Fears for Short-Term Profit

Fish & Richardson on 8/30/2016

A research report released last week on the supposed cyber vulnerabilities of St. Jude Medical’s devices not only jeopardizes a pending $25 billion acquisition of the company by Abbott Laboratories, it opens a worrisome new...more

Defending a Data Breach Investigation by the Federal Trade Commission

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/24/2016

Your company has experienced a data breach, and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) notifies you that it is initiating a non-public investigation. How the company responds can significantly affect the course of the...more

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