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Butler Snow LLP

A Virtual Reality: What Videoconference Platforms Can Do to Prevent or Defend Data Security and Privacy Lawsuits

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Videoconferences have become “virtually” ubiquitous in today’s workforce, particularly as COVID-19 continues to transform how businesses operate from day to day.  To maintain social distancing, most businesses have encouraged...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Videoconferencing and Potential Security, Confidentiality and Discovery Issues

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With most employees working remotely amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of videoconferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, WebEx, GoTo, Ring, and BlueJeans in everyday business has risen dramatically. ...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

#MeToobin? When Home and Work Collide

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Within hours, the sad story of Jeffrey Toobin became common knowledge. For those of you just emerging from a yoga retreat or a Dodgers-only-World-Series media frenzy, Jeffrey Toobin is (or was, as it remains to be seen what...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Are We (Finally) Ready to Zoom?

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Zoom’s video communications platform service and its data privacy issues and security vulnerabilities have been a very hot topic of late, covered by numerous media outlets and in our recent Password Protected post. Due in...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Zoom Successfully Addresses New York’s Privacy and Security Concerns

A few weeks ago on this blog, we addressed some of the legal issues that have arisen for Zoom, as it becomes a significant part of American daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among those legal issues was an inquiry...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Zoom’s Popularity Leads To New York Investigating Its Security Flaws

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Resulting in Zoom Promising to Implement an Information Security Program, Resembling the SHIELD Act- Key point: The Letter of Agreement between the New York Attorney General and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. provides...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Hackers Spoofing Zoom to Obtain Credentials and Passwords

After incidents of Zoom “bombing,” including a recent intrusion by hackers to disrupt a church service with foul content (don’t these guys have better things to do?), it has been reported that hackers are now taking advantage...more

Vedder Price

Zooming into New Privacy Issues

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“Should we do a Zoom?” It has taken little more than a month for the Zoom video conference platform to take its place among the likes of Google, Kleenex and Xerox as brand names synonymous with the product or service being...more

Stange Law Firm, PC

Lawyers should be cautious with Zoom

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During the COVID-19 crisis, the use of video conference has been on the rise for lawyers and law firms. Not only are lawyers and law firms using video conference for client and potential client meetings, but it is also...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Background Awareness

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Whether we are Zooming, Skyping, What’s Apping or otherwise communicating with the video camera icon active, be aware of what you are transmitting. The formality of your attire is between you and your Zoomates (which may...more

Cozen O'Connor

Demand for Information-Sharing Platforms Has Soared, Raising Privacy Concerns With Regulators

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Amid the havoc wreaked by COVID-19 on individuals, businesses, and economies, technology companies offering information-sharing platforms have enjoyed an unexpected upside as demand for their services has skyrocketed. But...more

Carlton Fields

COVID-19 Class Actions by State

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I. Education - Rosenkrantz v. Arizona Board of Regents (D. Ariz. Mar. 27, 2020) – putative class action alleging the board failed to offer refunds for a portion of its room and board fees or other on-campus services after...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 4.21.2020 | Top Story: Oil Prices Dip to Negative as Global Demand Dries Up During Pandemic

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Monday saw U.S. oil prices take an unprecedented plunge into negative territory, as “concerns grew that storage tanks in the United States were near capacity and unable to hold all the unused code” (with the “bizarre movement...more

Lowndes

Zoom Demonstrates that Security Is Not IT’s Problem

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Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, remote meetings have become “the new normal,” with Zoom, seemingly overnight, becoming the platform of choice. Zoom’s success is attributable to the fact that “it just works.”...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Zoom Videoconferencing — It’s Free…It’s Easy…But “Use with Caution”

Zoom videoconferencing seems to be the de facto means of group communication for the current remote work environment — my calendar shows a Zoom conference every day this week related to non-profit work that I do (after all,...more

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So What's All This About Zoom?

For the time being, many Americans are at home due to the COVID-19 virus, but they are continuing to work, learning to homeschool and socializing with friends thanks to virtual platforms. Although there are a variety of...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Zoom & Schools: New Privacy Issues Arise

As school districts increasingly rely on Zoom to facilitate online classes, and in many cases are expressly directing students to download and use the app, it implicates new legal concerns for the company....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Videoconferencing Zooms To The Forefront In The COVID-19 World

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As the COVID-19 crisis continues, many companies throughout the country have arranged for significant portions of their workforce to work from home. A natural part of that arrangement is conducting videoconferences. With...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Zoom Lessons Learned: Vendor Privacy and Security Risks during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting office shutdowns has required many organizations to quickly transition to remote working environments. Going remote often requires a number of technology solutions and tools such as video...more

Jaburg Wilk

How Private is Zoom® Videoconferencing?

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Many of us find ourselves attending meetings by video conference, such as Zoom. You might even be having confidential interactions with your clients, medical providers, or legal providers. If you are wondering how secure...more

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