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Insurance Coverage for Data Breach Claims
Data breaches caused by hackers or other forces outside the control of a business are a scary and expensive proposition for any organization that collects or retains personally identifiable information, or warehouses credit or financial information. According to a recent study by Symantec, an average data breach will cost an organization $5.5 million, including direct costs such as engaging forensic experts, outsourcing hotline support and providing free credit monitoring subscriptions, discounts for future products and services, and indirect costs such as in-house investigations and communication. See Symantec Corp. and Ponemon Inst., 2011 Cost of Data Breach Study, United States (2012). These costs are in addition to the costs of potential litigation (often in the form of a class action) by customers alleging that the company failed to take adequate measures to protect their data, and investigations by government agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), that frequently become involved when breaches affect a large number of consumers.
The risk of a data breach is not limited to financial institutions or businesses engaged exclusively in e-commerce. Any business that accepts credit cards as a form of payment, which includes practically every business on earth, is at risk. In fact, smaller-sized brick and mortar business are frequently targets of hackers who assume, rightly or wrongly, that such businesses lack the ability to detect and prevent theft of customer data.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.