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The Benefits of Blockchain for e-Discovery and Data Preservation
As businesses across various industries increasingly adopt blockchain, it will become a critical source of discoverable electronically stored information. The potential benefits of blockchain for e-discovery and data preservation are substantial, making it an area of growing interest and importance.
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Phase 2 of PA's Insurance Data Security Law Is Coming — Record of Compliance Required
In 2023, Pennsylvania joined the growing number of states enacting the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) Model Law on Insurance Data Security. On Dec. 11, 2024 (just four months away), the second phase of the law goes into effect, which requires licensees to undertake detailed risk assessments, design and implement comprehensive and written cybersecurity programs, and, for some organizations, publicly certify compliance with the law.
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Legal Remedies Against Revenge Porn
Instant access to the internet has made sharing photographs online easy. Unfortunately, this has opened the door to revenge porn. Revenge porn is a serious violation of privacy that can have devastating consequences for victims. How might a victim of revenge porn counteract posts of compromising photographs to social media?
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Why High-Quality AI Data Is Crucial to Fighting Financial Crime
Integrating AI is more than just picking an AI solution. Counsels need to ensure they take a strategic approach to integrating this technology and understand the business and financial crime risk exposures they may face.
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Security Awareness Training: It's Time to Elevate Its Importance In Your Information Security Program
With the threat landscape changing quickly, security awareness training should include more than just a click-through video. There needs to be a focus from leadership on protecting firm assets and a near constant diligence on ensuring users know and understand the risks and how they might be compromised.
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How SMB Law Firms Can Leverage AI In E-Discovery to Generate New Business
The scale and scope of e-discovery today leaves legal professionals scouring the vendor world for help, which often subjects them to complexity and, frankly, smoke and mirrors. Yet the introduction of AI and other automation-based technologies may now be cutting through some of that mystery.
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Rulings On SEC Crypto Enforcement Actions Raise More Questions Than Answers
A decision in the SEC's enforcement case against Ripple Labs was hailed as vindication for the industry's position that the SEC lacks the proper legal authority to regulate crypto. However, several conflicting rulings followed. So where does the crypto industry go from here? The answer is not so simple.
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Supreme Court Unwilling to Rule On Constitutionality of Florida and Texas Social Media Legislation
The court's unwillingness to issue a final decision at this early stage indicates how much is at stake for social media moderation of users' postings. The outcome could set a crucial precedent affecting the regulation of content on social media platforms, influencing how these entities manage user-generated content and exercise their editorial discretion.
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Claim Against Amazon and Starbucks for Illegal Tracking of Biometric Info Fails
Amazon and Starbucks were granted a motion to dismiss most claims against them in a proposed class action alleging that the companies illegally tracked consumers' biometric information.
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FTC to Investigate Use of 'Surveillance Pricing'
The FTC describes "surveillance pricing" as a "new frontier" made possible by advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The agency says it wants to learn how surveillance pricing affects privacy, competition and consumer protection.
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