Cybersecurity

  • While legislation to enhance data privacy rights and obligations continue to make headlines, regulators and legislators are also stepping up their cybersecurity expectations. In the first half of 2019, a number of states have updated their existing data breach notification laws and passed new cybersecurity requirements.

    August 01, 2019Michael Bahar, Sarah Paul, Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik and Ali Jessani
  • Bring Your Own Device is one of the biggest compliance-related issues companies face today, and when it comes to security risks, law firms are prime targets. Considering law firms are built on their reputation, firms must make every assurance that the technology they use will protect their data.

    August 01, 2019Gevorg Karapetyan
  • As data security challenges continue to escalate, many law firms and corporate legal departments are upping their efforts to strengthen cyber defenses and minimize risks.

    August 01, 2019Debra Frank Montero
  • Defines Data Breach and Requires Data Security Controls

    New York has brought itself into line with a number of states concerning how they define a data breach, and, where applicable, what substantive security controls they require.

    August 01, 2019F. Paul Greene
  • Conference of Mayors Resolution Calls for Cities Not to Pay Ransomware

    The underlying logic is pretty straightforward: if bad actors realize that there's no longer any cash waiting for them at the end of the rainbow, they'll eventually pack up their ball and go home.

    August 01, 2019Frank Ready
  • For businesses that own such a device, or for individual employees who might have a personally owned one on their office desk, the question of who owns any recorded data remains murky.

    August 01, 2019Brian Schrader
  • The most popular justification for avoiding business-development activities is a lack of time. There are, however, a number of strategies that will allow you to execute and produce results in minutes — or even seconds.

    July 01, 2019Ari Kaplan
  • E-discovery, as an industry, is once again at an inflection point. What are the big trends that are exerting pressure on e-discovery teams today — and more importantly, what will an effective e-discovery team look like in the coming years?

    July 01, 2019Nishad Shevde