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3 Steps to Ensuring Your AI Initiative Does Not Fail
The energy in the legal industry surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) is undeniable. Law firms are investing in innovation or undertaking experiments to test the viability of applying AI-enabled tools to various disciplines. Legal professionals are packing presentations to learn if, how and when the heralded disruption will impact their careers.
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GDPR Gets Real
A procrastinator's guide to overcoming technical challenges in GDPR compliance.
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Ransomware in Review: 8 Prevention and Response Tips for Your Organization
Electronic data is defining the business world, and with its benefits come many threats. Here's how experts think organizations should protect against ransomware.
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<i><b>Legal Tech</b></i><br> Five Ways Legal and Compliance Teams Can Benefit from Office 365 Migration
Legal and compliance groups have a lot to gain from features within Office 365, and equal or greater risk if the process is not conducted in the context of strong legal and regulatory guidelines.
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<i><b>BREAKING NEWS</i></b><br>DLA Piper Hit by Cyber Attack, Phones and Computers Down Across the Firm
The shutdown appears to have been caused by a ransomware attack, similar to the WannaCry attack that hit organizations such as the NHS last month.
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<i><b>BREAKING NEWS</i></b><br>DLA Piper Hit by Cyber Attack, Phones and Computers Down Across the Firm
The shutdown appears to have been caused by a ransomware attack, similar to the WannaCry attack that hit organizations such as the NHS last month.
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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS</b></i><br>Anthem Agrees to Record $115M Data Breach Settlement
Anthem Inc. has agreed to pay $115 million to settle claims related to the massive 2015 cyberattack that affected 78.8 million customers. If approved by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California, the deal would be the largest data breach settlement in history.
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Layered Federal and State Cybersecurity Regulation of Financial Services Firms
Cybercrime poses an ever-increasing threat to consumers of financial products and services. In 2016, the then- SEC Chair said that cybercrime ranks as “one of the greatest risks facing the financial services industry.” Federal law thus requires financial services firms to implement procedures designed to protect their customers' data. Now individual states are increasingly getting into the game.
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New Research: Employee Privacy and Corporate Legal Risk
The use of business email accounts and digital devices for personal communications can be risky for both employers and employees. However, employees of all levels may be commingling corporate communications with their personal information, according to new research.
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Will Ransomware Attack Make Law Firms 'WannaCry'?
Employees the world over were locked out of their computers on May 12 and over that following weekend as an insidious and widespread cyberattack nicknamed "WannaCry" rolled through the Internet and into headlines. Luckily for U.S. law firms, experts said it was unlikely that this particular ransomware attack hit many of them. However, they fear aftershocks.
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