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The Top-Five Critical Security Controls to Consider for Corporate Counsel Evaluations Image

The Top-Five Critical Security Controls to Consider for Corporate Counsel Evaluations

Joe Kelly

Corporations consider many different factors when deciding whether to hire a law firm. Security wasn't usually a major factor, and law firms used to fly under the radar when it came to questions about keeping client data secure. That has all changed.

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The GDPR: Teeth, and Considerations for Corporate Legal Counsel and Discovery Teams

Ryan Costello

With the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set to take effect in May of 2018, the serious implications for corporate legal counsel and e-discovery teams are difficult to deny.

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Where Is the Digital-Age Sweet Spot Between Business Growth and Data Security? Image

Where Is the Digital-Age Sweet Spot Between Business Growth and Data Security?

Sanjiv Bawa

In this heady atmosphere, law firms risk succumbing to the temptation — indeed, the seeming necessity — to exploit to the hilt the Internet's huge upside — its massive growth and profit potential — while neglecting its huge downside: its immense threats to data security.

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New Data Types in the App Age

Tim Anderson & JR Jenkins

While the threat of "big data" has cast a shadow over IT and legal departments for several years, the real challenge can often be the variety. The authors believe the real challenge is less about "big data" and more about "new data types" — that quickly defeat traditional collection and review tools and strategies.

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Future Shock? Uncertainty over Long-Term Effects of the FCC Privacy Rules Repeal Image

Future Shock? Uncertainty over Long-Term Effects of the FCC Privacy Rules Repeal

Rhys Dipshan

<b><i>The Repeal May Open Up ISPs to Future Legal Challenges on How and When They Can Sell Their Customer's Private Data</b></i><p>While the recent repeal of the Federal Communications Commissions' (FCC) broadband privacy rules have caused an uproar over what many may see as lagging federal data privacy protections, it does little to change how broadband ISPs handle their users' data.

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<b><i>Legal Tech: e-Discovery</b></i><br> <b><i>Solo v. United Parcel Services</b></i>: A Conversation About Proportionality Image

<b><i>Legal Tech: e-Discovery</b></i><br> <b><i>Solo v. United Parcel Services</b></i>: A Conversation About Proportionality

Mike Hamilton

Three leading e-discovery industry thought-leaders recap some of the latest case-law and provide their takeaways.

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The Growing Convergence of Cyber-Related Crime and Suspicious Activity Reporting

Marjorie J. Peerce & Kevin Leitão

Regulators and law enforcement are taking proactive steps to further leverage anti–money-laundering monitoring and reporting tools in their battle with cyber attacks and cyber crimes. In-house legal and compliance teams need to be fully versed in the latest FinCEN and bank regulatory guidance on cyber-related crimes and have the right professionals available to assist them with these matters.

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Using Computer Forensics to Investigate Employee Data Theft

Timothy M. Opsitnick, Joseph M. Anguilano & Trevor B. Tucker

When suspicions of employee data theft arise, it is important to engage a computer forensics expert to perform a theft-of-IP analysis in order to preserve electronic data and uncover important evidence.

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State of the Industry: e-Discovery and Cybersecurity

Jared Coseglia

<b><i>Part One of a Three-Part Article</b></i><p>There are stark differences between e-discovery and cybersecurity, most notably that cybersecurity, as an avenue of career opportunity and responsibility, is much, much bigger. An examination of the current state of both industries coupled with a deep dive into the history of e-discovery will offer a prophetic look at the likely hiring patterns, job availability, compensation trends, and industry maturation of the cybersecurity vertical over the next decade.

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Information Governance: Law Firms' Cybersecurity Weak Spot Image

Information Governance: Law Firms' Cybersecurity Weak Spot

Ian Raine

Perimeter security is only one part of a comprehensive legal data security strategy and by itself leaves open a weak spot — attackers who, using phishing or other methods, are able to bypass strong perimeter security systems, and once inside find themselves able to access a firm's emails, documents and other work product.

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