Features
Michelle Tuccitto Sullo
Connecticut attorneys who would like to add guardian ad litem work to their practices need to undergo training first, but the state hasn't offered it in over two years and no new training sessions are scheduled.
Features
David H. Freeman
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Jonathan Friedland
There has been a great deal of media attention the past several years about the JOBS Act. It has various components that do various things. The aspect of the JOBS Act that has the potential to touch the largest number of Americans is Title III (Crowdfunding).
Features
Beth S. Rose
As mobile medical apps become central to medical care, litigation is inevitable. A threshold issue in such litigation is likely to be whether or not a mobile app is, in the first instance, subject to FDA regulation.
Columns & Departments
Hospital Remains in Suit After Court Finds Ostensible Agency <br>NY Appeals Court Finds Physicians May Opine As to Proximate Cause in Cases Involving Claims Outside Own Specialty
Columns & Departments
GAO Finds FDA's Safety Tracking System Lacking
Features
Marc S. Roth
Not if, but when." These simple words are enough to keep privacy officers, corporate counsel, compliance officers and IT managers up at night when faced with the reality that their network will at some point be breached. While there are no silver bullets to stop breaches from occurring, understanding and following legal actions brought by regulatory agencies and heeding security guidance they issue can go a long way.
Features
David Burg, Sean Joyce
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Michael L. Bloom
As 2015 drew to a close, Congress agreed on a federal budget. That simple act, coming on the heels of a series of contentious continuing resolutions, was big news. But tucked away on page 694 of that 887-page bill was perhaps a more significant achievement. There Congress inserted, passed, and the President signed, the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
Features
C. Ryan Barber
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has fired a shot across the bow of the burgeoning online-payment industry, taking an enforcement action this week that marked the agency's first foray into regulating cybersecurity.
Features
Zach Warren
To say 'social media is everywhere' these days may be slightly archaic. Of course it's everywhere. Chances are, you're reading this article with at least one social media application running or open in a browser right now. But why, then, aren't these social media platforms as secure as they could be? A new 'Best Practices for Social Media Archiving and Security' survey from Osterman Research found that although enterprise and consumer-focused social platforms abound in modern organizations, social media remains a threat for many companies.
Features
Zach Warren
Experts at the 'Truth and Lies of the Internet for Lawyers' panel at ABA Tech Show 2016 in Chicago conducted the one hour discussion in a way similar to the TV show 'Mythbusters' ' dispelling some of the common myths told to small and mid-sized firms looking to build their own business.
