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Is Cyber-Risk Insurable?
April 01, 2019
In an environment of moving targets, it seems unimaginable that insurance against cybersecurity attacks can be robust enough to provide real protection. There are many types of risks involved, and some include physical damage to property.
The Principles of Good Cyber Risk Management
April 01, 2019
Apart from headline grabbing attacks, we are now seeing an epidemic of cyber attacks. Concern has shifted from dealing with data being stolen and sold on the dark Web to handling serious ransomware and destructive attacks, where attackers are looking for immediate monetary output.
Will the EU-Japan Data Transfer Partnership Agreement Have Global Influence?
April 01, 2019
With countries around the world examining and strengthening their data protection laws, this agreement could be the first of many and will undoubtedly have global repercussions.
Second Circuit Blocks Video Privacy Suit Brought Against Barnes & Noble
April 01, 2019
A would-be class action against Barnes & Noble could have cost the bookseller hundreds of millions of dollars — not to mention a reputational hit for allegedly sharing private information about its customers' online video purchases with Facebook.
Privacy Notices, Opt-In Clauses Debated as U.S. Regulators Shape Federal Privacy Law
April 01, 2019
Tech giants' privacy counsel and U.S. senators discussed opt-in policies, lengthy, legalese-filled privacy notices and location tracking. The discussion aimed to further shape a potential U.S. federal data privacy law.
Legal Tech -- Behind the Tech: Client-Centric Innovation: The Evolution of the Casepoint Platform
April 01, 2019
<b><i>One In a Continuing Series of Articles Looking At Legal Tech Innovation and the Story Behind It</i></b><p>In seeing clients' pain-points and becoming intimately engaged with their internal processes, my colleagues and I resolved to address a problem that many of our clients may not have even known they could fix. Our overriding goal from the outset was to fill the efficiency void that was so obvious in all of the feedback we were receiving from clients across the board by developing a fully integrated, end-to-end legal workflow platform.
Ultra Music Festival Disputes Result in Decisions Within Days of Each Other
April 01, 2019
Only days after winning dismissal of an anti-trust lawsuit over its 2019 move to a new location in Miami, FL, for the Ultra Music Festival, Worldwide Entertainment lost its bid to reopen a court case over use of the "Ultra Music" brand for a festival overseas.
High Court's View of 'Full Costs' in Copyright Litigation
April 01, 2019
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court, led by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, held that the phrase “full costs” in §505 of the Copyright Act means all of the costs specifically enumerated in the general cost-shifting statutes, such as transcripts and fees for court-appointed experts and interpreters.
Law Firm Mergers and the Economic Outlook for 2019
April 01, 2019
As law firms endeavor to survive in an increasingly competitive world, one strategy picking up steam is the law firm merger. In this article, we recap law firm merger activity in 2018 and consider the economic outlook for law firm mergers for 2019.
U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling on Copyright Registration
April 01, 2019
The Supreme Court had granted cert in <i>Fourth Estate</i> to resolve a split in the federal circuit courts as to whether §411(a) of the Copyright Act could be read to allow commencement of an infringement action once a registration application filed with the Copyright Office is complete (the “application approach”) or, instead, only (subject to limited statutorily specified exceptions) upon issuance by the Copyright Office of the registration (the “registration approach”).

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