Expanding Your Digital Strategy with RPA
June 01, 2019 |
Beyond improving efficiency, new advancements in Robotic Process Automation, or RPA, are helping lawyers do more billable work without hiring more people.
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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.
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FINRA Report on Best Cybersecurity Practices Is Must-Read, Alston & Bird Lawyer Says
March 01, 2019 |
Cybersecurity Practices Must “Be Appropriately Tailored to the Entity. It Should Be Risk-Based, Based on Risk to Your Organization.”
The recently released FINRA report provides guidance for broker-dealer firms of various sizes on how they can mitigate the risks of cyberattacks and data theft by other means.
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Are Cybersecurity Solutions and Consulting a New Revenue Stream for Law Firms?
February 01, 2019 |
The Big 4 accounting firms have identified legal services as an area for growth beyond traditional financial services and consulting services.
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Are Cybersecurity Solutions and Consulting a New Revenue Stream for Law Firms?
January 01, 2019 |
The Big 4 accounting firms have identified legal services as an area for growth beyond traditional financial services and consulting services.
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Right Out of the Box: California Enacts First-of-its-Kind Statute Regulating Internet-of-Things
December 01, 2018 |
Companies Impacted By California's SB-327 — Especially Manufacturers and Distributors of IoT Devices — Should Work to Ensure Compliance With the Act As Soon As Possible If Regulatory Fallout Is to Be Avoided Come January 2020
While a great deal of attention has focused on the California Consumer Privacy Act, California also passed a less-publicized, but highly critical, statute that will regulate certain aspects of Internet of Things device security.
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Meritas' New Cybersecurity Standard Requirement Assures Legal Clients
November 01, 2018 |
Meritas, a nonprofit association of law firms, now requires its law firm members to follow a new cybersecurity standard. The reason for this new standard? Law firms' clients.
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Online Extra: The Evolving Nature of Cyber Law
June 01, 2018 |
A Q&A with Penn Law Prof. Anne Toomey McKenna
The newly appointed Penn State professor sees a lot of room for questions in the evolving cyber law landscape, but so far there are few answers.
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Vendor Risk Management for Law Firms: 7 Steps to Success
May 01, 2018 |
Most firms have extensive cybersecurity measures in place, but emerging or unclear regulatory requirements embroil them in a never-ending cycle of evaluation, best-practices review, and implementation. Firms don't just need to have their own systems secured; a responsible firm must also reduce the risk of breach at their third-party vendors. As cloud service providers become commonplace, so too does a firm's responsibility to ensure their vendors are managing risk appropriately.
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Corporate Counsel Are Tackling Their Data Risk All at Once: Can They Do It?
April 01, 2018 |
A new BDO study finds a lack of priorities in data-related spending could, eventually, leave companies overstretched.
