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.
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Legal Tech: Four Lessons Learned from Exterro's 4th Annual Federal Judges Survey
April 01, 2018 |
For the fourth time, Exterro has conducted an in-depth survey of federal judges in order to understand better how they see e-discovery law and practice changing.
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Cyber Risk Assessments are a Critical Component of All Cybersecurity Programs
April 01, 2018 |
Many companies remain overwhelmed by the prospect of developing a cybersecurity program. Too many still see cyber crime as an IT issue, and simply defer to that department. Cybersecurity is most definitely an information security issue and it must be treated as such. Failure to recognize this concept almost ensures a weak cybersecurity program that remains highly vulnerable to breaches.
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Life in the (Regulated) Fast Lane: Companies Must Navigate Global Privacy Rules on Self-Driving Cars
April 01, 2018 |
The race is on to develop the best technology for autonomous vehicles, but there are also drives to increase regulation around the data these cars and trucks collect.
Clearly, it's an exciting time to be in the autonomous car industry, and the race is on to develop the best tech first. But with an increasingly complex legal landscape, lawyers need to focus on compliance with evolving data privacy regulations.
