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Evolution of the Standing Requirement In Data Breach Class Actions
As the landscape of cybersecurity and data privacy continues to evolve, so do the requirements needed to establish standing in regard to the type of harm suffered as a result of a data breach. Moreover, there has been a shift in the requirements needed to hold an organization legally and financially responsible for data stolen during a data breach.
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Legal Tech: E-Discovery: Three Key Metrics Critical to Who Wins and Loses E-discovery Talent
There are three key industry metrics that have, and will continue to, articulate how law firms, service providers, software companies, and corporations compete for and win (or lose) talent in e-discovery: speed of hire, compensation inflation, and workforce evolution (remote vs in-office; contract vs direct hire).
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Are You Stuck With the Hasty Tech Decisions Made In Crisis Mode?
In March 2020 and the months immediately following, many firms found themselves scrambling to implement tools that would meet the needs of new remote work realities. Understandably, many of these decisions were done quickly without the normal level of due diligence. Now, the same firms are realizing that those hasty, though necessary, decisions should be revisited or undone.
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Why Your Law Firm Should Be Investing In SEO and PPC
Search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click advertising (PPC) are extremely beneficial digital marketing strategies your law firm can capitalize on. The question you may be asking yourself now is whether you should invest your marketing dollars in SEO, PPC or both.
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The Information Governance Groundhog Day Syndrome
Security and privacy start with good information governance, and for many firms — trying to get their information governance policy implemented feels a lot like Groundhog Day. Yes, the one with Bill Murray. Let's take a closer look.
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Compliance for Privacy Officers on the New Canadian Consumer Privacy Protection Act
Part Three In a Series Part Three continues the analysis of new compliance requirements in Canada's new Consumer Privacy Protection Act, including the content of organizational privacy policies and anonymization of personal information policies, and business transaction policies contained in the Act.
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Are We Over Thinking Office Return Strategies?
Routines based around 'work from home' are calcifying, and commuting, parking, sandwich shops and childcare are fading into distant memory. With each passing week, the challenge to win attorneys back into the office increases.
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In Digital-First Landscape, All Data Is At Risk
With hybrid and remote working practices having become the norm, lawyers communicate through messaging applications — including on personal devices — and firms are using innovative technologies in novel ways as they adopt digital means of working. In this digital-first landscape, all data is at risk. The good news is that new security solutions offer law firms a range of new tools to counter this threat.
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EU Releases Attempt At Comprehensive Cybersecurity Legislation
The European Union released its first attempt at a comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, the Cyber Resilience Act — and its impact on the technology market could be far-reaching.
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Can Regulation Provide Stability Through 'Cryptocurrency Winter'?
It comes as no surprise as we enter the second half of the year that the crypto winter has reinforced the perception of critics that digital currencies are "risky, flawed and unproven digital financial instruments." This article examines the impact of cybercrimes and crypto bankruptcies on the current market.
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