Tag: CyberSecurity
The Rise of Disruptionware and High-Impact Ransomware Attacks
Insight
The FBI’s PSA serves as a warning to businesses that they should have a plan in place to respond efficiently and appropriately in the event of high impact ransomware and disruptionware attacks.
What If a Border Agent Seeks Your Smartphone That Includes Client Secrets?
News
What is an attorney to do if a customs agent asks to peruse the attorney’s smart phone?
Do Companies Need a Written Security Information Plan?
Insights
A successful defense will depend on the ability of the breached business to establish that it implemented and maintained reasonable security procedures and practices.
Hunton Andrews Kurth Partner Speaks on Key Global Data Protection Issues in China
News
Lisa J. Sotto of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP spoke to corporate counsel in China on key global and data protection issues.
Do We Have A Contract? What Delta’s Win Tells Us About Privacy Policies
Insight
The case involved a breach of contract claim over the data breach suffered by the airline in 2017.
Preparing for the CCPA: Reviewing and Updating Privacy Policies and Agreements for Compliance
Webinar, June 20, 2019
The CCPA of 2018 is the strictest privacy law in the United States and has national impact for anyone doing business in California.
Security Incident Mitigation Strategy: Effective Negotiation of Technology Contract Limitations of Liability
Insight
Vendors have become increasingly reluctant to provide unlimited liability to protect customers against harms caused by security incidents, according to BakerHostetler.
How Small Law Firms Can Improve Cybersecurity to Prevent Data Disasters
Insight
Breaches can inflict irreversible damage to a firm’s reputation, finances and client relationships. So why aren’t they taking cybersecurity seriously?
2 U.S. Law Firms Lost Over $117K to International Cybercrime Network, Indictment Alleges
News
A Department of Justice press release announced the dismantling of the cybercrime network in an international law enforcement operation.
Understanding the New California Consumer Privacy Act
Webinar, May 23, 2019
Duane Morris will present “The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 Webinar Series: Strategies for the New Era of Strict Consumer Privacy Protections.”
Hackers Shut Down Boston Legal System for Weeks, Seeking Payment in Bitcoin
News
A cyberattack on the agency overseeing Boston public defenders has caused a weekslong slowdown, disabling e-mail systems, delaying some hearings, and hanging up payments for the private attorneys who represent clients, reports The Boston Globe.
Facebook Fine Could Total Billions if FTC Talks Lead to a Deal
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Sources told The New York Times that the company and the FTC’s consumer protection and enforcement staff have been in negotiations over a financial penalty for claims that Facebook violated a 2011 privacy consent decree with the agency.
Judge in Yahoo Data Breach Case Criticizes ‘Unreasonably High’ Attorney Fees
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Class counsel failed to explain why it took 32 law firms to do the work in the case, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said.
Lawyer Sues Apple, Says FaceTime Bug Allowed Secret Recording of Deposition, Caused Emotional Trauma
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The Houston lawyer, Larry D. Williams II, seeks punitive damages against Apple and unknown parties for claims of product liability, negligence, warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation.
Dentons Associate Duped into Transferring $2.5 Million to Fraudster’s Account
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A decision in a Toronto court revealed that the associate sent the money from a property sale to a Hong Kong bank account after he received emails requesting the transfer in a business deal.
‘The Dark Overlord’ Didn’t Hack Systems, Husch Blackwell Says
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The group says it has 18,000 documents that include emails and nondisclosure documents sent and received by two insurers and a Husch Blackwell predecessor firm.
Natalie Friend Wilson Promoted to Langley & Banack Shareholder
News
Natalie Friend Wilson has been promoted to shareholder at Langley & Banack, Inc. and will lead the firm’s cybersecurity practice.
Access to Law Firm Data ‘Just Too Easy,’ Worrying Clients
News
General counsels’ offices have been expressing renewed concern about whether even the biggest law firms are adequately protecting highly sensitive data.
Chinese Company Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets From U.S. Computer Firm
News
Federal prosecutors said one of the defendants served as president of a company acquired by Micron five years ago.
Foley & Lardner Hit With Cybersecurity Incident
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Foley & Lardner LLP experienced a cybersecurity incident earlier this month, but said there was “no unauthorized access to client data.”
