David Katz

David Katz

December 27, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Guidelines for Cybersecurity Will Impact Banks, Insurers

Bank compliance departments, which already contend with federal cybersecurity laws and industry-wide cybersecurity guidelines, will face the New York State Department of Financial Services' (NYDFS) expansion of regulation into cybersecurity risk management.

By David Katz and Bess Hinson

12 minute read

December 27, 2016 | Legaltech News

Guidelines for Cybersecurity Will Impact Banks, Insurers

By David Katz and Bess Hinson, Daily Report

24 minute read

March 31, 2014 | Inside Counsel

20 keys to understanding and establishing communications protocols for risk assessments

The time spent preparing this "protocol" can be a valuable investment, as structure will be in place to protect the organization during the risk assessment.

By David Katz

13 minute read

March 10, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Inside: The GC’s role in ensuring compliance in the payment card processing environment

As the rate of data breaches and cyber-attacks continues to rise, it remains imperative for general counsel to understand the risk landscape of payment card processing systems and to create a plan to mitigate such risks in the future.

By David Katz

12 minute read

February 24, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Inside: Effective vendor management for data governance and security control

Management must work to build processes and procedures to ensure that the organization can fully implement a vendor management process that can adequately address privacy and security risk.

By David Katz

8 minute read

February 10, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Inside: Communications with boards of directors regarding privacy and information security governance

General counsel have a unique role in crafting the organizational response to the recent headlines, and increasing privacy and information security risk facing organizations and their boards of directors.

By David Katz

11 minute read

January 27, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Inside: Establishing a Data Governance Committee as part of 2014 strategic priorities

The ability to control costs, timing and the nuances of any required culture change can place the company in a strong position to align the organization in the prioritization of data governance.

By David Katz

4 minute read

January 13, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Inside: Law department leadership, growing the IT relationship and data risk management as 2014 priorities

The CIO-GC relationship is becoming increasingly symbiotic, particularly within the context of a crisis, such as a data breach or network intrusion.

By David Katz

8 minute read

March 25, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Delaware Ruling Reinforces Validity of the Poison Pill

David A. Katz, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Laura A. McIntosh, a consulting attorney for the firm, write that the events leading up to a recent Delaware Chancery Court decision, as well as the opinion itself, provide useful insights into the workings of the modern poison pill, in both the NOL context and the market for corporate control generally.

By David Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

12 minute read