Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Stephen J. Obie and Harriet Territt | March 4, 2019
Financial institutions were among the first wave of commercial businesses to explore how blockchain technology can be applied to different aspects of financial markets, including syndicated lending, payment systems, and administration of capital markets.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Jennifer DeTrani | March 1, 2019
Don’t let a dangerous stranger beat you at your own game when your company acquires or merges with another. Always conduct cyber diligence to mitigate risk before the deal is done.
By Edna Conway | March 1, 2019
The profound changes deriving from IT/OT convergence require us to take a fresh look at legal and regulatory norms that have stood for decades since the Industrial Era. We are in a radical new environment where exponential benefits and risks are now reality.
By Paul Ferrillo | March 1, 2019
In recent years, plaintiff class actions lawyers have shifted their focus in cybersecurity cases from pleading federal claims to asserting claims under state law of residents of all 50 states. However, this potentially raises class certification issues that make these claims difficult for plaintiff to succeed on. How should one prosecute them? How should one defend them? How could one plead and prove that the plaintiffs were injured because of the breach?
By Craig A. Newman, Peter C. Harvey, Alejandro H. Cruz and Joshua R. Stein | March 1, 2019
Under the right circumstances, the SAFETY Act has the potential to become a new gold standard for companies that qualify for its protection and want to establish themselves as leaders in cybersecurity, both with respect to internal risk mitigation and with a view toward ensuring robust protection of customer or client data.
By Una A. Dean and Melis S. Kiziltay Carter | March 1, 2019
The draft Guidelines seek to clarify questions raised since the passage of the GDPR over the GDPR's extra-territorial reach, and they confirm that the GDPR's intended reach is well beyond the geographic confines of the European Union.
By Avi Gesser, Matthew A. Kelly and Samantha J. Pfotenhauer | March 1, 2019
In this article, the authors explore three important aspects of in-house counsel's duties related to cybersecurity incident preparation and response: (1) providing advice regarding the company's legal and regulatory obligations, especially with respect to breach notification; (2) engaging and coordinating external resources, including outside counsel and consultants; and (3) coordinating and managing internal and external communications.
The American Lawyer | Analysis|News
By Frank Ready | March 1, 2019
Firms are helping clients prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act, but with some vagaries still surrounding the law it will be difficult to hit the ground running.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jeffrey N. Rosenthal and Thomas F. Brier Jr. | March 1, 2019
With the passing of BIPA in 2008, Illinois became the first state to regulate the collection and storing of biometrics information.
By Suzette Parmley | March 1, 2019
New Jersey is on the verge of joining six other states—California, Alaska, Iowa, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia—that recently enacted laws to combat the growing online menace of data breaches.
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