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'We Are Becoming Scapegoats': One Year Post-SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Updates and Impacting Rulings

"We need more accountability for the organization instead of focusing on the security leaders of these companies who, in many instances, have their hands tied by execs and the board," said George Gerchow, faculty of cybersecurity consulting firm IANS Research. "We are becoming scapegoats. If this trend continues, you will see an even larger gap in security talent willing to put their credibility on the line, as well as facing charges by the SEC and DOJ."
5 minute read

The Recorder

LA Superior Court Still Grappling With Effects of Ransomware Attack

The sprawling trial court system was operating with limitations on Wednesday as questions remain about how the cyberattack happened and whether sensitive information was exposed.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

The Importance of Technology in Litigation and the Practice of Law

The shift toward using AI allows legal professionals to focus on the substantive aspects of their work while removing burdens of repetitive duties that take valuable time away from formulating legal approaches or gaining new business.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Costco, Walmart, Shell, Starbucks, Kroger and VW Hit With Patent Infringement Claims Over Payment Tech

Fabricant Law of New York filed complaints against the six companies alleging that the contactless payment systems used in their apps violate a patent held by RFCyber of Texas.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'This Is Not Going Away': Smackdown in Novel Cybersecurity Case Unlikely to Send SEC Into Retreat

In tossing most of the case against software maker SolarWinds, Judge Paul Engelmayer "creates the notion that the SEC isn't just going to be able to do whatever it wants going forward and serve as an 'overzealous' regulator," said Scott Kannry, CEO of the cyber risk firm Axio.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Los Angeles Courts Reopen After Ransomware Attack Leads to 1-Day Closure

Court officials say the court will have "limited functionality" as IT professionals work to restore network services disrupted in the hack.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Brace for Wave of CrowdStrike Litigation

"In some ways, I think it really set off a big nuclear bomb of legal actions across a lot of different players in the industry," Beth Waller, a principal and chair of the cybersecurity and data privacy practice at Woods Rogers, said.
5 minute read

Law.com

Could There Be Class Actions Over CrowdStrike's Global Tech Outage?

Law firms are investigating potential lawsuits to come out of CloudStrike's global tech outage, but there may be limits on who can recover damages.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Ransomware Attack Closes All 36 Los Angeles Courthouses

Court leaders said the ransomware attack does not appear to be related to the worldwide outages caused Friday by a CrowdStrike software update problem.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

CrowdStrike Outage Yields Mixed Impacts on Big Law

"I'm hearing of more West Coast latencies than on the East Coast," said one Am Law 100 executive. "It really depends where [the office] is regionally, whether they're experiencing the same symptoms even within the same firm."
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