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Vendor Risk Management for Law Firms: 7 Steps to Success

Most firms have extensive cybersecurity measures in place, but emerging or unclear regulatory requirements embroil them in a never-ending cycle of evaluation, best-practices review, and implementation. A responsible firm must also reduce the risk of breach at their third-party vendors. As cloud service providers become commonplace, so too does a firm's responsibility to ensure their vendors are managing risk appropriately.
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Legaltech News

Federal Judge Rules Ohio Law Should Apply in Wendy's Data Breach Class Action

Judge Maureen P. Kelly of the Western District of Pennsylvania recommended that Ohio law govern the plaintiffs' claims of negligence per se but not the claims alleging violations of the Ohio Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ohio Law Should Apply in Wendy's Data Breach Class Action, Judge Says

A data breach case brought by several banks and federal credit unions against fast food chain Wendy's should proceed under the standards of Ohio law, a federal judge has recommended.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Facebook Can Become a 'Weapon' Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Tells Senate

Christopher Wylie, former research director at Cambridge Analytica, told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that the firmcame up with phrases like 'drain the swamp' that became key campaign themes and slogans.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Whistleblower Tells US Senate: Facebook Can Become a 'Weapon'

Christopher Wylie, a research director at Cambridge Analytica from 2013 to 2014, told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that the firm, co-founded by Steve Bannon, who was campaign manager and later a top White House strategist for President Donald Trump, came up with phrases like “drain the swamp” that became key campaign themes and slogans.
5 minute read

ThinkAdvisor

Congressman to SEC on ICO Market: 'Shut It All Down'

In a hearing, lawmakers hammered the SEC on ICO oversight and agency officials blasted a recent Supreme Court decision on disgorgement.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Anthem Data Breach Attorney Fees Report Faulted by Plaintiffs Lawyers and Objector

Plaintiffs lawyers in the Anthem data breach settlement have objected to the report of a court-appointed special master, which found what it said was inappropriate…
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyer Suing Facebook: 'This Could Be the Largest Data Breach' Ever

Richard Fields talks about Wednesday's hearing and its potential impact on the Facebook litigation.
4 minute read

Law.com

What's Next: Something Brews at the SEC, and the GDPR Meets Facial Recognition

Plus, reports from the 'Coachella of Bitcoin'
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Keep Your Keys: Fraud May Be Biggest Threat to Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies

At the CDX Academy Blockchain Brand Innovation Summit in New York, cybersecurity experts and the assistant director of the FTC discussed why fraud is one of the biggest problems facing blockchain-enabled technologies.
4 minute read

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