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Corporate Counsel

23andMe Breach Compounded by Theft of Ethnicity Data

"We understand that the 23andMe breach has resulted in the targeted exfiltration and sale on the black market of at least one million data profiles pertaining to individuals with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage," Connecticut Attorney General William Tong wrote in a letter to the company.
7 minute read

International Edition

Report Raises Security Concerns About Australian Law Firms Acting for Chinese Entities

The report singles out Ashust and King & Wood Mallesons as being lax on cybersecurity when it comes to advising Chinese clients. Both firms say the report is inaccurate.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Negligent Cybersecurity Breach?

As businesses are more and more getting hit with cybersecurity attacks, plaintiffs often sue under a plethora of claims seeking to recover damages. This article focuses on the common law cause of action of negligence for an entity's alleged failure to maintain adequate cybersecurity protections.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Foley & Lardner Scoops Up Former Prosecutor From Carlton Fields in Tampa, Bolstering Tech Expertise

"The Middle District of Florida U.S. Attorney's Office is one of the busiest offices in the country, both in the civil division and in the criminal division," said Lisa Noller, chair of Foley's national litigation department and government enforcement defense and investigations practice.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Teaching an Old Bond New Tricks: Blockchain-Based Digital Bonds Are Reinvigorating the Global Bond Market: Part 2

Part two of a two-part series on how blockchain-based digital bonds are reinvigorating the global bond market. This part provides an overview of digital bonds and the growing digital bond market.
8 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: SEC's SolarWinds Lawsuit Offers Myriad Lessons, Most of Them Unsettling

CISOs must "take stock of their security programs and ensure that what's being communicated to the public is rooted in reality rather than spin or wishful thinking," said Jake Williams, a former U.S. National Security Agency hacker.
6 minute read

Law.com

A 'Security Incident' Has Kept Kansas State Courts' E-Filing System Offline for Weeks

"We are treating this matter with the highest priority, but we don't yet know how soon our information systems will be back online," spokeswoman Lisa Taylor told Law.com. "Law enforcement is also aware of the security incident, and the Office of Judicial Administration will cooperate with any investigation that may result."
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Latham Sues Domain Names After Fraudsters Impersonated Partner to Divert Payments

Latham & Watkins filed a lawsuit against a series of domain names that aimed to draw payments from clients by threatening "other accusations."
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Veteran Defense Industry Attorney Lands CLO Role at Former Forcepoint Unit

Raytheon in-house veteran James Wallace is taking the legal reins of G2CI, which has hired its own management team now that it operates as a stand-alone business.
3 minute read

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