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Legal Week Innovation Awards launch with call for entries from cutting-edge candidates

Ceremony in London will celebrate work of lawyers and non-fee-earning staff promoting innovation
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Inside Legal's Ongoing Struggles With Information Security

Rich Lauwers, information governance and management subject-matter expert at Hewlett Packard, started off Legalweek's “Managing Information Risk in an Evolving Regulatory World” plenary session with a story.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Blocks Target Data Breach Settlement

The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit sets up a debate over one of the thorniest issues in data breach cases—whether and how to compensate individuals for the theft of personal information when it cannot be tied to financial injury.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

FBI Official: Feds Can't Compete With Top Tech Companies for Cybersecurity Analysts

The United States has a shortage of security analysts qualified to stop cyberattacks, and trouble competing with high-tech companies such as Google and Microsoft also trying to recruit them, FBI and private sector computer experts said.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In re: Horizon Healthcare Servs. Inc. Data Breach Litig.

By | February 02, 2017
Alleged Disclosure of Personal Information a De Facto Injury Creating Standing
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Whither Breach Notification Laws?

In his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia writes: What sense can businesses that possess their customers' or clients' personal data make of the new administration's unclear stance on cybersecurity regulations? Many entities have either already invested heavily in developing internal policies and security staff to avoid regulatory penalties or civil lawsuits or are planning to do so in the very near future. Should they continue to do so or should they dismantle or halt the process?
14 minute read

Legaltech News

Big Law and the Business of Blockchains (a Tale of Three Bs)

For companies looking to leverage blockchain technology, compliance can be both cumbersome and confusing. Steptoe & Johnson is attempting to fight these notions.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dittman v. UPMC, PICS Case No. 17-0103 (Pa. Super. Jan. 12, 2017) Olson, J. (21 pages).

By | January 27, 2017
Trial court properly dismissed appellants negligence and breach of contract claims against appellee in action based on data breach in which employees' personal information was stolen from employer's computer system because appellee did not owe a duty of reasonable care in its collection and storage of employees' data, the economic loss doctrine barred appellants' claims and there was no implied contract between the parties. Affirmed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Managing Your Company's Cybersecurity Risks

Gregory J. Bautista lays out some steps to implementing a cybersecurity plan that's right for your organization, writing that starting with cost-effective preventative and educational measures such as employee awareness training can be the best investment you can make.
17 minute read

Legaltech News

Flight-Check Your Cloud Tech: 7 Security Questions to Ask Your Vendor

With suitable care and the proper questions, you should be able to keep your law firm out of the data breach headlines.
9 minute read

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