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Best Practices for Cyber Incident Prevention for Law Firms

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In our global, digital-first economy, cyberattacks are no longer isolated incidents targeting large organizations. They are a very real threat to businesses of all types and sizes, and law firms are a common target of cyber...more

Mayer Brown

2024 Cyber Litigation Legal Update – What Your Business Needs To Know

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By now, companies across all industries have become familiar with the lifecycle and stages of a ransomware incident. Generally, once an attack is contained, remediation and rebuilding will follow. Shortly after, the crisis...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supreme Court Backs Away from Deciding Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege

The Supreme Court has declined, for now, to decide when attorney-client privilege will apply to communications viewed by courts as made for both legal and other purposes.  In October 2022, the Court granted certiorari in In...more

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Why no Organization Should be without a Cyber Attorney

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Cybersecurity is a top concern for organizations of all shapes and sizes. Whether it be a global organization or a small business, each will inevitably collect and store consumer data that hackers could attempt to steal....more

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CyberSide Chats: Yes, you needed a cyber attorney a long time ago (with Erik Weinick)

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Jerich Beason is joined by Erik Weinick. Erik's experience includes privacy, cybersecurity, bankruptcy, commercial torts, defamation/slander, regulatory to name a few. He is also the co-founder of Otterburg’s Privacy &...more

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Privilege Dwindles for Data Breach Reports

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Data privacy lawyers and cyber security incident response professionals are losing sleep over the growing number of federal courts ordering disclosure of post-data breach forensic reports. Following the decisions in Capital...more

Alston & Bird

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Newsletter – February 2021

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Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Fifth Circuit Decision Raises Cyber Enforcement Complications for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services As the Biden Administration begins detailing its regulatory and...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Court Compels Discovery of Cyber Expert Report in Litigation

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A federal court has held that neither the work product nor attorney-client privilege doctrines shield a cyber expert’s report from discovery....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Lessons Learned for Maintaining Attorney-Client Privileged Data Breach Investigation (and other Consultant) Reports

Following a data breach, companies generally launch an investigation to determine the source and scope of the breach. These efforts are often led by in-house privacy, compliance, and/or litigation counsel with an eye firmly...more

White and Williams LLP

ABA Issues New Cybersecurity Ethics Rules for Lawyers

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Lawyers are advisors and advocates. Clients trust lawyers to preserve secrets, confidential matters that when disclosed could cause financial or reputational damage. A significant element of legal representation involves...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

An Ounce Of Data Breach Prevention…Address Attorney-Client Privilege In Your Breach Planning

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Data breach “horror” stories have become a new staple in today’s business environment. The frequency of attacks which threaten (or compromise) the security of business networks and information systems continually increases —...more

BakerHostetler

Deeper Dive: Application of Work-Product Doctrine to Forensic Investigations

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In a recent post, we addressed the role a forensic investigation plays in a company’s response to a data security incident. We noted that to maximize the likelihood that a forensic firm’s work will be covered by the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2017

In this edition of our Privacy and Cybersecurity Update, we take a look at the Trump administration's executive order outlining its cybersecurity plans, Acting FTC Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen's comments on the possible...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Wake-Up Call: Law Firms in the Cybersecurity Crosshairs

Last week marked the first time a U.S. law firm was publicly named in a class action data security lawsuit. Originally filed in April 2016, the class action complaint in Shore v. Johnson & Bell, Ltd., 16-cv-4363 (N.D. Ill.),...more

Alston & Bird

Six Myths of Breach Response

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Data breach has, unfortunately, become a fact of life. Practically every corporation has experienced some sort of security incident, although most have avoided (to their knowledge) significant network intrusions and loss or...more

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How to Draft an Effective Data Breach Incident Response Plan

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The best way to handle any emergency is to be prepared. When it comes to data breaches, incident response plans are the first step organizations take to prepare. Furthermore, many organizations are required to maintain one....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Data-Security Assessments? You’re Going to Want a Lawyer for That

These days, data breaches and cybersecurity attacks abound. With each news cycle, we’re confronted with stories about yet another big breach, at another big company, with the potential exposure of another big pool of...more

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