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Trends in Corporate Law: What to Watch for in the Coming Years

Mandelbaum Barrett PC on 2/21/2025

The landscape of corporate law is constantly evolving, influenced by technological advancements, regulatory changes, and shifting societal expectations. As we look ahead, several key trends are poised to shape corporate...more

Protecting Data – Considerations for Drafting Security Schedules

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 12/10/2021

With the exponential growth of cyber threats, cloud computing and remote working, contract provisions regarding data security requirements have also expanded in size and frequency. It has become common practice to prepare...more

Fraudulent Wire Transfers: Who Bears the Loss and How to Prevent Becoming A Victim

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 11/30/2021

Cybercriminals exploited remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) saw a record 70% increase in the number of reported internet scams and losses exceeding $4.2...more

Cisco/Talos Researchers Find Attackers Using Slack and Discord to Distribute Malware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/16/2021

Another example of the resiliency and creativity of cyber-attackers is outlined in a new blog by Cisco/Talos researchers, which outlines how, over the past year, and in particular as a result of the migration from work at the...more

Are Your IT Agreements COVID-19 Secure?

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 2/12/2021

Cybersecurity has earned its place at the top of organizations’ risk concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote working, an array of communication solutions and hardware being used by organizations, and the accelerated...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2020 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/31/2020

With the new year upon us, we reflect on the many challenges and lessons of 2020. This week’s Insider offers a collection of the most read posts of 2020. ...more

Pandemic-based Cyber Attacks, Phishing Schemes & Data Breaches: Oh My!

Rumberger | Kirk on 12/8/2020

Never let a crisis go to waste. This appears to be the maxim of cyber criminals seeking to capitalize on cyber vulnerabilities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...more

Remote Worksite: Too Risky for Foreign Workers?

Dentons on 11/23/2020

As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses are having employees work at home. Although working remotely is not new, what is new is the number of U.S. companies using this model and the percentage of the U.S....more

Secureworks 2020 Incident Response Report Confirms Increased Vulnerabilities with At Home Workers During Pandemic

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/23/2020

Secureworks issues an annual Incident Response Report that is very helpful in obtaining information on what types of incidents are occurring in order to become more resistant to threats. The 2020 IR Report was recently...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/10/2020

CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Chamber of Commerce and FICO Release Security Guidelines on Telework During COVID-19 - It is no secret that companies are experiencing an increase in security incidents following the transition...more

U.S. Chamber of Commerce and FICO Release Security Guidelines on Telework During COVID-19

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/9/2020

It is no secret that companies are experiencing an increase in security incidents following the transition from work in the office to work from home during the pandemic. There are a number of causes, including the difficulty...more

Privacy Tip #254 – FBI Issues Warning of Using Hotel WiFi if Teleworking from Hotel

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/9/2020

On October 6, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) issued a warning to consumers about using WiFi when teleworking from a hotel. The FBI acknowledges that many workers are having difficulty working from home...more

COVID-19: Navigating the New Norm: A Legal Perspective

K&L Gates LLP on 7/30/2020

HOW DID WE GET HERE? Business leaders are grappling with challenges which are unprecedented and which have not been witnessed on such a global scale previously. As COVID-19 spreads across the world, governments reacted by...more

Privacy, Pandemics, and Business Change…OH MY!!!

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 6/10/2020

Economic uncertainty, health and safety, work from home, IT security issues, continuity, and operational resiliency…it is like an intricate pattern of dominos falling over....more

Client Alert: Employer Considerations for Remote Workers During and After COVID-19

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 6/8/2020

Many employers found themselves supporting a remote workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic as they adapted quickly to stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines. As employers contemplate and implement a...more

Across the Digital Divide: Managing Remote Workers

Akerman LLP on 6/3/2020

The explosive growth of teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic has re-shaped notions about how we work, presenting novel challenges for management. Re-opening business worksites brings new legal and operational challenges...more

Mediations During The Pandemic

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 5/21/2020

Many of us are learning to do things differently as we cope with stay-at-home orders, restricted operations of the courts, travel restrictions and general reluctance of folks to subject themselves unnecessarily to the risks...more

Privacy for Schools: Key eLearning Considerations

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/21/2020

In the age of COVID-19, schools have had to quickly switch to virtual distance learning, which causes a variety of concerns over student privacy and cybersecurity. Katten’s multidisciplinary team of Privacy, Data,...more

Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks In Remote Work Environments

Allen Matkins on 5/20/2020

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, more employees are working from home than ever before. Companies have been forced to react to maintain productivity, often on reduced timelines and without the careful consideration, rigorous...more

Cybersecurity and Incident Response In A Time of Coronavirus

Poyner Spruill LLP on 5/14/2020

We enjoy Jerry Bruckheimer movies. Living in one is another matter. COVID-19 has generated scenes that give us pause. An empty Times Square. A Los Angeles with moving traffic. A Washington eerie in its silence. Closed stores....more

Cybersecurity in the Age of the COVID-19 Remote Worker and Beyond

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/8/2020

Many more millions of employees have been working remotely as a result of the devastating COVID-19 virus than ever before. There is likely no going back....more

Working from home – A checklist of the IT risks and exposures

White & Case LLP on 4/23/2020

As the COVID-19 disease continues to spread, many countries have implemented nationwide lockdowns and many businesses have mandated employees to work from home. Even with the relaxation of lockdowns in different parts of the...more

Belonging, Connection, and Inclusion Amid COVID-19

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/17/2020

In a short span of time, we have gone from thinking about the virus as a distant concern to working remotely from home as we have been asked to help flatten the curve by social distancing. We are daily bombarded with news and...more

Trade Secret Protection in the Remote Working World

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 4/15/2020

Out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic and related “stay-in-place” orders, many businesses have transitioned their workforce to work-from-home or similar remote working arrangements. The working world is making...more

COVID-19 Remote Workforce Risks – Preservation, Compliance, Privacy, and Data Security Risks

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/13/2020

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, nearly all companies and organizations were abruptly forced to transition portions of, and in many cases, their entire workforce to remote work. ...more

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