Retailers, Data Breach, Risk Management

U.S. Retailers Bracing for Scattered Spider Attacks

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/29/2025

Google sent out a warning that the cybercriminal group Scattered Spider is targeting U.S.-based retailers. Scattered Spider is believed to have been responsible for the recent attack on Marks & Spencer in the U.K. A security...more

The Growing Cybersecurity Risks in the Cannabis Industry

Clark Hill PLC on 2/26/2025

Those familiar with the industry know that cannabis retailers find themselves in a unique position compared to other product retailers. Cannabis retailers face significant regulatory hurdles to their operation—particularly in...more

New FTC Data Breach Response Guidelines

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/2/2016

Cybersecurity should always be at the top of any retailer’s priority list—and even more so as the holiday shopping season gets underway. To that end, the Federal Trade Commission’s newly-released Data Breach Response...more

Credit Card Data Breaches: Protecting Your Company from the Hidden Surprises

BCLP on 3/14/2016

Part I: Assessing the Risk to a Retailer from a Credit Card Data Breach - Debit and credit cards are now the primary form of retail payment. One source estimates that 60% of all retail transactions involve a payment card...more

"Insights Conversations: Cybersecurity"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/27/2015

This past year has been called the "year of the massive data breach," with many high-profile attacks on well-known companies. Skadden partners Cyrus Amir-Mokri, Patrick Fitzgerald, Marc S. Gerber, Stuart D. Levi and Timothy...more

On the 11th Day of Privacy, class counsel served on me……

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 12/24/2013

. . . a data breach class action. Hackers and plaintiffs’ lawyers could combine to make 2014 the year when class actions concerning theft of sensitive information proliferate. On this 11th Day of Privacy, we look...more