Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Special Litigation Committee Good Defense Against Derivative Suits

Just as companies are building up their defenses against data breaches, their legal departments should be planning responses against the derivative lawsuits that are likely to follow…

Google Gets One Up On Motion Picture Association

A Mississippi federal judge has granted Google’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Jim Hood, the Attorney General of Mississippi, […]

More Law Firms Getting Cyber Insurance

Larger firms have already bought cyber insurance. Now medium and small-size firms are making the move. What are they getting, […]

Getting Control Of Information Security To Protect IP

Securing company intellectual property requires a total systems approach, one that extends the reach of “Enterprise Risk Management” (ERM) into […]

AT&T Fined $25M After Call Center Workers Stole Customer Data

The FCC this week said AT&T has agreed to pay $25 million to settle an investigation into the theft of […]

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European Regulators, With a Big Stick, Eye U.S. Tech Giants

European regulators continue to scrutinize the biggest U.S. tech companies for possible antitrust and privacy violations, the New York Times […]

NJ Backs Off On A Double Message For Merchants

A recently signed law in New Jersey will relieve merchants from an obligation to collect personal data from gift card […]

Transferred Text Messages Bring A Dismissal, And A Lawsuit

When an Anheuser-Busch employee Victor Nascimento was issued a new iPhone, his old one got transferred to another employee. Nascimento’s […]

A Chicago Lawyer, Loathed In Silicon Valley

A specialist in suing tech companies for privacy violations, his targets have included Amazon, Google, Apple, and many others less well known, and he may have won as much $1 billion.

Obama Orders New Cybercrime Sanctions

This week President Barack Obama signed an executive order establishing a sanctions program that will apply to hackers and other […]

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