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The State of U.S. Cybersecurity: Not So Good
It feels as though every day brings new national headlines about a cyberattack, an alarming trend that has piqued the interest and deep concern of plenty of U.S. organizations in both the public and private sectors. The latest iteration of an annual report, the “2014 U.S. State of Cybercrime Survey,” shows that these growing concerns have not necessarily translated into developing and deploying the proper defensive capabilities for preventing the next cybercrime disaster.
The report, which was cosponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), CSO Magazine, the U.S. Secret Service and the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, covers survey data from more than 500 executives from U.S. businesses, law enforcement and government agencies. The analysis concludes that despite some important efforts to build better cybersecurity regimes, organizations are still lagging behind the bad guys in tactical skills and technological capabilities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.