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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Premera Data Breach Compromises Up to 11 Million Users' Records
Over the last year, cyberbreaches targeting health care and insurance companies have made'headlines'almost as frequently as those of large well-established business. 'Due to the sensitive material collected by companies in the health care space, companies in this industry are a particularly attractive target to cybercriminals and painful for organizations and their customers.
Washington-based Premera Blue Shield announced that on March 17, the company was the most recent target of such an attack, indicating that a breach the company discovered in January may have compromised information for as many as 11 million people. Hackers may have accessed Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers and bank account information and could have had access to the Premera's secure systems since May 2014.
While the company, which serves the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, has approximately 1.8 million members, the breach may have compromised details of former customers, as well members of other Blue Cross Blue Shield plans that used Premera as part of an extended network when they were traveling.' Premera has confirmed that Premera Blue Cross, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of'Alaska, and Vivacity and Connection Insurance Solutions have been affected by the breach.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Anti-Assignment Override Provisions
UCC Sections 9406(d) and 9408(a) are one of the most powerful, yet least understood, sections of the Uniform Commercial Code. On their face, they appear to override anti-assignment provisions in agreements that would limit the grant of a security interest. But do these sections really work?