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Securing a Document Review Center: A Practical Guide
Much ink has been spilled in recent years about information security, hacker exploits and hardware and software products used to thwart hackers. Not a single day goes by without news pertaining to the discovery of vulnerabilities in the software we use and cherish, and to hacker exploits affecting the companies we use in our daily lives. Compromises at JP Morgan Chase, Target, Home Depot, Ebay, Adobe and Apple, to name a few, have led to the leakage of hundreds of millions of records. These infractions lead to billions of dollars of aggregated losses and can be financially devastating to an organization. A 2014 study by the Ponemon Institute, for example, puts the cost of the average data breach at $5.9 million dollars and the cost per record of a breach in the U.S. at over $200. See, “2014 Cost of Data Breach Study: United States (May 2014).”'
The legal industry has been a late comer to the information security frenzy, but the situation has changed over the last 18 months, driven by corporations' realization that law firms and the legal ecosystem orbiting around them has access to some of their most sensitive data. This realization triggered a series of security audits targeting law firms and, in some cases, e-discovery vendors. Corporations spend millions of dollars on information security to build a defensive dome around their data (JP Morgan, for example, announced to its shareholders that it spent $250 million on information security in 2014), and their angst about the safety of that data when it resides on third-party networks is therefore understandable.
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.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
How AI Has Affected PR
When we consider how the use of AI affects legal PR and communications, we have to look at it as an industrywide global phenomenon. A recent online conference provided an overview of the latest AI trends in public relations, and specifically, the impact of AI on communications. Here are some of the key points and takeaways from several of the speakers, who provided current best practices, tips, concerns and case studies.
New York's Latest Cybersecurity Commitment
On Aug. 9, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced New York's inaugural comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In sum, the plan aims to update government networks, bolster county-level digital defenses, and regulate critical infrastructure.