Lessons for CISOs from the SolarWinds Breach and SEC Enforcement
May 01, 2024
In an era where digital threats loom large, the responsibilities of Chief Information Security Officers have expanded beyond traditional IT security to encompass a broader governance, risk management, and compliance role. The infamous SolarWinds Corp. attack illustrates the complex cybersecurity landscape CISOs navigate.
Shielding Law Practices: Mitigating Vendor Risks to Safeguard Client Confidentiality
May 01, 2024
Because vendors often access clients' internal systems, customer data, and intellectual property, they will always be a magnet for hackers searching for valuable data. Bad actors will always look for the weak spots in a firm's defenses, including those deployed by a firm's vendors and other third parties. And signs point to a growing number of cyberattacks, not a lessening of them.
A Roadmap for Implementing Information Governance In Law Firms
May 01, 2024
In today's digital age, the volume of data generated and managed by law firms has skyrocketed, presenting both opportunities and challenges. Unfortunately, in parallel with this exponential growth in data, and partially as a direct result of it, law firms have also experienced a significant increase in targeted cyberattacks.
New Federal Privacy Legislation Has Legitimate Shot At Passing
May 01, 2024
For years, the business community has been calling for a comprehensive federal privacy law, frustrated with operating under a patchwork of sometimes-conflicting state laws. Now, Congress is considering one that's extremely wide-ranging and that observers say has a legitimate chance of passage.
Early Impact of the CHIPS Act
May 01, 2024
This article describes certain key developments in the period from passage of the CHIPS Act through the present day, and provides a brief survey of key grantmaking and investment activity by U.S. government agencies since passage of the Act.
Delaware District Court Could Guide Supreme Court Purdue Pharma Decision
May 01, 2024
A bankruptcy court properly held that derivative claims based on "piercing the corporate veil theory of liability [were] released under" a confirmed reorganization plan, but that direct "claims for negligent undertaking" were not released and "could be asserted" in state court against the debtors' equity sponsors.
