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General Data Protection Regulation: Defense or Offense?
July 01, 2018
Ostensibly, GDPR's mission is to strengthen and unify the EU's protection of online privacy rights and promote data protection for citizens of the 28 countries currently in the EU. In the global economy, however, GDPR serves as an alarm to all countries with business flowing across Europe and well beyond. Where business flows, data follow.
Security Breach Responses — As Important and Difficult As Ever
June 01, 2018
The confusing and conflicting world of contractual requirements and personal data security breach notification laws can add insult and expense to injury, and sometimes adds injury itself. Tough -- and sometimes expensive -- choices need to be made quickly.
Protecting Privilege Before and After a Cyber Breach
June 01, 2018
Critical to any counsel working to prevent a cyber-attack or respond to a successful cyber intrusion is an understanding why and how to properly utilize both attorney-client and work-product privilege. The overriding principle of using privilege is straightforward: to protect your organization's investigation and breach response efforts from usage by third parties or regulatory agencies in litigation arising from a breach.
This is Not Your Father's Cloud
June 01, 2018
<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>Part One of this two-part article is aimed at demystifying the hesitations behind cloud security and analyzing the fast-growing transformation to a range of newer technical approaches with important consequences for legal practice.
How Cyber Threats Affect Law Firm Marketers
June 01, 2018
Even though law firms don't generally manage retail-type websites, they are far from immune to cyber threats. In fact, firms are prime targets for cyber criminals.
The Power of Certifications in Legal
June 01, 2018
<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>Professionals in e-discovery and privacy, including lawyers, are hungry for growth opportunities and may be ripe to transition into certain security-centric positions; however, the security job landscape is far more expansive and far less commoditized than ESI or privacy — for now. Part Two provides a road map for how certifications can assist an individual or an organization in reinventing, repurposing, creating or maintaining cybersecurity talents.
Navigating the Fear and Promise of Artificial Intelligence
June 01, 2018
With the corpus of law data becoming ever-more complex and nuanced, the use of machine-assisted research and analysis is becoming more of a requirement, rather than an option, in the legal profession. Because of this, some have expressed fear that robot-lawyers will replace legal professionals.
Online Extra: The Evolving Nature of Cyber Law
June 01, 2018
<b><i>A Q&A with Penn Law Prof. Anne Toomey McKenna</b></i><p>The newly appointed Penn State professor sees a lot of room for questions in the evolving cyber law landscape, but so far there are few answers.
Online Extra: Facebook's Blockchain Bet Could Place It in the Data Decentralization Debate
June 01, 2018
<i><b>Oft-Considered an Avenue for Individuals to Attain Greater Control over Their Digital Information, Blockchain Could Be Leveraged By Facebook to Change Its Status As “Gatekeeper” for User Data</i></b><p>Facebook Inc. recently announced that it will begin exploring different ways to incorporate blockchain into its infrastructure. Yet, questions remain over how the social media company will implement the technology and what sort of legal challenges doing so could portend.
Legal Tech: E-Discovery Case Digest
June 01, 2018
A look at key court rulings on e-discovery matters from the winter of 2017-18.
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- Fifth Circuit Rejects Majority 'Independent Economic Value' Test for Infringement DamagesMost of the federal circuit courts that have addressed what qualifies either as a "compilation" or as a single creative work apply an "independent economic value" analysis that looks at the market worth of the single creation as of the time when an infringement occurs. But in a recent ruling of first impression, the Fifth Circuit rejected the "independent economic value" test in determining which individual sound recordings are eligible for their own statutory awards and which are part of compilation.Read More ›
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