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Perspective on Impact of COVID-19 on Entertainment Industry Image

Perspective on Impact of COVID-19 on Entertainment Industry

Stan Soocher

Leslie José Zigel, Chair of the Entertainment, Media & Technology Group at Greenspoon Marder offers his thoughts on entertainment industry issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Privacy Is Top Priority But Spending Will Decrease, Survey Says Image

Privacy Is Top Priority But Spending Will Decrease, Survey Says

Frank Ready

Exterro's Annual Study of Legal Spend Management indicates that organizations are expecting to spend less on compliance with privacy laws in 2020 as they wait to see how new regulations like the CCPA are enforced first.

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COVID-19: Cybersecurity and Insurance Coverage Image

COVID-19: Cybersecurity and Insurance Coverage

Peter A. Halprin & Jacquelyn M. Mohr

When cyber attacks succeed, in-house counsel and risk management professionals will look for coverage under their cyber insurance policies. Insurance coverage for such incidents, however, are also present in other policies, and these other policies should not be cast aside.

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TRO Bid in Arts Case Results in COVID-19 Rebuke from Judge Image

TRO Bid in Arts Case Results in COVID-19 Rebuke from Judge

Jenna Greene

At this moment in COVID-19 time, if your case involved stopping the sale of counterfeit unicorn products on the Internet, sorry, that wouldn't be an emergency. That was the message from U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger, in a decision denying a request for a temporary restraining order filed on behalf of Art Ask Agency, the exclusive licensee for the fantasy art of British artist Anne Stokes, who is popular among the Dungeons and Dragons crowd.

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COVID-19: How to Keep Cybersecurity in Mind When Negotiating Work-From-Home Vendor Contracts Image

COVID-19: How to Keep Cybersecurity in Mind When Negotiating Work-From-Home Vendor Contracts

Steve Blickensderfer & Trish Carreiro

COVID-19 spurred an overnight surge in demand for work-from-home vendors — from videoconferencing companies to cloud service providers. This caused some companies to rush into service contracts without fully appreciating the privacy and cybersecurity risks involved.

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Legal Tech: Preparing for Internal Investigations to Mitigate Risk Image

Legal Tech: Preparing for Internal Investigations to Mitigate Risk

David Carns

How Advanced E-discovery Tools Can Help Simplify Information Gathering, Unify Disparate Information Systems, Standardize Workflows Across Departments, and Reduce Both Costs and Risk The stakes in internal investigations can turn out to be very high. Companies can often respond effectively if they proactively plan for investigations and leverage technology that can comb through large amounts of data quickly at low cost.

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Legal Tech: 7 Steps to Make Your E-Discovery Process Pandemic and Recession-Ready Image

Legal Tech: 7 Steps to Make Your E-Discovery Process Pandemic and Recession-Ready

Brian Schrader

For the legal profession in general, and e-discovery specifically, one of the biggest ways a recession is felt is through litigation budget pressure. To weather a recession, we need to be prepared to do more with fewer resources.

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Judge Warns Facebook in Approving Record $5B Fine for Alleged Privacy Violations Image

Judge Warns Facebook in Approving Record $5B Fine for Alleged Privacy Violations

Jacqueline Thomsen

The Judge Pointed Out that Some FTC Commissioners Wanted to Specifically Sanction Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg for the Company Sharing Private User Data With Outside Parties A federal judge in Washington, DC, signed off on a record $5 billion fine imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Facebook for allegedly violating federal law and a previous order with its privacy practices.

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Coronavirus Work-from-Home Response A Boon for Cybercriminal Exploitation Image

Coronavirus Work-from-Home Response A Boon for Cybercriminal Exploitation

Mark Sangster

Companies determined to protect their employees and minimize the impact of COVID-19 are enforcing travel restrictions and strong work-from-home policies. However those actions can be used against employees as any firms are likely unprepared for the criminal appetite for the cyberattack exploitation of a remote workforce. Here are some of the key issues of which law firms and companies need to be aware and steps that should be considered to minimize the risk to keep everyone — and client data — safe.

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COVID-19: Threats Abound: How to Protect Your Remote Workforce Image

COVID-19: Threats Abound: How to Protect Your Remote Workforce

Tomas Suros

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the conversation around remote work. As more employees work remotely, law firms must employ security best practices to ensure that the extended reliance on the cloud doesn't expose sensitive data or cripple daily operations. Following is a practical checklist of systems, technologies and processes to consider when evolving your firm for remote work and selecting your cloud technology provider.

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