Insurance coverage lawyers and commentators have drawn considerable attention to state and federal data protection statutes in recent years. E.g., Freya K. Bowen, “Beyond GDPR: Insurance Coverage for Emerging Cybersecurity and Privacy Regulatory Exposure,” Perkins Coie Tech Risk Report (April…

If your business gets hit with a demand letter or lawsuit, your first inclination might be to get rid of the problem as soon as possible. In the tech world, particularly for companies that are just getting off the ground,…

The ability to build and maintain strong relationships with business partners and vendors is an essential requirement for any business seeking long-term success. This is especially true in the fast-paced technology sector, where a company’s ability to put its innovative…

Wildfires have wreaked havoc on, and caused incalculable losses to, individuals and businesses in California over the last three years. These disasters—caused by a series of conflating events, including massive shifts to the climate—are not limited to the Golden State,…

Most firms that provide technology services or products have insurance to protect them against the risk that a dissatisfied customer will bring a claim or a lawsuit against them for damages arising out of the company’s products or services. It…

As the risks associated with cyber liability continue to evolve, so do the insurance products that are theoretically meant to protect against those risks. As the insurance industry attempts to keep pace, the applications that insurers are using to capture…

Data breaches are up significantly in 2019, exposing billions of confidential records and costing companies millions of dollars on average per breach. Security experts counsel their clients that data breaches are inevitable as even the largest, most secure systems…