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Data Breach
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California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
About That Trade Secret Leak: It’s From Inside The Business!
By James D. McNairy, Michael Cross
Seyfarth Synopsis: Protecting trade secrets from employee theft requires more than using an NDA when onboarding employees. If businesses want to protect confidential information, they need a cradle-to-grave approach, reiterating…
The D&O Diary
FTC Holds Private Information Disclosure In and Of Itself Sufficient Injury to Support Unfair Practices Claim
One of the recurring issues that has arisen as claimants and regulators have pursued cybersecurity-related claims against companies that have experienced a data breach is the question of what type…
Franchise Law Update
What To Learn from the DNC Hacks
[caption id="attachment_898" align="alignright" width="300"] Copyright: qvist / 123RF Stock Photo[/caption] The headlines regarding data hacks of the last two months from both the business world and presidential campaigns remind us that…
CAFA Law Blog
ACI’s 2nd National Forum on Data Breach & Privacy Litigation and Enforcement, September 29-30
ACI’s 2nd National Forum on Data Breach & Privacy Litigation and Enforcement September 29 – 30, 2016 The Carlton Hotel, New York http://www.americanconference.com/databreach Gain insight and learn from the nation’s leading jurists,…
The Right Coast
DNC Still Assessing Hack Damage, Hasn’t Notified Donors of Breach – ABC News
It s very disturbing, said Georgia trial lawyer Mark Tate, who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to the Democratic Party and its candidates. They haven t told me…
Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
Cyber Hack Immunity – A Piped Dream? Cyber Attack on Department of Health in Hong Kong
A recent possible hack of the Hong Kong Department of Health's (DH) record system in Hong Kong may affect 17,000 patients. On 19 July 2016, the DH discovered suspicious files…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: NFL, Privacy Shield, and Labor Standards
Quick tidbit: Even though the fourteenth amendment was adopted on July 9th, 1868, Secretary of State William H. Seward issued an unconditional certificate of ratification dated July 28th, 1868, declaring…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Athens Orthopedic Clinic’s EMR compromised by hackers using vendor’s log-in credentials
Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia reported on July 25, 2016, that a hacker gained access to its electronic medical record system at the end of June using the log-in credentials…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Illinois voter registration database hacked
The Illinois State Board of Elections has notified voters that its online voter registration site has been hacked. According to the letter sent to Illinois voters by the Board of…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
University of Mississippi Medical Center settles HIPAA violations for $2.75M
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has obtained another big settlement from a covered entity resulting from a data breach. This most recent settlement of fines and penalties and a…