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Data Breach
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CAFA Law Blog
Defendants Concrete Evidence Defeats Remand
Fielder v. Penn Station, Inc., 2013 WL 1869618 (N.D. Ohio May 3, 2013). In this case, the plaintiff made a purchase at Penn Station, Inc., a shop located in Rocky…
DuetsBlog
To speak or not to speak about a data breach
I recently posted about some companies making the decision to not announce when a data security breach has occurred, or at least they would think twice before announcing. According to a…
Securities Law Prof Blog
NASAA Survey Finds Investment Advisers Report Few Cybersecurity Breaches
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Al-Mirsal
5 Ways to Protect your Business from a Cyber Attack
By Brian A. Meenagh, Gail Crawford, Latham & Watkins
Global cyber-attack threats stand at the highest ever recorded level, jumping 14 percent from 2012 to 2013 (Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report). Furthermore, a recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report found…
InsureReinsure
Massachusetts Attorney General Announces Hospital’s Settlement of Data Breach Allegations Involving Massachusetts Patients
Recently, the Massachusetts Attorney General announced that Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (the “Hospital”) agreed to pay $150,000 to settle data breach allegations. In April 2012, the Hospital…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Notes on DRI’s Upcoming Data Breach & Privacy Law Conference
It’s not possible to ignore data breach and cyber security issues anymore, even if you want to and even if, as a lawyer, you think it is outside your practice…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
Singapore’s first data breach?
The Straits Times reported on 14 August that Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (the “Commission”) is investigating a complaint from a user that Xiaomi has breached the Personal Data Protection…
Data Counsel
What Companies Can Do to Protect Themselves in the Face of Yet Another Massive Data Breach
By Pamela Jones Harbour, Jenna N. Felz
Last week it was reported that a small group of Russian computer hackers illegally obtained an unprecedented quantity of internet credentials, including 1.2 billion username and password combinations, and over…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Do You Need Another Reason To Take Cyber-Security Seriously
By Joshua Horn
As we all know, the SEC and FINRA have made cyber-security an exam priority in 2014, but what does it mean when the audit of your regulator shows that it…
Life Sciences Legal Update
Recent Data Breaches Serve as Warning for Companies to Assess Their Cybersecurity Insurance Coverage
By Lisa Baird
Earlier this week, numerous media outlets reported on the Russian crime ring which had managed to steal more pieces of Internet data than any other group of hackers in history…