“Legal innovation isn’t separate from how technology impacts society; they now influence each other more directly than ever before,” said Michael Sarlo and John Brewer of HaystackID.
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ILTA Announces A New Two-Day Conference In April, ILTA EVOLVE, Focused on Gen AI and Cybersecurity
The International Legal Technology Association, whose ILTACON conference in the United States and ILTACON Europe in London are must-attend events for many in the legal technology industry, announced yesterday that it is adding a new annual conference to its roster, called ILTA EVOLVE.
It appears that ILTA EVOLVE is the successor to a previous ILTA conference, the LegalSEC Summit,
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Report: More than half of data breaches at UK legal firms are caused by insiders
An analysis of data from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) covering Q3 2022 – Q2 2023 by NetDocuments shows that 60% of identified data breaches in the UK legal sector …
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3 Major Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Considerations for E-Discovery Counsel
For e-discovery counsel putting safeguards around data movement should be a priority—but all too often, it’s an afterthought.
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Why Are Lawyers So Terrible At Cybersecurity?
Let us count the ways in which lawyers are terrible at cybersecurity – and then talk about the new ABA resolution on cybersecurity.
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Cybersecurity Litigation Is Booming
Cyber attacks are excellent fodder for future litigation.
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Cybersecurity in the Remote Work Era: AI, Employees and an Integrated Defense – With SessionGuardian’s Jordan Ellington and Oren Leib, and Katten’s Trisha Sircar (TGIR Ep. 211)
In this episode of The Geek in Review podcast, host Marlene Gebauer and co-host Greg Lambert discuss cybersecurity challenges with guests Jordan Ellington, founder of SessionGuardian, Oren Leib, Vice President of Growth and Partnership at SessionGuardian, and Trisha Sircar, partner and chief privacy officer at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
Ellington explains that the impetus for creating
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If Kirkland & Ellis Can't Avoid Cyberattacks, Who Can?
Kirkland and Am Law 50 peers K&L Gates and Proskauer Rose are among the latest victims of a sweeping cyber breach. “It proves that nobody is immune,” said Zach Olsen, president of communications firm Infinite Global.
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UK and French Intelligence Agencies Issue Cybersecurity Warning to Law Firms
The publication of the reports coincides with a growing number of law firms continue to come forward with reports of cyber attacks and data breaches.
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Research Unearths an Ugly Truth: Lawyers Are Undermining Cybersecurity
“There have been a string of opinions that have put lawyers in a position where if they were to do their job competently they would essentially be putting their clients at risk because they would be creating documents that can be used in litigation or an investigatory proceeding,” said David Saunders, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery.
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Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks in the Metaverse: 5 Steps to Protect Your Data
To succeed in the metaverse, businesses must consider how they will collect, use and manage data as they enter this uncharted virtual territory.
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ABA Says Its Network Hacked; User Names and Hashed Passwords Possibly Accessed
The American Bar Association said last night that an unauthorized hacker gained access to the ABA network and may have acquired usernames and salted and hashed passwords that members would have used to access a prior version of the website.
In a statement, the ABA said:
“On March 17, 2023, the ABA observed unusual activity on its network. The association
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9 Recent Developments That Changed the Data Privacy Landscape
New technologies, new laws and new regulations have shifted data privacy substantially just within the last few months.
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Collaborative Cybersecurity: Working Across Legal and Information Security for Better Outcomes
The costs of failing to collaborate can be high: compliance failures, often the ambit of the legal/compliance team, add significantly to the costs of a data breach.
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Leadership Blaming Working From Home For Its Own Data Privacy Failures
Get ready for executives to blame the next big cyberattack on all you pesky kids working from home.
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