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Navigating a Security Incident - Best Practices for Engaging Service Providers - September 2024

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With the recent wave of ransomware and other security incidents, it is now more important than ever for impacted organizations to have a thorough understanding of each element of a proper data breach response. That includes...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Actionable Advice When Sharing Client Data with Vendors

We’ve previously written on the need for law firms to scrutinize the data security protections in place at all third-party vendors who have access to client confidential information. Clearly, that’s still good advice....more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Old Tricks for the New Dog: Why Traditional Technology Sourcing Best Practice Is Relevant for Cutting-Edge AI

Since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the intense hype around large language models (LLMs) and complex AI systems has exploded. Organizations have rushed to both try and buy these new tools. Along with it, a flood of...more

Integreon

Global Impact: Exploring Business Continuity and Growth with Offshoring Strategies

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In the current landscape of heightened customer expectations and fierce industry competition, law firms find themselves needing to exceed traditional service delivery norms. The need to go above and beyond in meeting client...more

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Understanding the Data Governance Act: Key Aspects and Challenges

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A few weeks ago, on 24 September 2023, the Data Governance Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on European data governance) (“DGA”) came into force.  The DGA aims to...more

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Don’t Be Insecure: DOL Guidance Addresses Cybersecurity for ERISA Plans

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The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new guidance on best practices for maintaining cybersecurity in connection with ERISA plans (the Guidance). The Guidance, which is intended for sponsors, fiduciaries, record...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DOL Begins Audit of Retirement Plans for Cybersecurity Shortfalls

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To increase protections for the estimated $9.3 trillion in American retirement assets, the Department of Labor (DOL) has begun a new cybersecurity audit initiative for retirement plans. After providing its first set of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOL Releases Cybersecurity Best Practices Guidance for Protecting Retirement Benefits

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For the first time, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released cybersecurity guidance aimed at protecting workers' retirement benefits. The guidance, which was released...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Webinar] Update on China and Russia: Restrictions and Best Practices - June 1st, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CDT

Learning Objectives: - Develop greater understanding of the main US trade restrictions on China and Russia - Gain familiarity into key compliance issues under current restrictions, including related to exports, supply...more

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ERISA Cybersecurity Lessons for Employers

Retirement plans are increasingly subject to cybersecurity issues, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is taking notice. On April 14, 2021, the DOL published cybersecurity guidance “for plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries,...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Internal Investigations Compliance Workshop - July 19th - 21st, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Get the training you need to conduct internal investigations - The SCCE Internal Investigations Workshop provides two days of focused training on conducting compliance-related internal investigations. Attendees also have...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

DOL Issues Cybersecurity Best Practices For ERISA Covered Retirement Plans

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Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued much anticipated cybersecurity guidance for employee retirement plans. This comes more than four and a half years after the ERISA...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

COVID-19 Client Primer | Maximizing Teleconferencing Privacy

ANALYSIS - Maximizing Teleconferencing Privacy - With much of the nation under orders that limit employees’ ability to go into the office, organizations around the world are increasingly moving entire businesses online...more

A&O Shearman

Significant Business Disruptions: Considerations for Broker-Dealers

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In light of the threats posed by natural disasters, pandemics and civil disorder, among other events, businesses of all types must formulate responses to address significant business disruptions (“SBDs”) and the safety of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Best Practices for Plan Sponsors #9

Best Practices: Lessons Learned from Litigation (#2)—the Vanderbilt Case - I am writing two series of articles that together are called “The Bests.” One is about Best Practices for Plan Sponsors, while the other is about...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Hot Topics in Contract Law: 5 Key Takeaways

Special thanks to those who were able to make it to our afternoon CLE session: “Top 3 Hot Topics in Contract Law,” at ACC Greater Philadelphia’s In-House Counsel Conference on April 24, 2019. Even if you weren’t able to make...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Hacker or Your Cloud Provider. Who Presents the Greatest Risk to Your Data?

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It’s your worst nightmare. All of your most important and sensitive data, the thing your business values most, the thing your company cannot operate without, the thing your regulators require you to protect, has been taken...more

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Data Breach in Brief: Knowing the Risks and Protecting Your Company

Data breaches continue to be an unfortunate risk that companies face with increasing frequency. In this podcast, Rebecca Bennett, Stephen Riga, and Justin Tarka discuss data breaches from both a U.S. and EU perspective,...more

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Organizing Data Privacy Within A Company (2018 Update)

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Although organizations have dealt with privacy issues for years, only in the past decade have they begun to view the complexities of privacy as requiring formal organizational structure, dedicated employees, and/or dedicated...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Are You Being Scammed? — Assignment of Benefits in Property Losses

Assignment of Benefit Scams - According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, about $80 billion is stolen every year by unscrupulous companies supposedly acting in the best interests of U.S consumers during critical...more

McManis Faulkner

E-Discovery: What to Look for in e-Discovery Vendors

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Electronically stored information (“ESI”) can play a vital role in any case, whether it’s family law or business and commercial litigation. If managed appropriately, ESI can not only provide you with critical information,...more

Epiq

An In-House Counsel’s Guide to eDiscovery

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Metadata, terabytes, forensic images, slack space, email archives. So when did they teach this in law school? For most in-house counsel, these are not terms even Webster knew existed when you were in law school, nor are you...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Top 10 Best Practices for Handling a Data Breach

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Data breaches are a reality that all businesses need to take seriously. Knowing your vulnerabilities is only part of the solution. You and your key stakeholders should be prepared with an incident response plan that defines...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Tech Industry’s Next Frontier?

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Tongue-in-cheek references to Pokémon Go as a health App aside, maybe the tech industry is on to something. In the U.S., seven out of every ten deaths are due to chronic diseases, such as diabetes or heart disease. Perhaps...more

Perkins Coie

SEC’s Increased Cybersecurity Enforcement and How to Reduce Your Risks

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The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more

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