Cyber Insurance 101: What It Is And Why You Need It
Study Reveals Alarming Statistics On Theft and Employee Misuse of Company Data
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various industries, offering efficiency, accuracy, and convenience. In the realm of estate planning and family offices, the integration of AI technologies has...more
While romance might be viewed as a personal matter, an employee falling for a romance scam can have a direct impact on an organization’s bottom line. Not only could their performance suffer, but a criminal may try to steal...more
Cybersecurity and data protection often involve the protection of data and intellectual property (“IP”), such as trade secrets, from outside threats, but is your company prepared to defend against threats from the inside? The...more
Despite bank policies, training, computer warning banners, governing laws and banking regulations, bank employees still take bank or customer data as their employment ends. They take potential or current customer lists,...more
What is insider risk? Managing and minimising risk in your organisation starts with understanding the types of risks in the modern workplace. Some risks are driven by external events and factors that are outside of direct...more
Cybersecurity was undoubtably on the forefront of the agenda for many organizations in 2020 – and 2021 should be no different. The rapid shift to remote work over the past year has led to an increased number of cybersecurity...more
Exploring business partnerships often involves or even requires sharing highly confidential trade secret information. The data center industry is no exception, and its participants have in recent years faced litigation...more
The British Columbia decision Equustek Solutions Inc. v Jack highlights the difficult, time consuming, and expensive exercise that organizations may find themselves in when an employee misuses confidential information. In...more
Over the past decade, companies are increasingly losing trade secret theft cases. Even when corporate secrets are stolen, courts are dismissing claims of disputed trade secret cases because plaintiffs have not taken...more
In the ongoing legal battle over the alleged theft of American trade secrets by Chinese telecom giant Huawei, one curious aspect is the lack of charges filed against any individual Huawei employees. On February 28, Huawei...more
Twenty-five years ago most companies’ greatest fear of espionage was employee theft at the photocopy machine at 2 in the morning. The company playbook could not be forwarded in an email or put on a thumb drive in a matter of...more
Waking up to news of another major data breach seems to have become a daily routine. On the front pages and cable news, we hear about hackers, rogue governments, and shadowy figures involved with these data breaches. But too...more
It’s Friday afternoon and the conversation goes a little like this, “Wait, what? They’re leaving? Where are they going? Is there any opportunity to help them reconsider?” When a key employee departs an organization, it can...more
On January 8, 2016, Christopher Correa, the former director of Baseball Development for the St. Louis Cardinals, pleaded guilty to each count of a five-count criminal information, charging him with felony violations of...more
In today’s post, we have answered some of the most frequent and significant questions that we are asked about trade secret disputes and employment risks. 1. Could you provide a brief snapshot of current trends in...more
The federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) was primarily intended to deter and punish database hacking by third parties. Employers involved in disputes with former employees have attempted to use CFAA in response to...more
Accretive Health recently agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint that stems from a July, 2011 incident in which an Accretive employee’s laptop was stolen from his car. As a medical billing and revenue...more