By Peter F. Johnson, Superior Court of Pennsylvania Late last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia filed its decision in Kaspersky Lab, Inc. v. United States Department of Homeland Security, 18-5176, 2018 WL 6252798 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 30, 2018), upholding a congressional prohibition on the use of Kaspersky Lab
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By Jordan L. Fischer of XPAN Law Group LLC On Nov. 16, 2018, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Guidelines 3/2018 on the territorial scope of the GDPR (Guidelines), soliciting public consultation through Jan. 18, 2019. While these are not final, they provide some of the first indicators on how the EU will
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By Joshua Mooney As much of the country’s workforce traveled on the Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a landmark decision in cybersecurity: under Pennsylvania law, employers have an independent duty to protect employee data from cyberattacks. Specifically, in Dittman v. UPMC, 2018 Pa. LEXIS 6051 (Pa. Nov. 21,
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By Jennifer Ellis, Esquire Data breaches and identity theft are both serious and growing problems. Yet, many law firms fail to take the steps necessary to keep their clients’ information safe. Failure to protect not only your clients’ data, but the data of opposing parties, can lead to ethical issues, fines from government agencies
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By Joshua Mooney and Andrew Lipton, White and Williams LLP On October 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement issued a report on Cyber-Related Frauds Against Public Companies and Related Internal Accounting Controls Requirements (the Report)[1] warning that a public company’s failure to implement adequate cybersecurity controls to address the
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