By Sara Beth A.R. Kohut, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently addressed the novel question of whether a person can be compelled to provide a password to allow law enforcement to access the contents of an encrypted device. Reversing an order of the Superior Court, the high court
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By Jennifer Ellis, Esq. These days most businesses have websites that market to potential clients/customers. Also, some businesses offer a portal through which they communicate with clients/customers. Of course, many businesses take payments through their sites. For law firms, all these issues come into play. However, law firms must be cautious about meeting ethical
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By Daniel J. Siegel, Law Offices of Daniel J. Siegel LLC The sky is falling! The sky is falling! I am always being accused of being the Chicken Little of law office technology, always warning attorneys and law firms that they need to use technology and remove the leech of dependency on traditional methods
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By Joseph Decker and Brett Creasy, CCE, CISSP, bit-x-bit LLC When a company is targeted and a data breach results, the exposure can be staggering. To take the most extreme example, Equifax’s Jan. 13, 2020 settlement of a 2017 class action data breach lawsuit, regarding a breach incident that affected approximately 147 million people,
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By Jordan L. Fischer of XPAN Law Group LLC As we close out 2019, it is a good time to reflect on the numerous changes to the privacy and security legal landscape, while also preparing for what is to come in the new year. The short predictions: the craziness of 2019 is going to continue for
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