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Jun 17, 2021

Stats from the 2021 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey

On June 15, the 2021 Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey was released. The survey included interviews with 700 lawyers in law

Jun 16, 2021

Misinformation on Social Media

WIRED reported on May 28 that University of Washington professor Bo Zhao employed AI techniques similar to those used to create deepfakes

Jun 15, 2021

Meatpacker JBS Paid $11 Million After Ransomware Attack

Reuters reported on June 10 that meatpacker JBS USA paid a ransom equivalent to $11 million after the recent cyberattack that disrupted

Jun 10, 2021

Feds Recover $2.2 Million of the Colonial Pipeline Ransom

National Public Radio reported on June 8 that Department of Justice said that roughly $2.3 million of the ransom that was collected

Jun 09, 2021

Oh My! Lawyer Who Flips Bird in Zoom Appellate Hearing Fined $3000

The LawSites blog reported on June 8 that a lawyer must have neglected his duty of technical competence when he didn’t remember

Jun 08, 2021

White House Issues Stern Ransomware Memo to Business Leaders

CNBC reported on June 3 that the White House had issued a memo on June 2 urging corporate executives and business leaders

Jun 03, 2021

Law Firm Defending Client Against Data Breach Claim Leaks Data Itself

Yeah, you can’t make it up . . . As Above the Law reported on May 25, Goldberg Segalla is now a

Jun 02, 2021

Here’s MUD in Your Eye: Securing Small Business and Home Internet of Things (IoT) Devices

In the midst of holiday anticipation, many folks might have missed a very useful publication issued in May by the

May 27, 2021

Law Firm Cohen Milstein Suffered Cyber Incident in January 2021

Reuters reported on May 24 that Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, a plaintiff-side complex litigation firm, experienced unauthorized access to its computer

May 26, 2021

Ten REALLY Good Tips from Craig Ball on Better ESI Expert Reports

I absolutely love Craig Ball’s impromptu list of ten tips for crafting better expert reports on technical issues in electronic

May 25, 2021

Insurance Giant CNA Pays $40 Million After Ransomware Attack

Bloomberg reported on May 20 that CNA Financial Corp., one of the largest insurance companies in the U.S., paid $40 million in

May 20, 2021

The Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report is Out!

Everyone in cybersecurity awaits the results of each annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) – the new report (the