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Jun 22, 2024 | 
mynewmarkets.com | Brandon Hollinder
Security threats are getting more sophisticated – and expensive – and this trajectory will continue. Digital footprints and technology usage will only keep expanding, adding to vulnerability and presenting more opportunities for compromises to occur. This complexity puts all companies in the path of a breach. According to a report released in summer 2023, federal data breach class action filings have risen 154% in a year’s time.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Sharon Abrahams |Brandon Hollinder |Sharon Levin |Bruce DeGrazia
“Timing is everything” — a saying that is never truer than when getting media coverage of your legal victories. Often, lawyers call their public relations team asking for help publicizing their win on “the biggest case of their career” and the first question a PR professional asks is: “When was the verdict?” Too frequently, the response is “last week” — or some other date in the distant past.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Dan Roe |Isha Marathe |Trudy Knockless |Brandon Hollinder
On Dec. 8, 2023, American companies woke up to the New York Times headline “E.U. Agrees on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Rules.” The agreement over the AI Act solidifies one of the world’s first comprehensive attempts to bring governance to unlock innovation in AI. U.S. companies have asked, what exactly does this development mean for their businesses? Want to continue reading?
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
law.com | Brandon Hollinder
Cyber incidents occur daily. In its H1 2023 Data Breach Analysis, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reported that data compromises are about to set a new record. There was an increase of 114% in reported data compromises from 2023 Q1 to Q2 reflecting the highest number of breaches ever during a quarter. (See, H1 2023 Data Breach Analysis: 2023 Data Compromises Are on a Blistering Pace to Set a New Record (Identity Theft Resource Center, 2023); Austin, Doug.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
lawjournalnewsletters.com | Brandon Hollinder
This article covers cyber trends and tips for organizations to explore in order to be better equipped to anticipate and respond to cyber incidents before a devastating breach occurs. The outcome? Diminished chance of class action activity, compliance violations, lost business, and mounting costs. Cyber incidents occur daily. In its H1 2023 Data Breach Analysis, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reported that data compromises are about to set a new record.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
docket.acc.com | Brandon Hollinder
Banner artwork by 32 pixels / Shutterstock.comFor organizations making the shift to cloud-based eDiscovery tools, achieving the best outcomes requires planning, stakeholder involvement, and change management. Epiq’s Managed Services Implementation team helps clients with this transition on a daily basis. Drawing from this experience, we've summarized steps you can use to lead your team to success.
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Oct 1, 2023 | 
lawjournalnewsletters.com | Brandon Hollinder
more businesses are facing legal actions alleging improper preparation to avoid and/or respond to a breach event. Arguably one of the best tools to assist in preparing for and avoiding some of the negative consequences of a cyber event is a tabletop simulation exercise. Many organizations are still relying on the “wait and hope” or “it won’t happen to me” approach to cyber incidents. With cyberattacks increasing in frequency and level of harm caused, the stakes are too high to avoid the inevitable.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Brandon Hollinder
Legal teams go to great lengths to identify and protect privileged information from inadvertent disclosure. There is another type of information that could be just as damaging to the company as a whole, but it receives far less focus and protection during the eDiscovery process: Confidential Business Information (“CBI”). CBI refers to information unique to the corporation who owns it. It’s anything key to the business that the company would not want its competitors, or the public, to know.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
aceds.org | Brandon Hollinder
Legal teams go to great lengths to identify and protect privileged information from inadvertent disclosure. There is another type of information that could be just as damaging to the company as a whole, but it receives far less focus and protection during the eDiscovery process: Confidential Business Information (“CBI”). CBI refers to information unique to the corporation who owns it. It’s anything key to the business that the company would not want its competitors, or the public, to know.
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Apr 5, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Brandon Hollinder
April 5, 2023
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With the number of cyber incidents skyrocketing, dealing with a data breach has become an all-too-common experience. In 2022 alone, there were over 500 million cyber-attacks and of these entities over 60 percent were attacked more than once.
