Austrian law student’s case against Facebook results in landmark ECJ decision to scrap safe harbour regime Legal Business An Austrian law student has won a legal challenge over the US safe harbour scheme, in a decision which will…
Hacked off with cyber risk? You may be… Legal Business Carter Perry Bailey’s Mark Aizlewood and Simon Thomas highlight the threat to law firms. At the time of writing, news…
Beating ‘Friday afternoon’ fraud Legal Business Sophisticated criminals are increasingly targeting firms of solicitors with so-called ‘Friday afternoon’ frauds. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) reported in…
We need to talk… about technology: Shepherds’ CEO Gibb on keeping pace with technology Legal Business Innovation lies at the core of technology. Evolution and improvement in the ways we design and use basic utilities and…
We need to talk… about technology Legal Business Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Stephen Gibb argues that the law must keep pace with change when it comes to connected networks…
No more weak links – elite law firms unite to fight cyber security threat Jaishree Kalia It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink…
Insight report on cyber security – Anatomy of a breach Chris Crowe With breaches impossible to stop, companies are focusing on managing the huge risks of a major cyber incident. We teamed up…
Professional indemnity: PI insurance – dos and don’ts Legal Business Marsh’s Sandra Neilson-Moore reflects on the process of applying for professional indemnity insurance, with some added thoughts on cyber liability…
Mobile cyber-security – Pay as You Go Legal Business Mobile technology has enabled today’s lawyers to be more responsive to clients’ needs than ever before but brings added risk…
Here be monsters – will LPOs help clients find the threats in the data jungle? Anthony Notaras From disclosure to global investigations, companies are being forced to search an expanding jungle of data for threats. Legal Business…
Cyber warfare – Norton Rose Fulbright hires global chief information security officer Sarah Downey Top ten LB100 firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has moved to further protect client information with the hire the former head…
Known unknowns – is the legal industry ready to repel the growing threat of cyberattacks? Legal Business Combating cyberattacks on law firms is complicated by the lack of hard information and the shadowy nature of perpetrators. But,…
