Jan 22, 2018 | business attorney, Corporation, Fractional general counsel, Law firms, Legal fees, Medium-sized business, Startups
Using a fractional general counsel provides your company high-quality legal service at a fraction of the cost of outside law firms Attorneys can be expensive. Even attorneys will acknowledge that fact. Hiring a full-time in-house attorney may not make economic sense...
Nov 28, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, healthcare, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Uber hid 2016 cyberattack affected 57 million Uber customers and drivers: five lessons for every business Ride-sharing service Uber recently disclosed that it suffered a massive cyberattack in October 2017, in which personal information of some 50 million customers...
Nov 13, 2017 | Limiting liability
New Cybersecurity Regulations Apply to Colorado Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors Earlier this year, the Colorado Division of Securities issued regulations affecting Colorado broker-dealers and investment advisers. The regulations require broker-dealers and...
Nov 1, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Ransomware
Denver Art Museum suffers data breach affecting information of 800 people As I’ve written in previous blog posts, size doesn’t matter when it comes to the risk of a data breach. Nor does it matter whether the organization breached is a business or a...
Oct 31, 2017 | business attorney, Corporation, Fractional general counsel, Legal fees, Medium-sized business, Small business, Startups
A fractional general counsel can provide excellent legal services at a fraction of the cost of outside law firms Attorneys can be expensive. Even attorneys will acknowledge that fact. For a business that needs ongoing legal services, hiring a full-time in-house...
Oct 2, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Ransomware, Small business
Small and mid-sized businesses worried after recent Equifax data breach By now, almost everyone has heard or read about the recent data breach of Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies in the U.S. According to Equifax, as many as 143 million...
Sep 20, 2017 | Limiting liability
Equifax data breach: consumers and companies at risk By now almost everyone has read or heard about the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies. According to news reports, 143 million Americans have had sensitive personal...
Aug 29, 2017 | accounting firms, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security
Federal Trade Commission settles with tax preparation company over violations of privacy and security requirements that apply to all tax preparers I have written in previous posts that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley statute, which many believe only applies to “financial...
Aug 14, 2017 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, data security, Employment, Legal fees, LLC, Medium-sized business, Small business
What is an “outside general counsel” and what can one do for your company, besides save you money? Do you wish you could run legal and business issues past your lawyer whenever you need to, without worrying about getting billed for every call or email? Having a...
Aug 8, 2017 | Corporation, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Denver Bar Association’s magazine The Docket: article on cybersecurity Please check out my article on cybersecurity in the August/September issue of The Docket, the Denver Bar Association’s magazine. Click here for the link. Please feel free to contact...
