May 8, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Ransomware Hacking Tactic Ransomware, which can freeze up your company’s entire computer network, has been on the rise in recent years. Ransomware often takes the form of an email that seems legitimate, with an attachment in a format such as MS Word or Excel. If...
Apr 28, 2017 | Agreements, Contract, Cybersecurity, data security, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Your vendor contracts and cybersecurity: how to protect yourself In a previous post I talked about how your contracts with vendors and other third parties can increase your cybersecurity risk. A vendor may hold valuable data for you, such as consumer information or...
Apr 19, 2017 | Contract, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
How your vendor contracts may be putting you at risk for cyberattacks In 2013 the retailer Target suffered a massive data breach, with hackers stealing the credit card information of more than 40 million customers, and the addresses and phone numbers of more than 70...
Apr 10, 2017 | Corporation, Cybersecurity, data security, Employment, hacking, information security
The weakest link: employees, not technology, are the cause of most hacks When most people think of cyberattacks, they think of some hacker sitting in a dark room, probing a company’s network for ways to break in. While that still happens, more and more often...
Mar 30, 2017 | Limiting liability
Small Businesses Need To Protect Themselves from Cyberattacks We’ve all read about recent cyberattacks, in which hackers have broken into computer systems of large companies like Target, Yahoo and JPMorgan Chase, stealing banking, personal and credit card...
Mar 25, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Law firms, Limiting liability
Law Firms Also Increasing In Risk Of -Cyberattacks: What Lawyers Need To Know Cyberattacks have become much more frequent in recent years, and law firms find themselves increasingly at risk. In 2015, two large law firms, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and Weil Gotshal...
Mar 20, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Limiting liability
All companies are at risk of cyberattacks, and small and mid-sized business are increasingly being targeted. The cost to respond to being hacked can easily exceed $50,000, including business costs such as technical costs to investigate how the breach happened and...
Mar 16, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Cybersecurity: Your Business Is At Risk We’ve all read about recent cyber-attacks, in which hackers have broken into computer systems of large companies like Target, Yahoo, and JPMorgan Chase, stealing banking, personal, and credit card information. Even U.S....
Dec 15, 2016 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Small business
Limitation of Liability In previous posts in this series, we talked about the “boilerplate” provisions that you see in many contracts. As we discussed, while these provisions may seem to be run-of-the-mill, they do have meaning and can affect the parties’...
Nov 17, 2016 | Agreements, Contract, Corporation
The Indemnification Provision In this blog post I want to discuss a provision that is in many contracts, but is easy to skip over. This is the indemnification provision. Indemnification is a big topic, far too big to discuss in detail in a blog post. However, I...
