In-House News
Does anyone recall the etymology of the “cc” option in our emails? I do. Before the advent of copying machines, initially known ubiquitously as Xerox…
More than half of businesses were hit by a ransomware attack in 2019, at an estimated total cost of $11.5 billion. That’s per a recent…
A recent joint report from Lloyd’s of London and KPMG finds that as much of 85 percent of total business value in many industries now…
What constitutes a privileged communication? This Today’s General Counsel article considers some of the complexities and the light that may be shed on this question…
A data breach brings with it some of the most difficult calls in-house legal will ever have to make. What happened? How serious is it?…
As bring-your-own device policies proliferate and digital storage becomes cheaper and more prevalent, it gets easier to pilfer trade secrets. Whether intentional or unintentional, it…
The Ninth Circuit has issued a decision that for the first time adopted a waiver standard for the work-product doctrine – a standard that is…
An increasing number of families of employees who have died of Covid-19 are filing lawsuits against employers. The key question in many of these suits…
Contracts may need to be modified for many reasons, including changes in the financial or regulatory regime. (One example: The coming replacement of LIBOR (the…
Three pieces of legislation addressing cybersecurity, particularly within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), were introduced in the House on July 13. Concerns about cybersecurity…