ACC NCR: Ethics and Cybercrime: Navigating Ethical Issues in the Aftermath of a Data Breach, Cyber Incident, or Ransomware Attack

Counsel responding to cybercrime incidents are faced with an impossible task: Solving for an imminent crisis without a clearly defined legal framework while addressing customers, regulators, forensic IT, and communications.  Dealing with the aftermath a cyber incident raises of a host of ethical issues and challenges.  This panel will discuss opportunities and ways to navigate these obstacles.   

The panel will address:
(1) maintaining privilege during the critical period after a cyber incident;
(2) ethical and strategic considerations in reporting a cyber incident to law enforcement;
(3) how the attorney-client privilege may be impacted by the use of artificial intelligence;
(4) ethical and legal requirements that need to be contemplated before making a ransom payment; and
(5) maximizing insurance coverage for cyber-related losses without ethical constraints.  

The panel will reference relevant standards from the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct and the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. 

Presented by Kathleen McGee, Partner and Heather Weaver, Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler and Courtney Edmonds, SVP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, and Deputy General Counsel at Leidos.

2.0 Hours of VA Ethics MCLE approved.