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Elizabeth Johnson, Attorney, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Executive teams in the U.S. live in fear of a successful ransomware attack, and who can blame them? In this Top Ten, learn some steps you can take to mitigate the impact of these events and potentially reduce their likelihood.

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Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC
Elaine F. Harwell, Senior Counsel and Privacy Officer, Procopio

Here are Top 10 things that covered businesses interacting with Californians should consider as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) as the effective date draws near.

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Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
Christopher Hatfield, Managing Director and Tim De Sousa, Senior Director, FTI Consulting, Inc.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many employees to work remotely. In light of statistics from Australian authorities, this article explores how this context increases the risk of data exposure and Intellectual Property (IP) loss or theft.

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Stephanie Williams-Quinn, Director, Entity Governance & Compliance, and Nadia Taousi, Senior Manager, Entity Governance & Compliance, PricewaterhouseCooper
3 pages

The Resolution introduces new requirements for entities to disclose its beneficial owners. The main purpose is to enhance transparency of entities registered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as to develop effective and sustainable executive and regulatory mechanisms and procedures in respect of beneficial owner data.

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Region: United Arab Emirates
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career
Debevoise & Plimpton
4 pages

Cybersecurity threats may create significant operational and legal problems that can compromise the arbitral process, including loss or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data, breaches of attorney-client confidentiality, adverse media coverage and reputational damage, costs associated with breach notification or data recovery, and legal liability.

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Region: Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC
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Hackers have been increasing their attacks on US companies, but there also are threats from inside companies by employees and contractors. This resource provides examples of common threats involving employees, such as phishing attempts, and explains the role of in-house counsel in addressing those threats.

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Region: Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC, Legal Operations, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Thomson Reuters
4 pages

Increasing cybersecurity attacks and fast-evolving data privacy and security law mean there's so much more data for in-house legal departments to track. Learn how to gauge a "reasonable" data security request and integrate that into your work.

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Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Jacob Kojfman, Legal Counsel, CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc.

Cloud computing is an environment where a business outsources the development, hosting, or running of all or part of its applications and information to a third party, and away from the business’s hardware and premises. In this Top Ten, learn how to utilize this technology for your in-house contract needs.

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Collection: Contract Negotiation Skills
Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Peter Leonard, Consultant, Gilbert + Tobin
6 pages

This article provides an in-depth look at data privacy in the modern world. Specifically, it states that data privacy statutes, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC’s) Digital Platform Inquiry’s recommendations, and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are insufficient to address issues with data privacy. However, it stresses the need to redraft statutes to protect the rights and interests of individual humans to live without the risk of “excessive intrusion” in order to ameliorate problems with data privacy.

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Region: Australia
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC
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