I am really looking forward to speaking to the 400+ attendees at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) 25th Annual DFW Fraud Conference event on Friday, May 15, 2015. My address is titled Addressing the Most Current Cybersecurity Threats: Don’t Be the Next Victim. You can learn more about this event at this LINK…
Category: Digital Information Law
Cybersecurity Keynote Address at International Association of Insurance Professionals Event
I am really looking forward to delivering the Keynote Address at the International Association of Insurance Professionals IAIP DFW NAIW Week event on May 12, 2015. My address, which will follow 2 hours of CE/CLE education on Cyber Liability, is titled Cyber Risk Reality Check but, the more I think about it, perhaps it should be…
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Periscope Piracy Sets Up Grudge Match: Hollywood vs. Twitter
This is a prime example of the challenges that the law has when trying to keep up with evolving technology. The technology wins everytime and then we are left to clean up the mess later.
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Will Officers & Directors Be Held Legally Responsible for Companies’ Data Breaches and Cybersecurity Incidents?
Will Officers and Directors be held legally responsible for their companies’ data breaches and cybersecurity incidents? That is the question I addressed in Cybersecurity Risk: Law and Trends – A Director’s Duties Must Evolve With The Company’s, which was recently published in the Spring 2015 issue of Ethical Boardroom (see article below). The article is short…
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Why Hackers Love Companies Who Use Social Media – The Point
I read an interesting article that discusses the intersection between social media and cybersecurity. The gist is that the bad guys use information they learn on social media (recall my lessons on business situational awareness) to engage in social engineering / spear phishing attacks based upon that intel. Read more: Why Hackers Love Companies Who Use Social…
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Business Social Media Accounts Can Be Part of Bankruptcy Estate
A Southern District of Texas bankruptcy court ruled that business social media accounts are property that has value and belongs to the subject business. Therefore, the accounts are part of the businesses’ bankruptcy estate and must be surrendered by the businesses’ former owner. The case is In re: CTLI LLC, No. 14-33564 (Bankr. S.D. Tx. Apr. 3, 2015). Here is a more extensive article…
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New York Court Permits Service of Divorce Papers via Facebook
Justice Matthew Cooper, of the Manhatten Supreme Court, made a landmark ruling that permits a woman to serve divorce papers on her estranged husband via Facebook messenger. In this case, it only makes sense to permit this: The husband has deserted the wife The husband has no fixed address or place employment The husband’s only contact…
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Cyber Law is (the new) Practical Business Law
I have had a thing for simplicity lately. A couple of months ago I was on stage speaking and something really hit me. I was watching the audience and the looks on their faces made me realize that, while what I was saying was technically accurate, to most of the people in the crowd, it…
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Private Investigators, You Are Not Immune From the Computer Hacking Laws
I have seen far too many cases where private investigators do things like install keyloggers on estranged-spouses computers, install sniffer programs to find their login credentials, and do other nefarious activities to hack their way into computers. Why should it come as a surprise to anyone that a PI has now been busted for hiring a…
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Post Webinar Thoughts: Simple Ways to Effectively Use Social Media to Help Build Your Law Practice
Here is a great post by Cordell on a few takeaways from our webinar on social media marketing for lawyers. Check it out and let us know what you think: Simple Ways to Effectively Use Social Media to Help Build Your Law Practice | Cordell Parvin Blog.
