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Cybersecurity and data privacy issues continued to grow in significance for multinational businesses over the past 12 months, further heightening the importance of preparing and responding in a strategic, coordinated and enterprise-wide manner in 2017.

The Trump administration has publicly provided limited details so far about its plans for cybersecurity and data privacy policy. Reports…

Companies across industry sectors have developed risk-based cybersecurity programs to respond to the substantial and complex cyber threats they face. Managing regulatory risk has become an important element of these cybersecurity programs, as regulators use rules, enforcement actions, and guidance to establish an increasingly complex framework of regulatory expectations.

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has become fertile ground for plaintiffs seeking to use the prospect of aggregated statutory damages to extract sizable settlements. Although enacted to protect consumers, the law is being enforced in a manner that harms them by preventing them from receiving important telephone calls and text messages from businesses that…

Cybersecurity and data privacy were high priority issues in 2015 for companies in a broad range of industries. This year is poised to see cybersecurity and data privacy continue to grow in importance for companies doing business in the United States and for US businesses operating globally. In our 2016 Outlook, we highlight five priority…

In a bylined article, Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Charles E. Harris, II, Laura Hammargren, and associate Rebecca Klein (all Chicago) examines certain data security standards and why Washington entities might consider complying with one of these standards.

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Domestic and multinational companies are increasingly focused on safeguarding personal information due largely to the potential liability and reputational damage associated with data breaches. In 2010, we published an article titled “Is Data Breach Litigation a Continuing Threat?,” after countless consumer class actions seeking damages following a data breach were dismissed for failure to establish…