Nov 13, 2017 | Limiting liability
New Cybersecurity Regulations Apply to Colorado Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors Earlier this year, the Colorado Division of Securities issued regulations affecting Colorado broker-dealers and investment advisers. The regulations require broker-dealers and...
Sep 20, 2017 | Limiting liability
Equifax data breach: consumers and companies at risk By now almost everyone has read or heard about the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies. According to news reports, 143 million Americans have had sensitive personal...
Mar 30, 2017 | Limiting liability
Small Businesses Need To Protect Themselves from Cyberattacks We’ve all read about recent cyberattacks, in which hackers have broken into computer systems of large companies like Target, Yahoo and JPMorgan Chase, stealing banking, personal and credit card...
Mar 25, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Law firms, Limiting liability
Law Firms Also Increasing In Risk Of -Cyberattacks: What Lawyers Need To Know Cyberattacks have become much more frequent in recent years, and law firms find themselves increasingly at risk. In 2015, two large law firms, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and Weil Gotshal...
Mar 20, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Limiting liability
All companies are at risk of cyberattacks, and small and mid-sized business are increasingly being targeted. The cost to respond to being hacked can easily exceed $50,000, including business costs such as technical costs to investigate how the breach happened and...
Dec 15, 2016 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, Limiting liability, Medium-sized business, Small business
Limitation of Liability In previous posts in this series, we talked about the “boilerplate” provisions that you see in many contracts. As we discussed, while these provisions may seem to be run-of-the-mill, they do have meaning and can affect the parties’...
