The Supreme Court today dismissed as “improvidently granted” a case involving an unnamed law firm seeking to prevent the U.S. government from accessing the records of a client accused of violating tax laws. The law firm had previously asserted that the documents at issue were protected under attorney-client privilege. In re Grand Jury, Dkt.
Although data breaches and data breach litigation are not rare, trials concerning the appropriate response to cybersecurity incidents are. For this reason many, particularly those involved with incident response, have been keeping a close eye on a federal trial underway in Missouri. The case involved a law firm sued by its former client, an insurance
On Thursday January 20th from 2-3:30 pm CPW’s Kristin Bryan will be joining a panel of experts to discuss current trends and best practices concerning digital forensics. From her perspective as a data privacy and cybersecurity litigator, Kristin will discuss establishing and protecting the privilege of forensic reports prepared in the wake of a data
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Consumer Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you are interested in additional information.
2021 was another year of high activity in the realm of data event and cybersecurity litigations with several noteworthy developments. CPW has been tracking these cases throughout the year. Read on for key trends and what to expect going into the 2022.
Recap of Data Breach and Cybersecurity Litigations in 2020
2021 heralded several developments
In case you missed it, below is a summary of recent posts from CPW. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in additional information on any of the developments covered.
CPW’s Kristin Bryan, Ericka Johnson and Rafael Langer-Osuna have partnered with Strafford for an interactive 90 minute CLE video webinar Thursday, October 28, 2021 from 1:00pm-2:30pm EST on “Defending Work-Product Status and Attorney-Client Privilege of Forensic Reports–Equipping Commercial Litigators to Protect Incident Investigations and Related Communications From Discovery.”
You can register here. This
In case you missed it, below is a summary of recent posts from CPW. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in additional information on any of the developments covered.
CPW has previously covered the long-running Sonic cybersecurity litigations.
As readers will recall, in 2017 unidentified third parties accessed Sonic customers’ payment card data. The hackers purportedly obtained customer payment card information from more than three-hundred Sonic Drive-Ins. Litigation followed, which was consolidated into multidistrict litigation (“MDL”). In the consolidated complaint filed in the MDL,
CPW’s Kristin Bryan was interviewed recently by CyberScoop regarding the significance of the court’s decision in In re Rutter’s which ordered the production of a forensic report and related communications over assertions of privilege in data privacy litigation. As she explains, the court’s ruling (considered in conjunction with the Clark Hill and Capital