Worldwide: Information Technology

Private equity firms and their portfolio companies are facing a critical threat to value creation: an exodus of accounting talent that shows no signs of abating.

HelpNetSecurity.com reported that "Phishers are impersonating companies' IT support team and sending fake VPN configuration change notifications in the hopes that remote employees...

The New York office is open and (remotely) running. All of our attorneys have the same SGR provided laptop that seamlessly interfaces with our firm-wide IT infrastructure.

The idea of cybersecurity may be foreign—or even frightening—to many attorneys. However, as evidenced in Part One of this series ("Cybersecurity: You Can't Afford to Ignore It Anymore," April 25) law firms appear to be the next great target for hackers. In light of that, as a risk management prevention tool, attorneys and firms need to be aware of how to protect themselves.

ABA House of Delegates Resolution 105 (Resolution 105), which was narrowly approved by the ABA House of Delegates (HOD) at the mid-year meeting in February 2016...

Here are summaries of ethics opinions issued in December 2015. The opinions were issued by the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics.

In light of recent changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, what are a lawyer’s ethical duties arising from new technology? And what should a lawyer know about technology?

It may be hard to believe, but we already have closed the books on 2014, and we now have started making our legal way into 2015.

While some law firms have recently awakened to this key issue, significant further work needs to be undertaken.