What Happened? Cleveland Municipal Court has been shut down the past two weeks as it grapples with a cyber incident. The nature and scope of this incident is not yet publicly known, but it is reasonable to suggest that the Court may have been hit with a ransomware...
Marriott has agreed to pay $52 million dollars and implement new consumer data protections to settle investigations by attorneys general from 49 states and the Federal Trade Commission, following data breaches that occurred between 2015 and 2020. The First Breach In...
This past July, the City of Columbus, Ohio experienced a significant data breach. Hackers were able to breach Columbus’ network and gained access to private information of city employees and residents. Initially, the City stated that it had thwarted a ransomware...
Ohio House Bill 345, also known as The Ohio Personal Privacy Act, was introduced at the end of 2023 and is currently being considered in committee. The bill establishes requirements related to the collection, processing, and sale of digital personal data. Categories...
Last month, Cleveland City Hall shut down due to what it initially described as a “cyber incident,” which was later explained as a ransomware attack. Many of the functions provided by City Hall stopped or significantly slowed, leaving residents and employees...
MURTHY v. MISSOURI This past week, the United States Supreme Court held that two states – Missouri and Louisiana – and several private individuals did not have standing to obtain an injunction against the United States government to prevent the government from...
TV shows about lawyers are exciting, fast-paced and sexy. Not so much in real life. While entertaining, attorney TV shows do not reflect the reality of how litigation is conducted and can have a negative effect on what people expect when they deal with actual,...
Your company was hacked. You feel panic, embarrassment, anger, fear and confusion. But you must act quickly, logically and decisively to stop the bleeding and protect your business, your customers and your employees. The good news is you are not alone in this fight. A...
It’s late Friday afternoon and the COO of your company emails you with an urgent request to send him the HR spreadsheet you have been working on. Frantic, you immediately reply and send him the requested information. But it wasn’t the COO emailing you; it was a...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted rules requiring public companies to quickly disclose “material cybersecurity incidents” and to annually disclose material information regarding a company’s cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and...