Cybersecurity Concerns and Risks for Lawyers – May 2024

Cybersecurity Concerns and Risks for Lawyers – May 2024 | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |

Speakers will discuss the following topics:

Part One | Cybersecurity 101 | What Lawyers Need to Know

Covering the technological aspects of protecting client and law office electronic data and communication (including sending, receiving and storing electronic information; cybersecurity features of technology used; network, hardware, software and mobile device security; preventing, mitigating, and responding to cybersecurity threats, cyber attacks and data breaches); vetting and assessing vendors and other third parties relating to policies, protocols and practices on protecting electronic data and communication; applicable laws relating to cybersecurity (including data breach laws) and data privacy; and law office cybersecurity, privacy and data protection policies and protocols.

Part Two | Ethics and Cybersecurity for Lawyers

Panelists will explore ethical obligations and professional responsibilities regarding the protection of electronic data and communication including: sources of lawyers’ ethical obligations and professional responsibilities and their application to electronic data and communication; protection of confidential, privileged and proprietary client and law office data and communication; client counseling and consent regarding electronic data, communication and storage protection policies, protocols, risks and privacy implications; security issues related to the protection of escrow funds; inadvertent or unauthorized electronic disclosure of confidential information, including through social media, data breaches and cyber attacks; and supervision of employees, vendors and third parties as it relates to electronic data and communication. 

Speakers:

Hon. Ronald J. Hedges, Principal, Ronald Hedges LLC

Marissa J. Moran, J.D., Professor, Department of Law & Paralegal Studies, CUNY

Tyler S. Rexhouse, Esq., Hoffman Warnick LLC, Albany, NY

William S. Friedlander, Esq., Friedlander & Friedlander, P.C., Ithaca, NY

Kenneth A. Krajewski, Esq., Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, Buffalo, NY