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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Sep. 24, 2013

Firms rarely face up to risks, costs of computer data leaks, malpractice lawyers told

Cyber attacks and simple data breaches are more common and more expensive than many law firms recognize, experts said during two ABA malpractice programs.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - It seems like good news: In the past several years, law firms have filed a bare handful of insurance claims involving computer data or security breaches.


To a panel of cyber liability experts speaking at an American Bar Association conference on legal malpractice, however, that news is bad.


"We keep wondering why aren't there claims coming in," said Eduard Go...

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