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Law Practice

May 1, 2014

Firms adjust policies to fight hacking

The threat of data theft by foreign companies or countries is leading lawyers with international practices to adopt new practices in terms of technology and planning, especially while traveling abroad.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Of all the compromising information available to data thieves these days, confidential legal documents are some of the most sensitive - and among the most appealing. Under threat from foreign states and corporate actors, law firms with international practices have been adjusting their technology policies, especially for lawyers traveling abroad. The upshot: Practicing law internationally is coming to look a lo...

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