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Law Practice

Apr. 2, 2014

Data breaches spawn flurry of insurance work

Attorneys representing both insurers and their clients are responding to a spike in security lapses. More than most types of insurance, both the terms and the costs of data breach policies are in flux.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The explosion of data breaches across the country has led to a rapid expansion in privacy practice groups at major law firms. But given the need to guard against the fallout of such incidents, it's also spurred growth in insurance practices.


Some companies looking to protect themselves have purchased policies specifically tailored for data breaches, while others have argued that insurers must cov...

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