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03.23.16

Cyberattackers Hone in on Hospitals

HealthcareInfoSecurity spoke to Manatt's Robert Belfort, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, about ransomware attacks against hospitals. The attacks, in which attackers encrypt data and demand ransom to decrypt it, have become more common in recent weeks."There's been a ...


02.02.16

Best Practices for Handling Data Breaches

HealthData Management quoted Manatt's Robert Belfort, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, about how healthcare organizations should handle security breaches of patient records.Belfort stressed the importance of balancing transparency and protection of the organization's ...


07.27.15

Libby, Wilson Among L.A.'s Top White Collar/Cyber Crime Lawyers

In a special supplement published on July 27, 2015, the Los Angeles Business Journal recognized Manatt's John Libby, co-chair of the firm's Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense practice, and Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firm's Privacy and Data Security practice, as two of ...


07.23.15

Wall Street Journal Interviews Manatt Privacy Co-Chair on Neiman Marcus Appeals Case

The Wall Street Journal interviewed Manatt's Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firm's Privacy and Data Security practice, for an article on a U.S. appeals court's decision to send Neiman Marcus Group LLC back to court over a 2013 cyberattack, reinstating a case that had been dismissed last ...


06.19.15

Daily Journal Quotes Wilson on Cyberinsurance in the Legal Industry

The Daily Journal quoted Manatt's Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firm's Privacy and Data Security practice, for an article on the increased pressure that clients are putting on outside counsel to protect against cybersecurity risks.Wilson said cyberinsurance has now become a must-have for ...


06.03.15

Seven Practices Receive Top National Rankings by Legal 500

Manatt has received seven national practice area rankings in the newly released 2015 edition of The Legal 500 United States, published on June 3, 2015. Three Manatt partners, Robert Belfort, Linda Goldstein and David Grinberg, were also recognized as "Leading Lawyers" in their areas. ...


05.06.15

Court Determines Parameters in Song-Beverly Interpretation

Law360 interviewed Manatt's Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firm's Privacy and Data Security practice, for an article on the California Supreme Court's anticipated interpretation of the state's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act.Law360 reports that the Ninth Circuit recently charged ...


04.30.15

Wilson Discusses the Changing Privacy Landscape

SC Magazine interviewed Manatt's Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firm's Privacy and Data Security for an article on how privacy has become difficult to define and to protect. Current guidelines for privacy are mostly drawn from the Electronic Communications Protection Act of 1986 (ECPA), a ...


04.30.15

Supreme Court Will Review FCRA Case

SHRM.org interviewed Manatt's Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firm's Privacy and Data Security practice, for an article on the U.S. Supreme Court's plan to review a Fair Credit Reporting Act case, Spokeo Inc. v. Robins. The court will address the question of whether a person may sue under ...


04.21.15

The New Holistic Approach to Information Governance

In a Q&A-style article, The Cybersecurity Law Report interviewed Manatt's Donna Wilson, co-chair of the firms' Privacy and Data Security practice, on how companies should be implementing holistic information governance as part of enterprise risk management. Companies should stress the ...