Lawyers Need to Pay Attention to Ethical Obligations Following a Data Breach

In the event of a cyberincident, lawyers have relevant legal obligations they must follow, and the need to review whether a firm is prepared to meet its ethical obligations is increasingly important. "Attorneys can be held liable for data breaches that occur, and part of the standard that the law may apply is the attorney's ethical duty to keep the clients' confidential information secret," remarked Sean Griffin, an attorney at Dykema Gossett who formerly worked at the U.S.