The cybersecurity phenomenon has changed the risk management paradigm for many enterprises, especially those in the practice of law. Modern-day cyber-attacks present an existential threat to certain fundamental principles of the attorney-client relationship, including the duties of competence and loyalty, two of the many bedrock duties that every attorney owes to its clients.
In this whitepaper, Cybersecurity: An Existential Threat to The Practice Of Law and the Attorney-Client Privilege, John Araneo, General Counsel and Managing Director of Align Cybersecurity, offers insight into this systematic risk facing the bar, the potential significant price these law firms will be forced to pay and the critical need for reforms.
