On July 1, 2014, the first provisions of the Canadian Anti-Spam Law (“CASL”) will come into effect. CASL intends to address the e-mail “spam” problem, where spam is undesired commercial electronic messages (“CEMs”), by requiring that recipients of CEMs to consent to their receipt, either expressly or implicitly. CASL covers the sending of CEMs to…
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How to Prepare For and Respond To A Cyber Attack: Have A Disaster Recovery Plan
Insider threats, hackers and cyber criminals are all after your data, and despite your best precautions, they may breach your systems. How should small and medium sized businesses prepare for a cyber incident or data breach? Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent, are more sophisticated, and can have devastating consequences. It is not enough for…
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The NIST Issues a Draft of the Long-anticipated Cybersecurity Framework
The drafting of the Framework was fueled by former Head of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano’s warning that a “cyber 9/11 could happen imminently.” In recent years cyberattacks on this country’s financial industry and resource infrastructure, as well as on private banks and companies, have dramatically increased in frequency and severity. The National Institute of Standards…
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The Enforceability of Duplicate Contracts
The Original vs. The Copy – Does It Really Matter From An Evidentiary Perspective? While there are many hurdles a business document needs to overcome in order to be admitted as evidence in court, there is one hurdle that many clients routinely inquire about – the legality and admissibility of digital image copies, in lieu…
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