Mon.Feb 17, 2020

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5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA Compliance

The McHughes Law Firm

The ruling by the 9 th Circuit Court in the Dominos vs Robles case and the subsequent refusal to hear an appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court has created new compliance requirements for all businesses operating a website. Websites and applications are now expected to provide accessibility to everyone including the differently-abled individuals as per the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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To Serve Man: The Time to Adopt the Cloud Is Long Past

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Remember that old Twilight Zone episode ?? ( It’s a cookbook! ) Well, this time, it’s not hungry aliens that are coming for us: it’s your server, and what it really wants is your wallet. If you haven’t fully adopted cloud software, you’re likely storing your documents and email on a server.? But, there are a lot of associated costs for maintaining physical servers, like: the space they require, their need to be cooled, the electricity they suck up, the requirement to manage your own data backup

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Financial Data Security Compliance, Regulations & Standards in 2020

Arbeit Software

Data Security is especially important for organizations in the financial services sector. With high importance comes strict regulations and standards that are needed to ensure that sensitive data stays secure.

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Sixth Circuit Side Steps the Bona Fide Error Defense

Consumer Financial Services Law

A recent opinion issued by the Sixth Circuit should prove helpful to attorneys facing unsettled issues of state law. As drolly described by the Court, “[a] lawyer sued two lawyers, and each side hired more lawyers. Five years later, after ‘Stalingrad litigation’ tactics, discovery sanctions, and dueling allegations of professional misconduct, we are left with $3,662 in damages and roughly $180,000 in attorney’s fees.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.