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Morrison Mahoney Partner Grace V.B. Garcia Elected Secretary of Massachusetts Bar Association
BOSTON, Mass. — Morrison Mahoney LLP partner Grace V.B. Garcia has been elected secretary of the Massachusetts Bar Association for its 2018-19 year, beginning on Sept. 1. Garcia will serve as a member of the MBA’s leadership team under incoming President Christopher A. Kenney, who will seek to strengthen the MBA’s role as a partner to the legal profession, and promote civics and civic responsibility in Massachusetts through education, empowerment and engagement.
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection – August 14, 2018
In this edition of the Cybersecurity Newsletter, our team discusses a record TCPA class action settlement, a cybersquatting case involving the estate of Prince, an insurance coverage case concerning a phishing attack that resulted in theft from hundreds of ATMs totaling more than $2 million dollars, and the Pentagon’s new [...]
Taking a Closer Look at the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
The Act will go into effect on January 1, 2020, and will create substantial new rights for consumers, defined as California residents, and responsibilities for businesses. Not all businesses will be subject to the provisions of the Act.
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection – July 3, 2018
This week’s edition of the cybersecurity newsletter discusses new—and potentially monumental—cybersecurity legislation in California, a recent Adidas data breach, an important Third Circuit TCPA decision regarding the interpretation of the term “autodialer,” a report regarding the vulnerability of federal government contractors to phishing scams, a consent order between Equifax and [...]
Legal Malpractice Law – 6/29/2018
Appellate Court of Illinois, First District Discovery Rule: Legal malpractice action not timely filed despite plaintiff's discovery rule claim that attorneys' misrepresentation delayed discovery of injury because lay person knew or should have known that a worker's compensation/occupational disease lump sum settlement was inadequate for eight-year disability. Court of Appeals [...]
Michael Aylward Offers “Closing Quote” on Personal Umbrella Insurance for Insurance Journal
The article, “3 Reasons Why Your Clients Need to Buy Personal Umbrella,” ran in the June 18, 2018 issue of Insurance Journal Magazine.
