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April 24 2018

Kathryn Ossian Releases 2018 Edition of Practicing Law Institute’s Treatise “Social Media and the Law”

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In this time of online privacy concerns and digital hacking, there is a great need to understand and interpret best online practices through a legal lens. To this end, the 2018 Edition of Practicing Law Institute’s treatise “Social Media and the Law”, by Kathryn Ossian, Founder and CEO of Ossian Law, is now available. This publication was first released in 2013, and is updated annually to reflect changes in the legal implications of social media usage for individuals and businesses. Some of the recent developments in “Social Media and the Law” include:

April 5 2018

A note from Jon Isenberg

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This week’s newsletter will discuss a pop-up that is visible on your computer screen and it tells you that Microsoft has locked your computer due to an infection and you need to call the number to repair the infections. This is not true – it’s a SCAM! Sample screen shots can look like this:
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March 22 2018

A note from Jon Isenberg

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Today’s topic will discuss Cyber Security and why you have to be careful in 2018. Recently, the largest cyber-attack in internet history stuck a company called GitHub, a web-based hosting service for computer code. The good news is that the attack was foiled in less than 10 minutes, thanks to the power of proactive security solutions.

February 13 2017

New Report Shows Solar Jobs in Michigan Grew 48% in 2016

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A new report from the Solar Foundation found that jobs in Michigan’s solar industry jumped by an impressive 48% from 2015 to 2016. During that time, Michigan solar companies added more than 1300 jobs, for a total Michigan solar workforce of 4,118. This positions Michigan second in the Midwest both in terms of growth rate and number of individuals employed in the solar industry, and Michigan now ranks 15^th nationally in number of solar jobs, up three spots since 2015.
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October 3 2016

Ossian Law Updates on Data Breach Costs

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Kaspersky Labs has issued its annual report on “Measuring the Financial Impact of IT Security on Businesses” after surveying more than 4,000 business representatives from 25 different countries. Some key findings of the report:

The cost of a single security incident for small to medium businesses averages over $86,000 and for large businesses over $860.000
In the past twelve months, thirty-eight percent of the businesses surveyed had experienced a virus or malware incident causing lost productivity
Thirty-six percent of responding businesses had experienced inappropriate use of IT resources by employees in the past year
The bulk of the cost for responding to a security incident comes in the form of additional internal staff wages, followed by lost business (for small to medium businesses) and damage to credit rating or increased insurance premiums (for large businesses)
The longer the business takes to react and respond to a security incident, the greater the financial impact will be.

See an executive summary and obtain a copy of the report here. Contact us at Ossian Law regarding any information technology law question.

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