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Panama papers: best practice tips on how to deal with data breaches and other crises

What compliance issues might organisations be facing following large data leaks and breaches such as the Panama papers, and how can they protect themselves against such breaches? André Bywater, principal adviser, European regulatory at Cordery, outlines the issues to consider.

What are the key types of crisis which can affect law firms?

Law firms can be hit by a multitude of crises ranging from widespread systemic lingering issues like an economic recession to more specific financial crises like the Greek debt issue or the US sub-prime mortgage crisis or more increasingly in the internet age to issues that specifically and very directly hit law firms such as targeted hacks and data breaches which perhaps now represent the most significant threat to law firms.

Only this week it was reported in the legal press that that almost 50 well-known law firms were recently targeted by hackers...

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