by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Jul 6, 2023 | Business Bytes, Firm News, Uncategorized
This month’s Business Bytes highlights privacy protection, pursuing insurance claims and businesses in distress. Privacy Protection. While Illinois may have been first to enact strict privacy protections, most states, the federal government and many countries...
by Douglas Tibble | Dec 13, 2022 | Business, Business Briefs
Business journals and publications are replete with stories about businesses that collect, use, store or sell private information of employees, customers, consumers or third parties, and their paying substantial and possibly business threatening damages as a result....
by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Dec 1, 2022 | Business Bytes, Firm News
Our December Business Bytes highlights your A.I phone system, virutal workplace accessibility and declaring and updating your insurance values. Your A.I Phone System Can Get You Sued. The collection, storage, use, transfer and destruction of biometric information is...
by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Jul 30, 2021 | Business, Business Briefs, Insurance, Internet
The increased reports of cyber-attacks, either for ransom or other mischief, induced many insurance companies to offer cyber liability insurance policies to protect businesses from liability as result of unauthorized hacks or information disclosures, and some even...
by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Jun 29, 2021 | Business, Business Briefs, Business Law, Employees, Employment Issues
As business returns from a closed or remote environment the big question employers have is can you ask your employees if they are vaccinated for COVID-19? While the short answer is yes, as always there is more to it, including: Did your business opt to require...
by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Dec 5, 2020 | Business, Business Briefs, Business Law, Employees, Employment Issues, Internet
The COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden increase of the number of employees working at home puts even more pressure on your business to protect its proprietary, confidential and trade secret information. Some concerns you should address to protect confidential...
by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Nov 30, 2020 | Business, Business Briefs, Internet
Cyberattacks, hacking, data theft, ransom demands and other intrusions into your data storage and operating systems can cripple or ruin your business. Experts report that the threat increases yearly, and even more with increased reliance on third-party contractors and...
by Douglas Tibble | Oct 5, 2020 | Business, Business Briefs, Business Law, Business Marketing, Employment Issues, Internet, Privacy
The Covid-19 pandemic and the sudden increase of the number of employees working at home puts even more pressure on your business to protect its proprietary, confidential and trade secret information. Some concerns you should address to protect confidential...
by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Oct 2, 2016 | Business, Business Briefs, Internet, Privacy
The new frontier for business liability may be the failure to adequately protect non-public personal information (“NPPI”). New federal and state laws, as well as agency regulations and industry standards, address not only the collection, protection and use of NPPI,...
by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Nov 5, 2015 | Business, Business Briefs, Business Law, Internet
Legal experts predict that the next wave of litigation against businesses may involve cybersecurity and the failure of businesses to implement pragmatic protections to avoid or minimize the theft of confidential customer information. While insurance may be available...
by Douglas Tibble | Nov 13, 2013 | Business, Employees, Employment Issues, Individuals, Privacy, The Courts
Recent case reports show that the law is catching up with our use of electronic communications and social media. These rulings generally favor making all such communications available for use in litigation and limiting user privacy protections, and reveal that user...
by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Mar 1, 2011 | Business Law
In response to the increased collection and use of private information, federal and state governments enacted a plethora of laws, rules and regulations to protect private, personal and business information. While there is no comprehensive statute, rule or regulation...
