Data security was at the top of the agenda when a group of in-house attorneys affiliated with top financial services companies gathered at the Yale Club in New York last month.
As sibling publication Corporate Counsel reported at the time, those on hand for the "Legal Departments Under Pressure" panel discussion on June 19 expressed deep concern that the outside law firms they employ have a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) problem, meaning they let their attorneys use personal smartphones for work-related communications.
