Michelle Visser, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP to speak at KC’s Event

NEW YORK - March 5, 2015 - PRLog -- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Michelle Visser, Partner,Ropes & Gray LLPwill speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled “Best Practices in Dealing with Post Cyber Attack Litigation Risk in 2015 LIVE Webcast.” This event is scheduled for June 2, 2015 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (ET).

For further details, please visit:

http://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/best-practices-in-dealing-with-post-cyber-attack-litigation-risk-in-2015-live-webcast/

About Michelle Visser

Michelle Visser is a litigation partner whose practice focuses on complex business litigation matters, including data security breach matters and class actions. Michelle has extensive experience advising clients in responding to the variety of legal issues that can result from data security breaches, including experience in overseeing forensic investigations and defending against claims made or threatened by credit card companies, financial institutions and regulators. Michelle has represented Target, Sally Beauty, a Fortune 100 insurance company, Sony, Heartland Payment Systems, and The TJX Companies, among others, in connection with their highly-publicized data security breaches.

About Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray is one of the world’s premier law firms, with more than 1,100 lawyers and legal professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology and government. The firm has offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C.,  San Francisco, Silicon Valley,London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, and  Seoul, and has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including private equity, M&A, life sciences, health care, finance, investment management, hedge funds, tax, intellectual property, litigation, securities litigation, government enforcement and privacy & data security.

Event Synopsis:

As the number of cyber-attacks against the private sector increase, business manager and lawyers need to be concerned about litigation following such attacks. Some cases may be dismissed, but increasingly companies must take responsibility for protecting their own and their client’s data and the national security interests of the nation.

McAfee and other security software makers predict that cyber-attacks will increase in 2015. In 2014, there was a series of spectacular attacks involving very sophisticated techniques to infiltrate networks with Denial of Service and other attacks.  Smaller nations and new terrorist and crime groups will become even more active.

As cyber-crimes increase in the public and the private sectors, lawyers are expected not just to offer insights into mitigate the risks, but also to provide Best Practices in Dealing with Post Cyber Attack Litigation Risk. In this two-hour,  LIVE CLE webcast, a panel of distinguished professionals and thought leaders, assembled by The Knowledge Group, will help firms and their counsel to understand how to mitigate the risks of litigation in the aftermath of cyber-attacks.

Key topics include:

§  Cyber Attack Methods – Sophistication & Stealth

§  Cyber Security Claims

§  Post-Attack Litigation Framework

§  Threats and Costs

§  Best Approaches to Litigation Preparedness and Management

§  Cyber-liability Insurance Needs

§  Cyber Threats as Business Opportunities

§  Regulatory Compliance Risks

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register to an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.