Catherine Beagan Flood, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP to speak at KC’s Event

NEW YORK - April 26, 2015 - PRLog -- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Catherine Beagan Flood, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP  will 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 Catherine Beagan Flood

Cathy is a litigation partner with the Toronto office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.  She litigates administrative/regulatory and constitutional law cases (including privacy and access to information, telecommunications and competition matters), as well as class actions (including privacy, antitrust, product liability and consumer protection class actions).  She has argued before all levels of court, including 14 appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada.  Cathy was recently named by Benchmark as one of the Top 25 Women in Litigation in Canada.  She is also ranked as a leading litigator in Chambers Global, the Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory, Best Lawyers in Canada and Who’s Who Legal.  Cathy taught a seminar on privacy, freedom of information and access to courts at Osgoode Hall Law School from 2000-2008.

About Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

As one of Canada’s top business law firms, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) provides exceptional legal services to leading businesses in Canada and around the world. We focus on building long-term relationships with clients, providing unparalleled client service and the highest standard of legal advice, always informed by the business context.

Thanks to our clients, Blakes was ranked as having the leading law firm brand in Acritas’ Canadian Law Firm Index 2014, which measures law firm brands most favoured by top companies in Canada and internationally. We were also the only Canadian firm to be named “Canada Law Firm of the Year” for six consecutive years in the Who’s Who Legal Awards 2014 and “Law Firm of the Year: Canada” for the fourth time in the Chambers Global Awards 2013.

Serving a diverse national and international client base, our integrated network of 11 offices worldwide provides clients with access to the Firm’s full spectrum of capabilities in virtually every area of business law. Whether an issue is local or multi-jurisdictional, practice-area specific or interdisciplinary, Blakes handles transactions of all sizes and levels of complexity.

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