Session Info:

When a cloud-based platform used by your law firm is breached, quick and informed action is critical. This CLE/CLM credited webinar will walk you through the immediate legal, ethical, and practical steps to take after a cybersecurity incident, including protecting client information, working with vendors and cyber insurers, assessing communication and notification obligations, and reducing malpractice and professional-responsibility risk. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for responding to a breach and strengthening their firm's incident-response practices.

Key Learning Objectives

  • Identify the immediate legal, ethical, and operational steps a law firm should consider after learning that a cloud-based service provider has experienced a cybersecurity incident.

  • Evaluate potential risks to confidential client information and determine when client, insurer, vendor, or other communications may be necessary.

  • Understand the respective roles of firm leadership, cyber insurance carriers, breach counsel, technology providers, and incident-response professionals during a breach response.

  • Recognize professional-responsibility and malpractice risks associated with cybersecurity incidents and third-party technology vendors.

  • Develop practical incident-response and risk-management measures that support the continued delivery of competent and ethical legal services.

Credit & Reporting Info:

CLE Reporting:

  • This course # is pending CLE accreditation in Texas

CLM Reporting:

The following credit(s) would be applicable for this session for Certified Legal Managers:

  • CLM® Recertification Credit: 1 hour(s) in the subject area of Legal Industry/ Business Management (LI) 

PLEASE SELF-REPORT YOUR CLE! For assistance reporting CLE hours, email CLE@Clear-Guidance.com

When: August 20th, 2026

Where: Zoom

Time: 1:00 PM CT

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