One of the foremost uncertainties in securities and corporate governance litigation is the extent to which cybersecurity will become a significant D&O liability issue. Although many D&O practitioners have been bracing for a wave of cybersecurity D&O matters, to date there has been only a trickle. Some have come to believe that at most, there will be a surge of derivative litigation, due to the lack of significant and sustained stock drops on the announcement of even large cybersecurity breaches.
Yet I remain convinced that a wave is coming, perhaps a tidal wave, and it will include not just derivative litigation, but securities class actions and SEC enforcement matters as well….
via Cybersecurity Securities Class Actions: A Wave or Trickle? | D&O Discourse
