Paul Starkman

Paul Starkman is a partner at Chicago-based law firm Pedersen & Houpt, where he leads its Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. A full-service business law firm, Pedersen & Houpt serves its clients' needs in the areas of corporate & business counseling, intellectual property, real estate & financing, litigation & dispute resolution, labor & employment law, creditors' rights, restructuring & bankruptcy, and wealth preservation.

Articles by Paul Starkman

• Avoid headaches in 2016 as employees embrace new mobile devices

  Monday, November 30, 2015

  The bring-your-own-device trend continues to gain traction in the workplace as employees increasingly want to use personally owned electronic devices for work. The BYOD trend has also led to increased employer concerns about technology, device damage and the impact of new wearable technology brought to the workplace. In order to address all of the concerns and keep pace with new advancement in technologies, software and devices, companies need to be proactive and have an up-to-date, robust technology policy.

• Data breaches on the rise: How to prevent a breach

  Monday, December 15, 2014

  Part I of this series — "​Data breaches on the rise: Are you prepared to stop the leak in 2015?" — addresses a few of the causes, consequences and some practical mitigation against leaks. Part II focuses on additional essential elements that can be effective to supporting a data security breach prevention plan.

• Data breaches on the rise: Are you prepared to stop the leak in 2015?

  Wednesday, December 10, 2014

  Throughout 2014, the number of security breaches continued to climb, as did the scope of the data breaches and the costs involved. The current epidemic of security breaches is happening at companies of all sizes and industries. As you turn the calendar to 2015, how can you be ready to stop the leak and mitigate the potential and significant damage that quickly engulfs companies?

• Is your mobile workforce exposing you to unseen risks?

  Friday, February 21, 2014

  Bring-your-own-device to work has fast become a popular trend. But it has become clear that BYOD also comes with many business risks that require further review, evaluation and action to reduce growing concerns with security, compliance and privacy issues.