Law Firms Can Now Share Cyber Threats. But Will They?

Foley & Lardner is taking various measures to protect its servers against cyber thieves, including educating everyone at the firm, conducting audits and investing resources in protection, according to Chanley Howell, a partner who sits on the firm’s cybersecurity committee.

But it’s not planning to join an alliance of law firms that plan to share information about cyber threats.

“Our plate is pretty full,” Howell told Big Law Business. “It’s not on our agenda yet — I’ll put it that way. If we start hearing clients recommend it, then we’ll probably join.”

The alliance, which calls itself the Legal Services Information Sharing and Analysis Organization , or LS-ISAO, ...