Cybersecurity programs today must take into consideration the risk of class action litigation and include measures to mitigate those risks. David Lashway, a partner and global cybersecurity practice lead at Baker & McKenzie, spoke with the Cybersecurity Law Report in advance of ALM’s Mid-Year Cybersecurity and Data Protection Legal Summit on June 15, 2016, at the Harvard Club in New York City, where he will participate as a panelist. An event discount code is available to CSLR readers inside the article. In our interview, Lashway addresses mitigating litigation risk following a data security incident, takeaways from recent cases such as Target and Sony and class action litigation trends. See also “Proactive Steps to Protect Your Company in Anticipation of Future Data Security Litigation”: Part One (Nov. 25, 2015); Part Two (Dec. 9, 2015).