Law360, New York ( March 18, 2015, 11:57 AM EDT) -- News of Sony Entertainment Pictures Inc.'s data breach should send chills down your spine. The consequences of a data breach in a law firm could be severe: malpractice claims, loss of clients, damage to a firm's reputation and even disciplinary proceedings. Even though attacks on law firms haven't received much publicity, lawyers should not be lulled into a sense of false security. In 2009, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that hackers were specifically targeting law firms. Indeed, firms are rich targets because of their data on economic matters, such as unannounced corporate mergers and acquisitions. But even smaller firms and solo practitioners are likely to be targeted for client data containing financial information, social security numbers and the like. Clearly, firms must implement measures to mitigate the risk of breaches, and they should take even more stringent measures when venturing into the realm of e-discovery, where the amount of sensitive data in a firm's custody can increase exponentially....