Law.com interviews Michael G. Gordon on how being mentored, and mentoring others, has positively impacted his career. “The role of a mentor is something you surely set out to take, and doing so produces rewards more than one can imagine,” says Gordon, who is being honored by the New Jersey Legal Awards for his contributions as a Mentor and Advisor at Seton Hall, where he mentors countless undergraduate and law students, and serves as the Founder of its Minority Pre-Law Organization. “Having such a strong mentor [as Professor Denis McLaughlin from Seton Hall Law School] helped me realize the value of mentorship and instilled in me the passion to give back and pay it forward. I knew there were so many students just like me who may have been interested in the law, but who had no idea how to start along the right path, how to excel in law school, and how to be the best attorney one can be.” He adds: “It all makes it worthwhile when, years later, my students still stay in touch and keep me abreast of their lives, both personally and professionally.”

Mary J. Hildebrand CIPP/US/E, partner, founder and chair of Lowenstein Sandler’s Privacy & Cybersecurity practice, discusses the potential impact of the European Union’s proposed Cyber Resilience Act in Legaltech News, noting that the law is likely to affect a “… thousands of different companies. The breadth of this is very, very significant.” The law employs a “security-by-design” approach, holding manufacturers liable for cybersecurity for the expected product lifetime or a period of five years—whichever is shorter. Hildebrand says, “That requirement is significant and could lead to unexpected consequences on the market …It may encourage companies to have a shorter life cycle for their products, so that their obligations to provide fixes, updates, new versions, to [address] vulnerabilities won’t last so long.”