Lawyer Challenges Suspension for Being Too Phishable; No Dice, Says Appellate Court

From Bedrossian v. Cal. State Pers. Bd., decided Tuesday by California Court of Appeal Justice Frances Rothschild, joined by Justices Gregory Weingart and Michelle Kim: The [State Compensation Insurance Fund] employed Bedrossian as a staff attorney beginning in March 2004 and ultimately promoted her to attorney IV. In the latter position, she was responsible for litigating worker's compensation cases involving "confidential and sensitive information." A "duty statement" Bedrossian signed lists among her responsibilities as an attorney IV "[m]aintain[ing] user mastery over [the Fund's] computer-based technology" and "communicat[ing] professionally and efficiently." … The Fund "require[s] that all employees take [cyber]security awareness and privacy training annually so that they can recogni