Articles

Sep 03, 2019

Disasters and Data Breaches: The ABA Speaks

Excerpt: In our line of work, we see a lot of law firms who have been breached. “Headless Chicken Mode”

Aug 15, 2019

A Roadmap for Lawyers With Cybersecurity Paralysis

We understand why lawyers have cybersecurity paralysis. They don’t understand cybersecurity, experts disagree on the best steps to take, the

Jul 30, 2019

Electronic Frontier Foundation Takes On Online Speech Moderation with TOSsed Out

Excerpt: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced on May 20th that it had launched TOSsed Out, a new iteration of

May 30, 2019

Making it Rain: Effective Lawyer Marketing in the Digital Era

Excerpt: “We don’t believe in digital marketing. We believe in marketing in a digital world.” – Clive Sirkin, CMO of

May 06, 2019

Vetting Technology: A Herculean Task

Excerpt: There are thousands of stories of lawyers who ill-advisedly purchased technology or technology services. Let’s start with one such

Apr 05, 2019

A Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Cybersecurity Questions Lawyers Ask

Excerpt: As many readers know, we lecture a lot. A whole lot. So we thought it might be interesting to

Mar 11, 2019

2018 ABA Legal Technology Survey Highlights

Excerpt: BackgroundEvery year the American Bar Association sends out a survey to tens of thousands of attorneys requesting information about

Feb 05, 2019

Anatomy of a Data Breach

Excerpt: Hacking can indeed be a passion, proving that you can outfox governments and big league corporations. The thrill of

Jan 29, 2019

Don’t Let These Technology Missteps Be Your Client’s Downfall

Excerpt: Lawyers know from personal experience how consuming technology can be. And they know how easy it is to overshare

Jan 22, 2019

What’s Old is New Again: Passwords and Multi-Factor Authentication

Excerpt: It has been years since we talked about passwords in this column. While passwords seem a bit old school, they

Jan 15, 2019

Two Recent ABA Ethics Opinions: More Law Firms Relying on the Cloud

Excerpt: Lawyers must follow the duty of communication required by Rule 1.4 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which

Dec 21, 2018

The Blockbuster That is Blockchain: What it Means to the Practice of Law

Excerpt: Several years ago, a Canadian attorney and good friend of ours, invested $10,000 in bitcoin when it was dirt