Articles

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

Oct 18, 2018

Is It Ethical for Lawyers to Accept Bitcoins and Other Cryptocurrencies?

Excerpt: Bitcoins are digital currency – and yes, lawyers are beginning to accept them from clients. They are also known as

Oct 04, 2018

The 2017 DLA Piper Breach Revisited

Excerpt: It was more than a year ago that the 3,600-lawyer global megafirm DLA Piper was brought to its knees by