Articles

Mar 11, 2016

Clients Demand Law Firm Cyberaudits

Excerpt: Amid much hand-wringing, the prophecy that law firms would be forced to confront their data security shortcomings has finally come true.

Mar 11, 2016

Be Prepared – Planning for When Your Law Firm Suffers a Data Breach

Excerpt: We deliberately chose the title “When Your Firm Suffers a Data Breach,” not “If.” This is consistent with an oft-repeated mantra

Mar 08, 2016

A New Dawn for Law Firm Cyberinsurance: “We Don’t Insure Stupid”

Excerpt: We have written about cyberinsurance previously. It would be too strong to say “forget everything you knew before” on this topic,

Mar 08, 2016

Competence in E-Discovery

Excerpt: In the world of legal ethics, 2015 was a big year, with 20 states adopting the ABA’s revised rules (Model Rule

Feb 17, 2016

Review: The Future of the Professions

Excerpt: No one would describe The Future of the Professions as a “light and frothy read.” We are huge fans of author

Jan 29, 2016

Five Cybersecurity Worries to Give You the Willies

Excerpt: There are lots of cybersecurity worries to give you the willies in the wee hours of the morning, but we were

Jan 05, 2016

Recent Egregious Data Breaches: How They Happened

Excerpt: We should be grateful for other peoples’ data breaches – they help us to improve our own security. In our breach-a-day

Dec 22, 2015

When You Die, Will Your Digital Assets Go to Hell?

Excerpt:  “Facebook only arrived on the scene in 2004. It seems to many, especially the young, as though it has

Dec 09, 2015

E-mail Encryption

Excerpt: The most used method of electronically communicating today is via e-mail. Some may argue that text messaging is the

Dec 01, 2015

Is LinkedIn All It Was Cracked Up to Be?

Excerpt: Lawyers like the idea of connecting with others on a resume driven site and many lawyers who were dismayed

Nov 13, 2015

How Will Watson’s Children Impact the Future of Law Practice?

Excerpt: One night in 2011, a lot of TV viewers (including the authors) were glued to the screen watching Jeopardy.

Sep 19, 2015

Ashley Madison and the Deep (and Sometimes Dark) Web

Excerpt: There are lawyers – mostly family and criminal defense lawyers – who know at least a little about the Deep Web