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Mar 10, 2014

EDWARD SNOWDEN: HOW WILL NSA REVELATIONS CHANGE THE PROFESSION OF LAW?

Perfectly normal people grow slight lunatic when talking about Edward Snowden. Cries of treason were loud at the beginning. As

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Mar 04, 2014

THE VSB PILGRIMAGE TO THE D-DAY BEACHES

Excerpt:  The VSB MidYear Meeting in Paris last November was spectacular – we enjoyed great education, wonderful museums, parks and churches,

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Feb 28, 2014

When The Dam Breaks: Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity In The Digital Age

Excerpt:  Many businesses (including law firms) and the city of New Orleans were not prepared for disaster. With the benefit

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Jan 09, 2014

What NSA Surveillance Means to Law Firms

Excerpt: The Chinese are the villains, engaged in a pervasive course of state-sponsored cyberattacks. Unless you’ve been living the life

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Jan 09, 2014

Will XP Be Attacked in April 2014?

Excerpt: Unless you’ve been hibernating, you know that support for Windows XP SP3 will end on April 8, 2014. This

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Jan 09, 2014

REINVENT YOUR WEBSITE (AND SOON!)

Excerpt: Most solo and small firm lawyers are blissfully unaware that they are bleeding potential clients because they haven’t been keeping

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Dec 30, 2013

State Court Judges’ Perspective on E-Discovery

Excerpt:  Digital immigrants didn’t grow up with technology and digital natives did. Many judges are digital immigrants. Some will “learn

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Dec 04, 2013

Review of LinkedIn in One Hour For Lawyers, Second Edition

Excerpt:  I loved the first edition of this book by Dennis Kennedy and Allison Shields, but I am thrilled that

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Nov 23, 2013

Selecting a Law Firm Cloud Provider: Questions to Ask and Ethical/Security Concerns

Excerpt:  It seems like everybody is talking about “the Cloud” and what new uses it provides for lawyers and law

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Oct 21, 2013

Back to the Future: Richard Susskind’s Predictions — Circa 1998

Excerpt:  Present day commentators, as a rule, have nothing but wonderful things to say about Richard Susskind, whose most recent

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Sep 30, 2013

The iPhone 5s: How Secure is the Touch ID?

Excerpt:  It came as no surprise that the new iPhone was hacked within a couple days of its release.  The

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Sep 30, 2013

The Virtual Lawyer Stampede: Has It Stalled?

Excerpt:  Intriguing news from the ABA’s 2013 Legal Technology Survey Report: But let’s go back in time first. In 2010,

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