Articles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

Sep 23, 2013

10 Security Questions Managing Partners Need to Ask Their IT Directors

Excerpt:  Too often, law firm managing partners are content to let their IT departments operate on cruise control – until

Sep 09, 2013

Metadata in Digital Photos – Should You Care?

Excerpt:  Digital photos can be an electronic evidence heaven. Digital image files typically contain information about the date and time