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Nov 02, 2020

Lawyers and the Cloud: 2020 ABA Legal Technology Report Statistics

The 2020 ABA Legal Technology Report is always a good guide to where lawyers are with technology. In this summary

Oct 29, 2020

Layoffs at Kirkland & Ellis, the World’s Wealthiest Law Firm

Above the Law posted on October 26 that Kirkland & Ellis has quietly been conducting layoffs. Even for a firm

Oct 28, 2020

Law Firm Data Breach Results in Exposure of Google Employees’ Data

TechCrunch reported on October 27 that immigration law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy has confirmed a data breach

Oct 27, 2020

North Carolina Court Rules That COVID Shutdown Orders Constituted “Physical Loss” of Property

The National Law Journal reported on October 23 that we have the country's first decision, by a North Carolina state

Oct 26, 2020

Cybersecurity Stats are in for the ABA’s 2020 Legal Technology Survey Report

Though the entire ABA 2020 Legal Technology Survey Report is out, first up online were the stats related to Technology

Oct 22, 2020

The Astonishing Stats from Clio’s Legal Trends Report

I am late in getting to this post, but thanks again to Clio CEO Jack Newton and his wonderful staff

Oct 21, 2020

New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin After He Accidentally Exposes Himself Online on a Zoom Call

I thought I had seen just about everything on Zoom calls, but this story demonstrated conclusively that I had not.

Oct 20, 2020

COVID-19 Drives Businesses on a Forced March to Zero Trust Architecture

CPO Magazine carried a October 19 post about a recently released Forrester study (commissioned by Cloudflare). Key findings: Working from

Oct 19, 2020

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month – It’s a Good Time for a Security Checkup!

Thanks to our longtime friend, frequent co-author and co-presenter Dave Ries for allowing us to repost this alert from his

Oct 15, 2020

Interview with Clio CEO Jack Newton at the 2020 Clio Cloud Conference

I have really been enjoying the 2020 Clio Cloud Conference with two more days to go. Yesterday, I had the

Oct 14, 2020

Global Law Firm Seyfarth Shaw Crippled by Ransomware Attack

The hits just keep on coming. Global law firm Seyfarth Shaw announced that it has been the victim of a

Oct 13, 2020

Microsoft Celebrates Cybersecurity Awareness Month with Excellent Articles for Consumers

Microsoft decided to celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a series of articles designed for end-users (and consumers) on how to