Ride the Lightning

Mar 28, 2019

The Lawyer's Ethical Duties After a Data Breach

I read a nice article on JD Supra written by Anton Janik, Jr. of Williams Mitchell and originally published in

Mar 27, 2019

DLA Piper Battling Insurance Company Over Losses From NotPetya Attack

Edited: 4/4/19 Any number of media sources got this story wrong. An "act of war" exclusion was not invoked by

Mar 26, 2019

Small Firms See Challenges But Persistently Fail to Act

Bob Ambrogi's blog post yesterday really resonated with me, both as a consultant to small law firms and as the

Mar 25, 2019

Hundreds of Millions of Facebook User Passwords Sat Exposed in Plain Text

CNET reported on March 21st that hundreds of millions of passwords were an open book on Facebook's internal servers. An

Mar 21, 2019

Court Rebuffs Insurance Company That Denied Email Spoofing Coverage Under Computer Fraud Clause

Hat tip to Dave Ries for putting me onto this case: Medidata Sols., Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co. The facts: On

Mar 20, 2019

ABA Reports Surveys Cryptocurrency Regulations

The ABA Journal reported that the ABA has just released a new report surveying cryptocurrency regulations. The report is entitled

Mar 19, 2019

Defendant Ordered to Provide Cell Phone Password: Is the Fifth Amendment Dead?

Thanks to Doug Austin and his eDiscovery Daily Blog! In Commonwealth v. Jones, SJC-12564 (Mass. Mar. 6, 2019), the Supreme

Mar 18, 2019

Might Beto O'Rourke Become the First Hacker President?

DARKReading reported on March 15th that if Beto O'Rourke were to become President, he might be (almost surely would be)

Mar 14, 2019

Wisconsin Appellate Court: Judge's Undisclosed Facebook Friendship with Litigant is Objectively Bias

A recent post from Hinshaw law caught the attention of my friend Dave Ries – thanks Dave. The Wisconsin Court

Mar 13, 2019

Robot Brothels, Robot Love – and Linus' Blanket

'Tis a strange world we live in. While doing some research on smartphone addiction, up popped a reference to Linus'

Mar 12, 2019

NIST Publishes "Mobile Device Security: Cloud and Hybrid Builds"

Folks, I warn you at the outset that this is not light reading. At 191 pages, this is a whale

Mar 11, 2019

More and More Court Cases Involve Emojis

The Verge reported recently that emoji are showing up as evidence in court much more frequently. Between 2004 and 2019,