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Oct 01, 2018

AVVO Settles New York Probe, Will No Longer Call Its Ratings “Unbiased”

There are many of us who have railed against AVVO's bogus attorney rating system, which could be artificially pumped up

Sep 27, 2018

Podcast: Securing Office 365: An Ethical Imperative for Lawyers

In our most recent Digital Detectives podcast, we had the pleasure of interviewing Microsoft's Brandon Koeller, a principal program manager

Sep 26, 2018

Cybersecurity: This Way There Be Dragons! Early Bird Discount Ends September 30

It is a great pleasure to be co-chairing this year's College of Law Practice Management conference with Tim Corcoran. Early

Sep 25, 2018

ABA Issues New Ethics Opinion on the Duties of Lawyers Following a Disaster

The ABA Journal reported last week that the ABA had released ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 482 on September 19th. In

Sep 24, 2018

Senator Wyden: Senate Can’t Protect Itself Against Cyberattacks

As faithful RTL readers will know, I am a huge fan of Senator Ron Wyden. My favorite squeaky wheel is

Sep 20, 2018

Mimecast Report: 80% Increase In Business Email Compromise Attacks

The recently released Mimecast Email Security Risk Assessment report shows that BEC (business email compromise) attacks have increased by 80%

Sep 19, 2018

State Department Gets an “F” in 2FA Security

As Naked Security reported yesterday, five Senators have discovered that the State Department is breaking the law by not using

Sep 18, 2018

How Easy is it to Breach a Law Firm? A Teenager Proves It’s Easy

A blog post from our friend Bob Ambrogi should give everyone pause. As Bob noted, in July CNBC reported that

Sep 17, 2018

2018 Corporate Counsel Breach Statistics – Prepare to Groan

Here's the news in a nutshell: Data breaches of in-house legal departments have doubled in the last year. Assuming that

Sep 13, 2018

OUCH! One in Every 101 Emails is a Hacking Attempt

I suppose we shouldn't be surprised by the new report from FireEye in which over half a billion emails sent

Sep 12, 2018

Finding and Eradicating Spyware and Stalkerware on Your Phone

I seem to be immersed in family law this week – blame it on a CLE I am scheduled to

Sep 11, 2018

Family Lawyers and Technical Competence

As many of you know, I do a monthly Legal Talk Network podcast called The Digital Edge with my longtime