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Lessons Learned from Recent FTC Data Security Enforcement Orders

Julia B. Jacobson, Natalia J. Kerr & Courtney K. Stout

Proposed class actions against Zoom are illustrative of a challenge many businesses face: what is "reasonable" data security? The FTC's key data-security-related enforcement can help guide businesses in developing their data security programs.

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Legal Tech: How to Streamline Your eDiscovery and Plan for the Future 

Brian Schrader

At law firms, attorneys will need to sustain the high quality of work they do in normal times, albeit with reduced budgets. The good news is that with ediscovery — an essential but expensive part of the litigation process — advances in technology since America's last recession have made it possible to save money and time by adopting a more modernized and comprehensive approach.

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Legal Tech: Embracing Diversity in the E-Discovery New Normal

Dionysia Johnson-Massie & Kimberly J. Duplechain

The COVID-19 pandemic creates opportunities for the ediscovery industry, like the law and technology industries, to expand its engagement and retention of diverse talent. Here are some actions that can be taken today.

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Where Will The Needle Land? COVID-19 Contact Tracing v. Protecting Personal Privacy 

Scott Pink & John Dermody

Governments and businesses alike are considering how to leverage new technologies to make contact tracing efforts more effective by digitally monitoring our social interactions and physical locations. But such innovative contact tracing methods raise a host of privacy concerns, forcing a reckoning with how we balance privacy and public health.

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Recent Decisions Clarify Scope of Illinois Biometric Privacy Law

Frank Nolan & Andrew Weiner

For users of biometric information subject to BIPA's rigorous requirements, the last two years have brought mostly bad news, most notably a smattering of unfavorable decisions on the question of whether plaintiffs must suffer an injury in order to avail themselves of BIPA. Against this backdrop, however, courts have issued decisions on other aspects of BIPA

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Legal Analytics and the Evolving Practice of Law

Josh Becker

While we may use analytics differently in our respective companies, one thing is certain: Legal analytics is the future and it's time to jump on board.

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How Cultivating Existing Client Relationships Can Boost Business Development

Scott Wallingford

Advances in CRM software can help connect lawyers across the firm, allowing them to compete as one firm and build on the successful results they have already delivered for clients.

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How Privacy Laws Shape COVID-19 Reopening Plans

Justin Eichenberger & Mary Fuller

When it comes to processing personal information, Americans do not have a general right to privacy because the United States does not have a comprehensive privacy law. That does not mean, however, that employers are not subject to other privacy requirements.

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Legal Tech: Spring 2020 E-Discovery and Privacy Case Review

Mike Hamilton

This quarter's review will take a look at data in three formats: text messages, paper records and overseas email disputes.

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Legal Tech: Legal Departments Leaving Light On for E-Discovery Providers Willing to Renegotiate

Frank Ready

In the COVID-19 economy, in-house legal departments will likely continue to insource many of their e-discovery needs since the same staff can often be used to perform other vital office functions. However, some departments may use this as an opportunity to try and negotiate lower prices with outside e-discovery providers.

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