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<i>Online Extra</i>: e-Discovery Pioneer, Judge Andrew Peck, Retires
Ian Lopez
<b><i>One of e-Discovery's Most Influential Figures</b></i><p>After over two decades as a magistrate judge for the Southern District of New York, Peck will retire and join DLA Piper.
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<i>e-Discovery:</i> Four Cases Highlighting e-Discovery Trends in the Second Half of 2017
Mike Hamilton
In the second half of 2017, case law served to clarify what does and does not constitute reasonable policies and procedures for preserving information subject to discovery — as well as the risks you run if you fail to follow through on those policies.
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Use of the Blockchain to Contract Digitally
Paige M. Boshell
Smart contracts are self-executing agreements written in code on the blockchain. Parties contract digitally using distributed ledger technology. This article offers a layperson's, non-technical summary of the underlying technology and consideration of certain legal implications for smart-contracting and contract management.
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Law Firm Security Q&A
Adam Schlagman
With the Appleby data breach still top of mind of many law firm and legal department professionals, cybersecurity has become a major area of concern. To learn more about how law firms can protect themselves against cyber attacks and data breaches, we sat down with Laurie Fischer, managing director at HBR Consulting.
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Second Edition ABA Cybersecurity Handbook Reflects the Need for Greater Awareness
Mark Sangster
As 2017 came to a close, the American Bar Association opened the next chapter in cybersecurity awareness with the release of the second edition of its…
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Password-Sharing May Be a Federal Crime under the Muddied Waters of the CFAA
Shain Khoshbin
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Aaron Dilbeck
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is a federal statute that provides for not only criminal liability, but also civil liability, when a person accesses…
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Cybersecurity Spending at Law Firms, Legal Departments Is Predicted to Increase in 2018
Ed Silverstein
As law firms and legal departments finalize their 2018 budgets, many lawyers in both the United States and Canada plan to increase cybersecurity spending.
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<i>Legal Tech:</i> Peril in Paper: <i>EEOC v. GMRI</i> and the Digital Divide in e-Discovery Sanctions
David Horrigan
There was a time not so long ago when the term “e-discovery” didn't exist. It was known simply by its legal name, discovery. We're now entering an era where some observers feel the term will fade into history, returning us back to simply calling it discovery.
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The Uber Breach and the Need for an Independent Privacy Function
Paige Boshell
Uber has incurred significant legal and reputational exposure as a result of the way that the company handled the breach. In the coming months, there will be a great deal of information and regulatory and judicial action that will act as guidance, or more precisely, a checklist of what-not-to-do, for companies that suffer a data breach.
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How Blockchain Technology Can Drive the Legal Industry Forward
Dmitry Dontsov
A new legal structure that bestows and monitors trust must be employed. Is decentralization of traditional, gigantic central bank repositories of data the answer? Is blockchain technology the new path that the legal industry should take to sustain in the digital age? Let us consider the most significant implications of decentralized technologies to the legal industry.
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