What's the Deal with WhatsApp?
September 02, 2017
<b><i>Investigating and Discovering Mobile Device Data</b></i><p>Analyzing data from mobile devices is still uncharted territory for many in Legal and IT. Accordingly, today's modern legal and technology professionals need to brush-up on all things mobile. This includes understanding where applicable data resides in a mobile device and what common challenges are associated with accessing, preserving and extracting this data. One such app taking the mobile device world by storm is WhatsApp.
Industry Vendors Exploited Via Industry-Wide Cyber Attacks
September 02, 2017
<b><i>How to Protect Your Firm from Vendor Risks</b></i><p>The legal industry is still lulled into a false sense of security, mistakenly assuming that they are immune to a significant IT business outage, and that those unfortunate firms affected by cybercriminals were somehow lacking in adequate cybersecurity presages. That's simply not true. Even Achilles had a weak spot.
Social Media Grabs Attention of SCOTUS
September 02, 2017
It is a truism that law often lags technology. Near the end of the U.S. Supreme Court's past term, the Court issued a decision in which the majority opinion, by Justice Kennedy, recognized the importance of social media in most people's lives. The ramifications of the court's statements about social media are already reverberating in the courts.
Inside Naming Rights Deals
September 02, 2017
Barclays Center, Levi's Stadium, Golden 1 Center, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Hard Rock Stadium — any sports fan or concert-goer can rattle off these names as venues of spectacular games and top-notch musical performances. What is behind those names? Naming rights transactions, which are increasingly popular thanks to their unique intersection of advertising, promotional opportunities, and headline-grabbing financial terms.
What's the Deal with WhatsApp: Investigating and Discovering Mobile Device Data?
September 02, 2017
Analyzing data from mobile devices is still uncharted territory for many in Legal and IT. Accordingly, today's modern legal and technology professionals need to brush up on all things mobile. This includes understanding where applicable data resides in a mobile device and what common challenges are associated with accessing, preserving and extracting this data.
Are 'Smart Contracts' Smart Enough?
September 02, 2017
<b><i>Certain Legal Functions Can Be Automated with the Use of Blockchains</b></i><p>The automation of certain attorney functions has given rise to a new form of contracting, known as "smart contracts." Consequently, a decrease in the demand for certain attorney functions that can now be performed by Internet applications is matched by an increase in demand for legal advisers who can prepare smart contracts and ensure these smart contracts accurately reflect a desired business transaction.
Permission to Post
September 02, 2017
You don't need a separate policy governing how your firm's staff will represent you on social media. You already have one.
The Future Is Now: Global Litigation, Digital Workflows and Electronic Proceedings
September 02, 2017
Welcome to the new world of digital litigation, which is rapidly emerging in the context of an increasingly globalized world — a world where it is now commonplace for domestic law firms to extend their reach across international borders, engage in legal matters that span multiple jurisdictions, and collaborate with overseas colleagues and foreign counsel on a regular basis.
Technology That Filters Movie Content Infringes Studios' Copyrights
September 02, 2017
"Star Wars is still Star Wars, even without Princess Leia's bikini scene," said federal Circuit Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz in denying an appeal by the movie-filtering service VidAngel to lift an injunction that has kept its technology off the market since December 2016.
