Alan Cohen

December 19, 2013 | The American Lawyer

In a holiday season without a breakout product introduction, the real advances are in upgrades.

By Alan Cohen

9 minute read

December 01, 2013 | Legaltech News

Data security has become a top concern for CIOs.

By Alan Cohen

8 minute read

November 27, 2013 | Legaltech News

There are a lot of reasons to buy a new iPhone 5s, but few to upgrade from an iPhone 5.

By Alan Cohen

5 minute read

November 10, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A new challenge is keeping law firm technology directors up at night: protecting against cyberattacks—and convincing clients that the firm is doing this job well. As The American Lawyer's 18th annual survey of law technology reveals, concerns about data security—always a top-minded issue for law firms—have never been greater.

By Alan Cohen

11 minute read

November 10, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A new challenge is keeping law firm technology directors up at night: protecting against cyberattacks—and convincing clients that the firm is doing this job well. As

By Alan Cohen

11 minute read

July 15, 2013 | Law.com

Librarians have gotten accustomed to squeezing more out of their budgets, according to our 12th annual Law Librarian Survey.

By Alan Cohen

7 minute read

November 05, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Long accustomed to corporate-friendly enterprise devices, law firm IT chiefs have plunged headfirst into the more challenging world of consumer gadgets.

By Alan Cohen

9 minute read

September 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

By Alan Cohen

42 minute read

August 08, 2002 | Law.com

When the LZW compression patent expires next year, so too will one of the Internet's longest-running love-hate relationships. The LZW algorithm -- the trick that allows Web users to view photos and animations without waiting hours for them to download -- spurred the growth of the Web from a little-known medium used by techies for sending files to a worldwide phenomena.

By Alan Cohen

2 minute read

August 08, 2002 | Law.com

The Harvard mouse was the first patented transgenic animal -- a mouse that contained genes from another species. From day one, the patent, and the science behind it, have been extremely controversial. Some question whether people should have an exclusive right to an animal -- even a genetically altered one. Others argue that genetically altering nature is in itself troublesome.

By Alan Cohen

2 minute read