Erik Sherman

February 01, 2009 | Legaltech News

Computer forensics can bring up data the other side tried to hide.

By Erik Sherman

7 minute read

December 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Landing Asian clients requires tremendous amounts of time and money. But how else to participate in the boom if Asian plaintiffs

By Erik Sherman

11 minute read

January 06, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

What if a telecommuter is goofing off? The suspicious employer could turn to remote monitoring technology. By asking those who work from home to sign a form indicating that they know the types of monitoring in use, a company can take reasonable protections without turning Orwellian.

By Erik Sherman

6 minute read

June 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Online communities tailored to the in-house bar offer advice lawyers can use.

By Erik Sherman

6 minute read

September 23, 2008 | Legaltech News

Some 14,000 text messages surfaced between Detroit's mayor and an assistant during a whistleblower case, supporting claims of a romantic relationship. While that incident was in the public sector, it's easy to see how a corporation could be caught similarly unawares by text messages.

By Erik Sherman

7 minute read

November 10, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Everything from custom software to Google alerts can help track down IP bandits.

By By Erik Sherman

6 minute read

September 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Without an effective process to decide what to patent, companies can waste millions of dollars and still not capture opportunities for strategic advantage.

By Erik Sherman

10 minute read

November 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Finding ways to stop global warming is a political and business priority. But protecting innovation in greentech can be anything but clean and neat.

By Erik Sherman

10 minute read

October 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

With a coherent patent strategy, companies don't have to waste millions of dollars squandering their strategic IP.

By Erik Sherman

10 minute read

February 10, 2009 | New York Law Journal

When people work from home, managers get suspicious. What if the telecommuter is goofing off? But issues quickly stack up when monitoring employees. Neglect to tell them about the surveillance, and you are wide open to lawsuits. Say that you will monitor them, and you potentially create offense and resentment because you say they are not trustworthy. Overstep the bounds of your monitoring guidelines, and you could end up tracking what a non-employee family member is doing, and you're back to lawsuits.

By Erik Sherman

6 minute read