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D.C. Software Trade Group Fights to Protect Informant's Identity
For six years, a legal battle to unmask an anonymous informant has pitted a defense contractor against the D.C.-based Software & Information Industry Association.
Federal Judges on Guard Against Jurors' Social Media Activity
A national survey of federal judges finds they are concerned about juror use of social media that could influence the outcome of trials, and are taking steps to counter it.
Lawyers' Ethical Stumbles Increase Online
It's not as if lawyers never misbehaved. But now they're making the old mistakes -- soliciting sex, slamming judges, talking trash about clients -- online. Legal ethics expert Michael Downey observes that lawyers' risk-averse tendency seems to fade on the web and shares some exemplars.
The Right Response to Employee Blogs
Once upon a time, Web logs were benign: a person just sharing his idle, diary-like thoughts on the World Wide Web, a Haight-Ashbury of cyberspace. But nothing so simple and refreshingly naive lasts long, says attorney Michael P. Maslanka. When an employee blogs a C-level executive's company, what's the response? There are two mind-sets: the first, opportunistic and business-based (let's learn, channel and leverage); the second, repressive and legalistic (let's regulate, squash and punish).
1st Circuit: Data Breach Victims Can Recover Some Costs
Customers victimized by a Maine supermarket company's data breach can bring some negligence and implied contract claims against the company, the 1st Circuit ruled.
Top Tech Tools to Ease the Pain of Flying
Business travel is picking up again after a lull during the Great Recession. With more and more lawyers once again found in the actual clouds, new technology has arrived to address new and old travel challenges -- from legroom to all of those new baggage fees that keep popping up. Alan Cohen takes a closer look at what these apps and websites can do to make your trip easier.
Tech Circuit: Georgetown E-Discovery Edition
Presenting programs and conferences on electronic data discovery for the legal community is an industry in and of itself. There are almost weekly offerings, from live programs to vendor webinars to law school classes like Patrick Burke's course at Cardoza Law School; from our own LegalTech New York's massive three-day extravaganza where you can see e-discovery demonstrations and attend seemingly endless sessions on predictive coding to gatherings at resorts in Arizona, California, and Florida; and workshops in Colorado and Minnesota. Each is different; all have their specific audiences; and most do a great job. One of my favorites is the annual Georgetown Law Advanced E-Discovery Institute, held in the Washington, D.C., metropolis.Trending Stories
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