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The Legal Intelligencer

Vizio Settlement Highlights FTC Strategy for Consumer Internet of Things Privacy, Security

The action against the smart TV manufacturer's surreptitious data collection demonstrates legal challenges posed by internet of things devices.
10 minute read

Legaltech News

The Internet of Things Means a Big Dilemma for Big Law Discovery

While devices like Apple's Siri and facial recognition technology used for security access may simplify and even expedite many of the tasks encompassing our daily lives, they pose considerable dilemmas, ranging from the ethical to privacy, ownership, and litigation.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Big Data and Artificial Intelligence: Implications for E-Discovery's Future

Mark S. Sidoti and Luis J. Diaz of Gibbons write: Artificial intelligence will revolutionize the field of e-discovery, and to some degree the practice of law, in the years to come. But the law will always remain a social science, and while AI can assist practitioners in identifying relevant evidence in a case, it cannot do this without constant training and refinement by competent lawyers, and it will never replace the skill and judgment of a lawyer in utilizing that evidence in advocacy.
16 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Storm on the Horizon: 4 Things to Know in Prepping for General Data Protection Regulation

At Legalweek's “Finding a New Safe Harbor: Using Technology and 1LR to Comply With Cross-Border Data Privacy Rules” and “Update on Effects of Brexit on Privacy and Data Protection Considerations” sessions, panelists sought to impart a sense of urgency, focusing not only on the consequences and reach of the regulation, but the unique and complex challenges it will create for legal professionals.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

The 'Soft Underbelly' of Cybersecurity Meets Legal Ethics

By following certain best practices and structures, lawyers and law firms can meet ethical standards for protecting client data.
15 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Inside Legal's Ongoing Struggles With Information Security

Rich Lauwers, information governance and management subject-matter expert at Hewlett Packard, started off Legalweek's “Managing Information Risk in an Evolving Regulatory World” plenary session with a story.
12 minute read

Legaltech News

LexisNexis Integrates Lex Machina Analytics Across Platforms, Underscoring Big Data Demands

The company will make metrics from Lex Machina's Legal Analytics platform available to Lexis Advance users, and it plans to integrate more analytics data throughout 2017.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Lagging in E-Discovery Metrics, but Beating Firms in Business Intelligence Tech Adoption

The FRONTEO and 451 Research survey found increasing interest in business intelligence across legal, but room for growth both in-house and in law firms.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dittman v. UPMC, PICS Case No. 17-0103 (Pa. Super. Jan. 12, 2017) Olson, J. (21 pages).

By | January 27, 2017
Trial court properly dismissed appellants negligence and breach of contract claims against appellee in action based on data breach in which employees' personal information was stolen from employer's computer system because appellee did not owe a duty of reasonable care in its collection and storage of employees' data, the economic loss doctrine barred appellants' claims and there was no implied contract between the parties. Affirmed.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

What Do In-House Professionals Want from E-Discovery Technology? Insights from the Trenches

In-house professionals and e-discovery experts weigh in on what they want from the next generation of e-discovery technologies and vendors.
8 minute read

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