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Court Tosses Data Breach Lawsuit, Refusing to Make 'Analytical Jumps by Speculating' Standing

A district court judge in Virginia looked to two recent federal appellate decisions when concluding a U.S. Army veteran did not have standing to sue his insurance provider for a ransomware attack because there was no evidence to show that his personal identifying information had been stolen or used.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

'Jacks and Jills of All Trades?' Hard-to-Get E-Discovery Project Managers Face Growing Workloads

As organizations struggle to hire and retain e-discovery project managers, those with the right expertise are left facing higher numbers of projects and responsibilities than they might have wished for.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Samsung Faces a Crop of Class Suits Over Data Breach, but Prospects for Big Payout Are Uncertain

"If you study the dark web market, these are often crimes of opportunity, and there appears to be a pattern, in my view, of bad actors taking large amounts of stuff because they can, and it doesn't necessarily mean there is a market for it or that they will sell it," said David Opderbeck of Seton Hall University School of Law.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Accelerated Evolution of Litigation Services: Complexities & Challenges of Modern Data

As data volumes skyrocket and data becomes more complex, companies are actively engaging in data reduction efforts through strategic litigation preparedness.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

$35M SEC Fine Underscores Growing Data Retention Focus—and Shortcomings

While the SEC's penalty on Morgan Stanley Smith Barney may have alerted attorneys to regulators' focus on data retention policies, attorneys note that such fines may be unavoidable for some.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Law Firms Embracing the Cloud Are Running Into Integration Headaches

Security concerns and tricky APIs are complicating cloud-based tool integration, and likely impacting when and what a firm wants to transfer over to the cloud.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Gambling Website Accused in Class Suit of Unauthorized Sale of User Data to Facebook

"The surreptitious disclosure of personally identifiable information paired with the name of video game content that an individual accessed is an outrageous invasion of privacy and would be offensive to a reasonable person," the suit says.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Taking the Next Step in Tech for a Competitive Edge and Protected Margins

Leveraging big data will empower law firms to maintain profitability and weather a potential economic downturn.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Jay Edelson in a 'Battle for the Soul of the Plaintiffs Bar'

Edelson, part of what he describes as the reform wing of the plaintiffs bar, says the old guard isn't always representing plaintiffs' interests.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

UF Supercomputer HiPerGator Helps Tackle Daunting Problems

HiPerGator, a supercomputer housed at the University of Florida, is being used to address some of the state's most-pressing agricultural and environmental problems.
4 minute read

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