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New Jersey Law Journal

Will Ransomware Attack Make Law Firms 'WannaCry'?

Luckily for U.S. law firms, it was unlikely that this particular ransomware attack hit many of them. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't be prepared.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Formal Policy or Not, New Jersey Firms 'Flex' Away

The lawyers making up New Jersey's Big Law ranks aren't strangers to plugging in remotely. But the implementation and utilization of formal flextime policies varies by firm.
33 minute read

Legaltech News

Cornell Law Library's LawArXiv Removes Paywall from Scholarship, Goes Open Source

Cornell Law Library participates in open source repository to house content from academics and researchers.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Microsoft and Cisco Test the Waters With AI Contract Management Pilot Programs

Pilot projects help uncover the usefulness and limitations of artificial intelligence technology for contracts before committing significant resources and time.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Startups in Stealth Mode: Lying Low to Build Better

Ironclad and Judicata are among a set of legal tech startups that have leaned into their anonymity to develop their businesses.
10 minute read

Legaltech News

Thomson Reuters Brings Amazon Alexa to Timekeeping

"Alexa, make sure I'm actually documenting all my billable hours."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Number Hacked by Scammers

Scammers appear to be using a phone number for the state Supreme Court prothonotary's office to obtain personal information or money from the people they call. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts put out a warning Thursday after receiving calls back from the individuals who were targeted. The targeted individuals have said their caller ID shows that the calls are coming from “PA Courts,” at 717-781-6181.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Echo Is Not Spying On You,' Amazon Lawyer Declares

Months after Apple faced off with the FBI over an order to unlock an iPhone connected to the San Bernardino shooting investigation, Amazon.com Inc. was thrust center-stage in its own digital privacy debate when Arkansas prosecutors demanded data from a murder suspect's Echo device. Amazon initially objected to the demands last year, only to later grant access after the suspect consented to the release of the data. Speaking Thursday at a Consumer Federation of America conference in Washington, an in-house lawyer at Amazon stated flatly: "No, Echo is not spying on you."
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Big Tech's Fight Over Foreign-Stored Data: A Podcast With Morgan Lewis Partner Mark Krotoski

How far should the arm of the law reach when it comes to data stored overseas? That's a question that courts continue to struggle with, even after U.S. tech companies scored a landmark win last year in favor of limiting what authorities can obtain when it comes to foreign-stored data.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Late Bloomers? Corporate Legal Lags in Tech-Related Savings, Study Finds

Though squeezed by tighter budgets, legal departments are not yet fully implementing cost-saving technology processes, The Blickstein Group-Exterro study found.
3 minute read

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