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IoT Devices Are Proliferating, but so Are Questions About Breach Liability

Assigning liability can be difficult after an IoT device breach—especially if no one can agree who the data belongs to in the first place, noted a panel held during this week's ABA AI and Robotics Institute.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Closing the Deal: Managing E-Signature Workflow and Compliance in a Hybrid Work Environment

Making legal transactions run as smoothly as possible requires not just understanding which signatures work best for which situations, but also then wrangling those signatures and incorporating them into agreements.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Extreme Pressure': Legal Departments, Feeling Squeeze From Pandemic, Flock to Tech

"We're seeing GCs having to be responsible for a lot outside of just legal now. A big trend with this pandemic has been to turn the GC into the chief health officer," Kristie Robertson, Analyst, ALM Intelligence Pacesetter Research, said.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'They're Going to Expect Results:' DOJ Ramps Up Scrutiny on Crypto Industry

The Justice Department has launched a new enforcement team targeting criminal activity in the rapidly growing and evolving world of cryptocurrency.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

African Law Firms See Workflow Surge Amid Tech Start-Up Boom

Young tech firms are flourishing owing to a boom in demand. Now, law firms that have been with them since the beginning are reaping the rewards.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Attorneys Across the Nation Frustrated as More Courts Require Return to In-Person Proceedings

"Now, they want to completely get rid of them to force our clients back into packed courtrooms at the risk of peoples health, for issues they know can be handled virtually," tweeted a public defender.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Lawyers Run Into Legal, Ethical Risks Using—and Not Using—AI Technology

Law firms can run into as much trouble not using AI as they can with leveraging the novel technology. A panel convened for the American Bar Association's AI and Robotics conference discussed how firms can navigate the ethical and legal risks that AI poses.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Pennsylvania Superior Court Clarifies Standard of Consent for Cellphone Search

An en banc Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that evidence derived from a police officer casually asking a suspect to see his cellphone without an explanation of the suspect's rights regarding the subsequent "data dump" was correctly suppressed in the criminal case.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recent Woes for Prosecutors in Cellphone Searches

Three recent district court decisions exemplify how courts have struggled with the Fourth Amendment questions raised by the intrusive nature of cellphone searches.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

Paradigm Receives Strategic Investment to Expand Practice Management Suite

Paradigm will use the investment to continue broadening its product suite, which already includes cloud-based technologies such as practice management platform PracticePanther and automated payment solution Headnote.
3 minute read

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