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Corporate Counsel

After MyFitnessPal Breach, In-House Counsel Should Consider Segregating Sensitive Data

This week's hack holds a simple but important lesson for legal departments about how to handle data storage.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Lighthouse Makes Play for Financial Services with Forexus Acquisition

E-discovery company Lighthouse this week announced it would acquire Swiss consulting and chat discovery group Forexus.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Ethics of E-Discovery, Part 2: Smarter—But Unethical—Clients

In Klipsch, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York's order that even though “the likely valuation of actual damages” caused by the defendant's discovery violations was $25,000, the defendant additionally had to pay the plaintiff a total of $5 million as “compensation” for “discovery efforts” the plaintiff had to take solely because of the defendant's misconduct, as well as for “restraint … appropriate to secure” the plaintiff's “likely recovery of treble damages and attorney fees at the conclusion of the case.”
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am an older lawyer who is a solo practitioner. Is there anything I should be doing to protect my clients if I should pass away unexpectedly?
6 minute read

Legaltech News

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Operations

While AI offers great opportunities in cost, efficiency, and productivity benefits, it is people who bring deep insight into an organization's most challenging problems.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

To Pay or Not to Pay: A Case Study of Atlanta's Citywide Ransomware Attack

The recent ransomware attack against Atlanta has taken out city services for nearly a week. But the city thus far has not paid the ransom demanded by hackers.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Counsel Want 'Appropriate Fee Arrangements,' Data Can Help Them Get There

"I've never met a lawyer who hired a contractor to build their house depending on how long it takes to build it," Cisco deputy GC Steve Harmon said of changing discussions about fee arrangements.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Suggestions to Make Networking Easier and Less Intimidating

Networking can be personally and professionally rewarding. However, networking can also be intimidating for attorneys of all experience levels. It is also hard to define.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Billon Wants to Help Regulators and Blockchain to be Better Friends

The blockchain company's infrastructure works with regulated currencies rather than cryptocurrencies, and aims to bring blockchain into existing regulatory regimes.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

BDO Shoots for the Cloud, Expands Offerings to RelativityOne

Professional services firm BDO USA announced that it would be expanding its partnership with Relativity to include support for RelativityOne in its services portfolio.
3 minute read

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