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Australian Law Firm Allens Caught Up in Cyberattack

The firm's client data was compromised after a file-sharing system designed by California-based cloud company Accellion was accessed illegally earlier this month.
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Legaltech News

With 'Healthy Level of Paranoia,' Firms Tweak Cyber Training for Remote Workforce

As lawyers and law firm staffers blend work and personal spaces, law firms say only a few adjustments to their cyber training should keep cyberattacks at bay.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Easier to Sue? Suspicious of Big Tech's Proposed Law, Privacy Advocates Plan New Bill

The People's Privacy Act is due to be introduced, and is unlikely to be welcomed by Big Tech.
3 minute read

The Recorder

ROSS Intelligence Accuses Thomson Reuters of Crushing Competitors With 'Sham Copyrights and Intimidation Tactics'

The antitrust counterclaims follow the San Francisco-based legal research firm's announcement last month that it would cease operations as a result of its legal battle with Thomson Reuters.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

As Small, Midsize Firms Embrace the Cloud, Significant Cyber Gaps Remain

A survey released by legal IT consulting firm LogicForce found that while most firms are letting go of their cloud fears, not all cloud-based legal tech is being universally adopted.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Even If Lawyers Participate in Virtual Grand Jury Trials, Don't Assume They're Fans

Prosecutors say they remain opposed to virtual grand juries, and their current participation is merely a pragmatic decision made under difficult circumstances.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

First Enforcement Action Under Federal 'BOTS Act' Takes Aim at Alleged Ticket-Buying Scams

Three New York-based companies and their owners were accused of circumventing Ticketmaster's restrictions on multiple accounts to obtain tens of thousands of tickets for sporting events and performances. The tickets were resold, often at increased prices, for millions of dollars.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Finding a Cultural Fit When Lateral Hiring Goes Virtual

"For the firm that's doing the recruiting, they've been layering in more rounds than normal just so they feel a little more comfort in this virtual world, and it's the same way for candidates," recruiter Frank D'Amore said.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Responding to Online Criticism (General Rule: Don't)

A recent ethics opinion from the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Formal Opinion 496, examines the options available to lawyers when confronted with what it describes as the "regular" occurrence of the phenomenon that "[c]lients, opposing parties, and others are increasingly taking to the Internet to express their opinions of lawyers they have encountered." In this edition of his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis discusses the principal conclusions in the Opinion, and the lessons it, and NYSBA Formal Opinion 1032 on the same topic, holds for New York lawyers.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

New York's Biometric Law Wouldn't Break The Mold—Just Expand It

New York's proposed Biometric Privacy Act echoes many of the requirements and guidelines laid out in Illinois' own longstanding regulation. But New York's status as a major U.S. economic hub could give its biometric law a much wider footprint that establishes an unofficial national standard.
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