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Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade
A Q&A with a cross-section of law firm leaders to understand how the pandemic has impacted litigation in the short- and long-term.
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Work from Home Could Lead to Higher Cyber Insurance Claims
A look at the main software and application categories that increased during remote work and the vast implications for user privacy, corporate cybersecurity and cyber insurance.
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Preserving Snaps: Understanding Retention Features of Messaging Apps
The recent Doe v. Purdue University case out of the Northern District of Indiana — in which the court sanctioned plaintiff for failing to preserve relevant images and videos from his Snapchat application — teaches that counsel must understand the retention and deletion features of Snapchat and other messaging apps and social media if they are to help their clients preserve relevant ESI.
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Call for Nominations: Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards 2022
Legalweek and Law.com are seeking nominations from lawyers who have handled cutting edge matters at the intersection of the law and technology.
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The Pandemic Job Market: From Drought to Pandemonium
This article gives historical context to the events that brought us to the current climate and provides guidance on how employers and employees can successfully navigate the ensuing complexities of job searching and hiring in the post-pandemic pandemonium. Part One of a Two-Part Article
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The Future of Litigation Workflow: Reimagining Technology and Process in the Next Decade
A cross-section of law firm leaders comment on the current state of litigation, remote training, building cohesive and collaborative multidisciplinary teams, leveraging technology to enhance litigation processes and outcomes, and looking at the practice of law in the next decade.
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SCOTUS Narrowly Interprets CFAA to Avoid Criminalizing 'Commonplace Computer Activity'
The Court held that only those who obtain information from particular areas of the computer which they are not authorized to access can be said to "exceed authorization," and the statute does not — as the government had argued — cover behavior where a person accesses information which he is authorized to access but does so for improper purposes.
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EDRM Asks for Public Comment on New Information Governance Model
Adoption of the IGRM model could mean "improving dialogue about information governance, increasing the buy in from stakeholders, and expanding the awareness of the importance of information governance in the modern enterprise."
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Upping Your New Business Game with AI
With demand for technology innovation and efficiency at an all-time high, we can look to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to help streamline and automate proposal and RFP management, and bridge the gap between increases in RFP requests and lower win rates.
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NY Privacy Act Stalls, Would Escalate Protections Above Other State & International Regulations
The failure of NYPA to pass is not exceptionally noteworthy. What is noteworthy, however, is that it marks an escalation of data privacy protections and restrictions not seen in other major regulatory regimes, whether in the United States or abroad. And since most believe its failure to pass was due more to the end-of-session rush than its contents, don't be surprised if it pops up again in January 2022.
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