Ernie The Attorney has a very interesting and informative write-up on what all the hubbub is regarding e-discovery. If you’re not sure what e-discovery really is, and why it might be a “hot topic” these days, you should definitely read this article
Ernie The Attorney reports on his experiences at the LegalTech conference in Los Angeles. He has some interesting observations:
It’s too bad that more lawyers don’t attend conferences like this one: there were several great programs that required no special tech-awareness. In fact, the session about ‘Coping with E-Mail Overload’ was one of the most useful programs I’ve seen recently.
A puzzling legal question regarding search & seizure of computers, and the wholesale copying of information from them that usually goes hand-in-hand with computer forensics work.
An interesting question: What exactly is “unauthorized” access, as far as computers are concerned? If the answer seems clear-cut to you, you may want to read this article to see how the issue quickly becomes murky. As is often the case, old legal precedents don’t quite work when applied to new technology.
PayPal has this page to help you identify “fake” emails that are actually trying to trick you into giving away personal information. I highly recommend reading it – so much so, that I’m including some of their tips right here.
Just added 2 new law blogs to our links list over on the left. Both are from Massachusetts, so be sure to check them out!
We here at TurboLaw run into similar situations all the time. TurboLaw has a lot of features that many people never use – because they don’t know it’s there. So if this article has inspired you to find the “hidden” treasures in TurboLaw, may I recommend perusing the TurboLaw User’s Manual?
Bruce Shneier had some interesting things to say today in regards to changes in the way HIPAA rules are being applied. I imagine that many of our customers will be interested in what he has to say.