http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-21T04:11:14-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/your_phone_and_everybody_else_knows_where_you_are/ You may not know it, but you are broadcasting your location to the world every time you use your smartphone, tablet or other mobile device. That can be a good thing if you're in a car accident in unfamiliar surroundings and you don't know how to tell anybody your location.… Bar Associations, ABA, ABA Techshow, Business of Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Tech Question Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:34:40 -0500 43622.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/e-discovery_malpractice_is_more_common_than_perceived_LeClairRyan_Partner/ Lawyers beware: the pitfalls of e-discovery may be more complicated than many litigators—even experienced partners—expect or are prepared to handle. “In short, this is a complex, high-risk task that requires specialized skills and experience. It is not something one does once a year and gets good at,” LeClairRyan partner Dennis… Tech Question, Trials & Litigation, Evidence Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:19:29 -0500 33577.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/hackers_breached_90_of_u.s._companies_surveyed_in_past_12_months/ Electronic data breaches have become ubiquitous among U.S. companies, according to a recent poll. Ponemon Research reports that 90 percent of 583 U.S. companies surveyed said their companies’ computers were breached at least once by hackers within the past year, PC World reported. Private sector and… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Tech Question Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:29:59 -0500 33573.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_techshow_presentations_with_tips_sites_for_lawyers_are_online/ Last month, we reported some of the digital tricks and interesting websites that lawyers should know, ones shared by panelists at the popular ABA Techshow sessions titled 60 Tips in 60 Minutes (PDF) and 60 Sites in 60… Bar Associations, ABA, ABA Techshow, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Tech Question Mon, 23 May 2011 16:34:40 -0500 32973.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/oklahoma_law_determines_who_controls_social_media_accounts_after_death/ Estate executors in Oklahoma have been granted control over a dead person’s social media accounts according to a new law that went into effect Nov. 1. Although the legislation conflicts with most social media users agreements by assuming the accounts to be the property of the creator, rather than belonging… Internet Law, Tech Question, Trusts & Estates Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:07:11 -0600 29603.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bulk-emailer_holomaxx_sues_yahoo_microsoft_for_refusing_to_deliver_messages/ Holomaxx, which sends approximately 10 million emails a day on behalf of its clients, filed suit against Yahoo, Microsoft and two others last month for improperly flagging the bulk-emailer as a spammer and refusing to deliver its emails. Holomaxx alleges that the ISPs employ faulty spam filters without regard as… Internet Law, Media & Communications Law, Tech Question, Trials & Litigation Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:29:57 -0600 29414.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/associates_depressed_and_disgrunted_over_technology_cuts_at_firms/ As some firms cut technology spending in the wake of the recession, midlevel associates are calling the move shortsighted and disheartening. Lower productivity because of outdated technology—such as ineffective document management systems—was one of the chief concerns among unhappy associates, according to a recent job satisfaction survey of third-, fourth-,… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Law Firms, Associates, Tech Question Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:22:04 -0500 28172.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/more_firms_get_into_lawyer_rating_game_and_claim_profiles_on_avvo/ We caught up with Avvo founder and ‘09 Legal Rebel Mark Britton in Chicago to chat with him about online reputation management—a hot topic for big and small law firms as competition increases and potential clients from consumers to Fortune 500 general counsel are flooded with… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Law Firms, Tech Question Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:21:53 -0500 27932.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/texas_state_bar_releases_63000_lawyer_e-mail_addresses_to_law_student/ The State Bar of Texas is feeling some heat after officials released the public e-mail addresses of nearly 63,000 lawyers to a law student. Marni von Wilpert, a student at Fordham University School of Law in New York City, requested the e-mail addresses while a summer law clerk at the… Bar Associations, Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law, Tech Question, States, Texas Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:58:23 -0500 27910.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_excesses_have_you_uncovered_in_this_belt-tightening_period/ We learned this week over at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog that a national law firm put the brakes on what it was seeing as some pretty inefficient and costly Westlaw research practices. Indeed, the firm said in a memo… Tech Question Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:30:41 -0500 25934.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/is_your_smartphone_your_21st_century_swiss_army_knife/ Over at Advocate's Studio, law blogger Martha Perry writes about the proliferation of smartphones and wonders whether these handy pocket devices are the modern equivalent of the Swiss Army knife. "Applications, much like the little tools that pop out of all corners of a Swiss Army knife,… Tech Question Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:29:23 -0500 25311.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/are_ghostwritten_legal_blogs_unethical/ When we asked late last year whether you thought it was ethical for lawyers to ghostwrite legal documents, the results were mixed. With more than 800 readers weighing in (PDF), 60 percent answered that ghostwriting is ethical and happens all the time. Only 14 percent thought… Legal Ethics, Tech Question Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:03:18 -0600 24753.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/e-mail_vs._face-to-face_what_are_your_rules/ This week, Bryan Cave chairman Don Lents told the New York Times that e-mail has its place, but sometimes, face-to-face communication with clients and colleagues is necessary. “I tell our younger lawyers, if you think you are going to have a difficult interaction… ABA Journal, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Tech Question Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:05:40 -0600 24260.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_was_your_favorite_make-life-easier_tech_find_in_2009/ There's no shortage of time-saving technologies in the marketplace. In October, we wrote about 70 Sizzling Apps for smartphones. And this month, West announced the release of its new iPhone app, CLE Mobile, to make CLE on the go more… ABA Journal, Tech Question Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:41:47 -0600 23752.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/is_free_legal_research_good_enough_to_bank_a_case_on/ News this month that Google Scholar now gives lawyers (and anyone with an Internet connection) access to case law going back 50 to 80 years has us wondering how often you use free search tools to do your legal research. Is Google Scholar likely to give… ABA Journal, Tech Question Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:57:10 -0600 23278.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/is_google_enough_for_you_anymore/ In November's ABA Journal, legal technology writer Dennis Kennedy opens his Internet search toolbox and shares it with readers. Kennedy lists a dozen alternative search engines in his article, noting Google's declining dominance. “While we may have thought Google—with its roughly 70 percent share—had turned searching into a sleepy little… ABA Journal, Tech Question Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:41:35 -0500 22724.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/whats_your_favorite_tech_blawg/ We editors have been seeking friend-of-the-blawg briefs for all manner of blawgs to help us compile this year's Blawg 100 feature for our December issue, and readers and blawggers making cases for their favorite, possibly often-overlooked blawgs. Some readers' briefs may end up being quoted in the magazine story. We'd… ABA Journal, Tech Question Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:45:58 -0500 22162.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/have_you_seen_lawyers_judges_cross_ethical_lines_via_social_networks/ With more and more lawyers (and judges) getting on the social network highway, we started to wonder about the potential for conflict-of-interest collisions. Should lawyers, and judges in particular, join social networks? If yes, are there rules of the road that they should follow? Answer in the… ABA Journal, Tech Question Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:36:38 -0500 21514.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/have_you_seen_an_online_comment_cause_professional_woes/ Recently, some management-side employment lawyers spoke up and recommended that as far as praising or panning underlings on LinkedIn, supervisors should stay neutral. As Mitts Milavec partner Carolyn Plump put it, if employers "say something negative, there could be a lawsuit. If they… ABA Journal, Tech Question Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:47:03 -0500 20780.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/should_there_be_an_expectation_of_permanent_anonymity_online/ Earlier this month, there was a big brouhaha over the outing by Ed Whelan, at Bench Memos, of the online persona ‘Publius.’ Publius turned out to be South Texas College of Law professor John Blevins, who blogs at Obsidian Wings. Discussion and outrage across… ABA Journal, Tech Question Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:48:56 -0500 20369.abajournal.com