In the news: "The regulatory and legal landscape for data privacy is changing rapidly. Although these changes have not garnered much attention, say attorneys Satish M. Kini and Thomas S. Wyler, they deserve careful consideration by in-house counsel, privacy compliance staff and IT departments."
Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 12 March 2010. Copyright 2009. ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.
In the news: "A recent report concluded law firms -- attractive targets because they maintain sensitive client data -- are being targeted by sophisticated and well-funded teams of cyberattackers. But firms don't often realize they've been infiltrated and rarely go public with security breaches."
Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 9 March 2010. Copyright 2009. ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.
Not surprisingly, lawyers talk a lot about privacy and security concerns they have there, and their wariness is justified. As you may know, Facebook recently made some big changes to its privacy controls that created some controversy.
If you follow the simple steps below, you will be in the top 1 percent or 2 percent of lawyers using Facebook when it comes to good privacy and security. However, I can't protect you from your own lapses in good judgment. I can't say too often: "Think before you post."
Here are my five best tips, whether you are just signing up for an account or have been a longtime member.
1) Use a strong password and change it on a regular basis...
2) Review and make appropriate changes to your privacy settings...
3) Be discriminating in your use of Facebook apps...
4) Take control of what others can put on your page...
5) Consider using "friend lists..."
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Source:In the news: "Electronic privacy in the workplace is a tangled subject, with only a few sure footholds for employers. Attorneys are hoping a Supreme Court ruling will provide unifying guidance on employer monitoring of employee text messages in a case currently under consideration by the justices."
Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 9 February 2010. Copyright 2009. ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.
And, now, I have a new excuse to give She Who Must Be Obeyed. Honey, I broke the computer, and I can't send it in because I have client confidential communications on the hard drive. Here is an article about it. So, I have to keep the old one safe and secure, and buy a new one!"
In the news: "The unfaithful, in particular, are paying a high price in divorce court for their salacious text messages. Infidelity, bad parenting or threats -- you name the issue in marital disputes, family law attorneys say, and the evidence can be found in text messages sent over hand-held gadgets."
Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 11 November 2009. Copyright 2008. ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf:
... "The Federal Courts are now taking a number of new steps to ensure that privacy protections afforded under federal rules are followed and are reminding those filing electronically of the their obligation under the law to redact personal identifier information with a message that includes links to relevant rules. An example of the revised login screen was included in PACER's October newsletter. At login to CM/ECF, a message reminds attorneys of their responsibility to redact this private information from the documents they file; the most recent version of this reminder also requires attorneys acknowledge that they have read the notice and complied with the redaction rules. Filers cannot complete the login process without checking the acknowledgement in this recent version.
The latest CM/ECF versions also include a number of other notable changes, including being able to choose whether the client code field should be mandatory when logging into CM/ECF. (See Here)
A new "Court Information" utility is also now available, providing general court information such as hours of operation, court location and phone number, as well as filing information such as the maximum size of PDF files, the court's version of CM/ECF, case flag definitions and more."
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Source: Legal Talk Network, 5 November 2009
In the news: "Can employees retain attorney-client privilege for e-mails sent to their lawyers using employer-provided e-mail and computers? Attorney Anthony E. Davis seeks to reconcile apparently inconsistent decisions, and to aid in advising clients on avoiding the risks such communications pose."
The article also includes information for:
PUBLIC POLICY ARGUMENTS
REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES
REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS
Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 5 November 2009. Copyright 2008. ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.
From an e-mail: "The Government Domain: A Handful of Classics
http://www.llrx.com/govdomain43.htm
Peggy Garvin has updated her directory of useful government information resources online, the e-Government and Web Directory: U.S. Federal Government Online. Her research has found that federal web sites do not change as rapidly as users believe. The content on these sites is dynamic, constantly being refreshed and redesigned. However, the sites themselves, the ones that represent so much of the work of the federal government and are selected for inclusion in the book, are fairly stable.
Using Technology to Estimate, Control And Manage Litigation Document
Review Budgets
http://www.llrx.com/columns/litdocrevbudgets.htm
Conrad J. Jacoby details approaches and exercises that contribute to a successful process for calculating - and staying within - a realistic budget for a litigation or regulatory document review.
Legal Implications of Cloud Computing - Part Two (Privacy and the
Cloud)
http://www.llrx.com/features/cloudcomputing2.htm
As a follow-up to last month's article that provided an overview of cloud computing in the context of significant legal issues, this article by Tanya Forsheit reviews the issues of privacy and cross-border data transfers.
Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide
http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm
Sabrina I. Pacifici's completely revised and updated pathfinder focuses on leveraging selected reliable, focused, free and low cost sites and sources to effectively profile and monitor companies, markets, countries, people, and issues. This guide is a "best of list" of web, database and email alert products, services and tools, as well as links to content specific sources produced by government, academic, NGOs, the media and various publishers.
Pretexting, Legal Ethics and Social Networking Sites
http://www.llrx.com/features/pretexting.htm
The court decisions, ethics opinions and articles comprising Ken Strutin's guide provide background into current legal thinking about covert investigations, and include recent publications addressing online pretexting as well as the privacy limits of social media. -- Published October 6, 2009
Margaret Berkland
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules
Source: Pacifici, Sabrina. "New on LLRX.com for October 2009." Copyright © LLRX TM, Law Library Resource Xchange, LLC. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://www.llrx.com/subscribe.htm>.
