Technologist

Is The Hacker World Targeting Your Law Firm?

2009-11-19T20:45:29Z

It seems that hackers are on the prowl for sensitive information that your law firm has. The AP reports that the FBI has sent out an advisory that warns law firms and PR companies that there is a complex emailing scheme...

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Doing the Right Thing Online

2009-11-17T19:42:59Z

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. So often we hear about bad conduct on the Internet, be it identity theft, distributed denial of service attacks, or online defamation and...

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Learn How to Better Market Your Firm on the Internet

2009-11-11T00:02:02Z

Looking for more and better qualified clients than your current client development strategy is producing? Search engines like Google and Yahoo! have pulled ahead of the printed Yellow Pages as the leading source for local business information. Three out of...

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Be Smart And Safe While Using Electronic Devices Regardless Of Potential Legal Requirements

2009-11-10T13:49:00Z

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. In the wake of the airline pilots of infamous Northwest Flight 188 telling National Transportation Safety Board investigators that they were out of...

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Skype and eBay, Ready to Make Nice?

2009-11-05T23:41:17Z

Skype and eBay have been in a hot mess about Skype's peer-to-peer (P2P) online telephone technology for months now. Well, they might be close to settlement according to the New York Times and other independent sources. EBay owns Skype. But Skype,...

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Hotspots Can Be Black Holes of Hacking Danger

2009-11-03T10:19:04Z

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. Like nomads searching for oases, we roam in our quest to find Wi-Fi hotspots from which to connect to the wireless world. Unfortunately,...

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Facebook Wins Suit Against Spam King

2009-11-02T15:13:19Z

If you're reading this, chances are you are probably pretty tech savvy. Maybe you found this post through a search engine, Google, Bing, Yahoo, or other. Maybe you read it by clicking a shortened link on Twitter. Maybe you came across it...

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The FCC's 6 Proposed Rules of Net Neutrality

2009-10-27T16:01:00Z

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has set forth draft proposed rules regarding net neutrality. But may have already read about that in our recent post on the subject of open internet. And now, you want to know...exactly what are potential new rules...

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An Open Internet: FCC Moves Towards Net Neutrality

2009-10-26T12:47:00Z

Now, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may not be looking to become the next viral video sensation, or be pining to find itself the subject of a social media campaign, or even long to be the most-queried term on search engines...but it definitely...

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Educational Institutions Must Try To Protect Students' Personal Information

2009-10-20T15:45:00Z

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. Not surprisingly, educational institutions possess all sorts of private data with respect to their students. However, a bit more surprising is how easy...

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Trends in Alternative Billing & Convergence, Hildebrandt Survey Says

2009-10-19T13:05:00Z

Maybe it can be chalked off to an economy stung by recession. Or the fact that more legal technology providers are crowding the same space. But something is changing the way in-house counsel relates to outside counsel. And the effects could trickle down to...

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One Country Makes High Speed Internet a Legal Right...

2009-10-16T12:44:00Z

Hint: it is not the US. Our Nordic friends in Finland will have no internet connectivity excuses in responding to emails and social media musings. And that's thanks to a national law passed in Finland this week mandating that every Finnish citizen have access to...

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Facebook Use Down Under

2009-10-13T12:55:00Z

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. You probably know already that Facebook is a huge social networking phenomenon here in the United States, not only for teenagers, but also...

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Free Webcast: How Law Firms Can Attract Quality Clients

2009-10-12T23:37:08Z

Did you know that your firm is sending out a message without even realizing it. It is through your online presence. Whether your firm has invested heavily in building a web presence or if you are new to the scene,...

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Video: Content Identification for Litigation

2009-10-09T22:25:48Z

Data. It becomes a kind of currency in anticipating litigation. It is what is passed between parties, negotiated access to, preserved, and stored with great scrutiny. It forms the building blocks to supporting a case or discrediting an opposing side's...

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