E-Discovery

Technology columnist Monica Bay's monthly round-up of upcoming events -- with some decidedly cranky commentary.

* Will Pokémon Go open up a battlefield of legal troubles for Nintendo? [Ohio State Bar Association]

* Better Call Saul’s Jimmy McGill is a great example of the trickster lawyer. [Guile is Good]

* ComicCon is coming, and most of the vendors owe a lot to the doctrine of fair use. [ReCreate Coalition]

* A soured love affair turns into sanctions for discovery violations. [Legal Profession Blog]

* Lawyers get a reputation for being slow to change, but you need to adapt to a changing landscape. [Reboot Your Law Practice]

* Some thoughts from Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, on his company’s big win before the Second Circuit. [On the Issues]

* Before the Second Circuit, Microsoft enjoyed a lot of support from amici — which can make a difference before the U.S. Supreme Court, according to this analysis by Adam Feldman. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Nell Minow, the corporate governance guru (and sister of Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow), has some assigned reading for America’s politicians: Professor William Birdthistle’s Empire of the Fund: The Way We Save Now (affiliate link). [Huffington Post]

* My former colleague Maura Grossman, ediscovery queen of Wachtell Lipton, has left the firm to open her own consulting practice and serve as a research professor. [Am Law Daily]

* Social media for lawyers: it’s all fun and games until someone loses their good reputation. [Reboot Your Law Practice]

* If you are a lawyer between 24 and 49 who’s currently working in the northeast, a Ph.D. student would like to talk to you about debt (which you most likely have lots of — although none is needed to participate in the study). [Abby Stivers]

* A final reminder for our L.A. readers that the law firm battle of the bands is taking place tonight — so come out to support a good cause (and have a great time)! [Family Violence Appellate Project]

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