Privacy
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Privacy, Technology
Cyber Privacy: Who Owns Your Information?
What are some easy steps that you can take to protect your privacy online? -
Facebook, Privacy
John Oliver Weighs In On The Dumb Facebook Privacy Post
Are you tired of the obviously stupid "Facebook has no right to my private information" post going around? Well, so is John Oliver. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.30.15
* Is there a pattern of dishonesty in the Orange County, CA District Attorney’s office? [New York Times]
* Does a lack of SEC enforcement on clawback rules actually create a perverse incentive to manipulate earnings? [MarketWatch]
* Shocking news: Men admire their own work more than women do. I know that sentence is full of gender norms, but sometimes it is what it is. [TaxProf Blog]
* Is it ever okay for Biglaw associates to have privacy in the office? [What About Paris?]
* What you need to know right now in the world of legal tech. [CodeX]
* Thinking of using Google AdWords for your firm? Careful if you’re bidding on opposing counsel’s name, it could land you in ethical hot water. [Legal Profession Blog]
* What are the biggest threats for your corporate data? [Bloomberg BNA]
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Facebook, Privacy
Stop Posting That Idiotic Facebook Privacy Notice -- It's STILL Meaningless!
We hope you realize that this copyright and privacy notice means the same thing it did when it was posted it in 2012, 2013, 2014, and earlier in 2015: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. -
Privacy, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court
Justice Alito Says SCOTUS Is Clueless On New Tech, Which Makes Privacy Cases Even Harder
The justice has called on Congress to legislate on the latest in technology. -
Microsoft, Privacy, Sponsored Content, Technology
Microsoft's Search Warrant Challenge: A Conversation With Christopher Sprigman Of NYU Law
This case has major implications for technology, data privacy, cloud computing, international relations, U.S. business interests, and media. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.24.15
* It looks like the other slutty shoe has officially dropped. Two law firms have filed a $578 million class-action lawsuit against adultery dating site Ashley Madison for breaching their clients’ privacy rights. Impact Team must be thrilled. [TIME]
* Gov. Chris Christie says that if he’s elected president, he won’t nominate anyone with a Harvard Law or Yale Law degree to SCOTUS. Non-Ivy law schools better start priming and primping their most successful grads on the off chance Christie gets the nod. [CBS News]
* Case Western Law decided that two heads are better than one, because Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf were just permanently appointed to serve as co-deans. We can’t think of any other law school with a dynamic duo of deans like this. [Crain’s Cleveland Business]
* In Biglaw, romantic wranglings can follow you beyond the grave: Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.’s estate is doing battle with a woman who claims she had a relationship with the former head of Patton Boggs — and now she wants some of his property. [National Law Journal]
* He may be “used to playing on a different court,” but Michael Jordan really took it to the hole on this case. Defunct grocery store Dominick’s Finer Foods must now pay the sports star $8.9 million for using his name in a steak ad without his permission. [NBC News]
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Privacy, Sports
ESPN Fighting To Remove Privacy Shield From Notre Dame's Police Force
And the Indiana AG's office has thrown its support behind ESPN. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Biglaw, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Wachtell Lipton Goes 'Big Brother' On Its Lawyers
Would you want such a program in place at your law firm? -
Privacy, Sex Scandals, Technology
Who Are The Lawyers, Law Profs, And Judges That Were Revealed In The Ashley Madison Hack?
This breaking news is brought to you by the phrase, “Babe, I need to tell you something, and I hope you won’t be mad.” -
Privacy, Technology
Who Owns Your Email? An Interview With Brad Smith, General Counsel Of Microsoft
A conversation between Microsoft GC Brad Smith and technology columnist Jeff Bennion about a Second Circuit case with important implications for data privacy. -
Celebrities, Media and Journalism, Trials
Gawker Body-Slams Hulk Hogan In Ongoing Litigation
Gawker pins Hulk Hogan to the mat in the latest round of this bitter legal battle. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.11.15
* “[H]e’s just a litigious person. Unless he has something going on in the public eye, he can’t exist.” Former Clippers owner Donald Sterling filed a suit against V. Stiviano and TMZ, accusing them of invading his privacy by sharing a recording of his racism. [New York Post]
* A jury found that an ex-municipal court judge who was convicted of insurance fraud was lying when he claimed that he’d been attacked outside the courthouse by thugs wielding a toilet tank lid. We guess you could say that the jurors were able to flush out all of this guy’s crap. [ABA Journal]
* Talk about a Hail Mary suit: Ted Wells of Paul Weiss and NFL locker-room bullying report fame is being sued for defamation by the former Miami Dolphins offensive-line coach who happened to be one of the casualties of his investigation. [Washington Post]
* Deutsche Bank’s general counsel will step down from his position at the end of the year. Deutsche Bank joins JPMorgan and Bank of America as the third big bank to have announced a change in GC within the past month. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* If you’re considering applying to law school, here are five steps you can take to write a “great” personal statement. Surprisingly, one step isn’t mentioning your guaranteed employment at a family firm after graduation. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.06.15
* Another American doctor is accused of illegally killing another lesser-known lion in Zimbabwe, but this time, Biglaw is in the doctor’s corner. Apparently when you’re a hunter who’s become the hunted, you turn to Blank Rome. [Am Law Daily]
* Where Dewey eat when allegedly conspiring to scam the firm’s creditors about its financial situation? According to testimony in the D&L trial, criminal activity reportedly tastes better when paired with fine dining experiences. [WSJ Law Blog]
* At some point in the very near future, it’s likely that one or more new Supreme Court justices will need to be appointed, and some say that it’s obvious that Justice Don Willett, the Tweeter Laureate of Texas, is plotting a course to be a nominee. #blessed [Forbes]
* The Fourth Circuit handed down an important opinion on cellphone location records, and it looks like the police need a warrant. Thanks for the circuit split. Quick, someone write a law review note before SCOTUS takes it. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* For some would-be law students, applying early decision may not be the right choice. After all, if you think you can get into ALL of the T14 schools, we bet you’d probably like to see if your huge ego is correct. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
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Technology
Cop To Vet On Receiving End Of Bogus Raid: Investigating Things Beforehand Just Slows Us Down
This is why you can't have nice things. If you define "nice things" as "cops staying out of innocent peoples' homes." -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.29.15
* Judge uses hearing to take out lost luggage irritation on airline appearing before him. [Legal Cheek]
* Law schools should teach entrepreneurship, because students should be learning something they can apply when the job market turns up empty. [Tax Prof Blog]
* Meet Dylann Roof’s defense counsel, David Bruck. [The Marshall Project]
* Lawyer quits law and opens a brewery. Good idea. [Click on Detroit]
* Making “patently offensive racial, ethnic, homophobic, sexist, and other derogatory remarks to attorneys” nets a three-month suspension in New York. [Legal Profession Blog]
* A new white paper on law enforcement and electronic communications, co-authored by Viet Dinh, the keynote speaker at our recent Technology & Law event. [Bancroft PLLC]
* After Bruce MacEwen expressed doubts over the usefulness of the Am Law 200 as “a conceptual category,” Kimberly Kleman, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer, responds to the criticism. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.27.15
* Conan O’Brien faces a new lawsuit alleging that he stole jokes from a Twitter user’s feed. Meanwhile, Conan mulls suit against Tinder for ripping off Pimpbot 5000 character. [The Hollywood Reporter] * Snoop blames racial profiling for his arrest on suspicion of marijuana possession in Sweden. Others say it’s “celebrity profiling,” suggesting that racial […]
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Privacy, Sponsored Content, Technology
Technology & Law: Can U.S. Law Enforcement Virtually Break Into Foreign Data Centers?
This case has major implications for technology, data privacy, cloud computing, international relations, U.S. business interests, and media, so it deserves close attention. -
Privacy
Anything You Butt-Dial Can And Will Be Used Against You
We have new case law on butt-dialing and it is awesome. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.10.15
* The slashing of the Quinn Emanuel summer program gets the Dr. Seuss (a great legal inspiration in his own right) treatment. And from what we hear, John Quinn likes this cartoon so much he wants to buy the image. [The Recorder] * Prosecutors subpoena a 3 month old girl to testify. When informed of […]