Cyberlaw

'We need everyone to do their part to meet one of the defining threats of our time,' President Joe Biden said in a statement urging US companies to take action to protect against potential future Russian cyber attacks.

The ramification of prosecuting two red teamers is creating a ripple effect of concern among operators and testing firms.

It's unusual to see a Biglaw firm like Pillsbury announcing a partnership with an alt.legal company.

What are some easy steps that you can take to protect your privacy online?

Cybersecurity is seen as an afterthought by many small law firms -- and that's a big problem, as columnist Keith Lee explains.

* Brooklyn Law’s dean thinks “too much power rests with the [NCBE],” and that we need a new way to license lawyers. Brooklyn Law’s July 2014 bar passage rate was ~10 percent lower than the year prior, so perhaps he doesn’t like how those grapes taste. [National Law Journal]

* A man on trial for a bank robbery committed in 2013 pooped his pants while on the stand, removed some of said poop from his pants, and started eating it because the Virgin Mary told him to do it. If you couldn’t tell, he’s got an insanity defense. [Inquisitr]

* A new Citigroup report says Biglaw firms are at “high risk for cyberintrusions,” but so few will admit that they’ve been hacked it’s impossible to tell if the problem is growing. Don’t worry, clients, your confidential files might be safe. [DealBook / New York Times]

* People may think “this is a crappy, for-profit school that didn’t make it. But it could have been a great law school.” Charleston Law’s founding dean wrote a damning blog post about his colleagues for their attempts to sell the school to InfiLaw. [Post and Courier]

* “[B]eing well-dressed and having a law school diploma” isn’t enough to ensure that you’ll get a job anymore. Quick, take some advice from the career services dean at a school where 47.2 percent of recent grads are working full-time as lawyers. [Huffington Post]

How much is cyber crime costing the economy?

The prosecution of a prominent activist and journalist raises very real and serious First Amendment concerns.

What's it like to work as a federal prosecutor focused on cybercrime?

Some simple, practical things you can do -- in 10 minutes -- to increase your security online.

Microsoft products are more spendy than the price tag on the box might suggest.

This seems like a really bad way to write a law.

Are computer hackers really the threat they're made out to be?

* Above the Law promotes real-world change! Complaint filed against a Texas judge after Elie calls him out for being RACEIST! [ABA Journal] * If you were thinking of calling your friend from the Philippines a “skank” on Facebook, you may want to reconsider. [Philippine Inquirer] * If you’re a powerful financial executive, lay off the bath salts. [DealBreaker] * Judicial throwdown at the Second Circuit! Short version: Judge Raagi thinks Judge Jacobs should care way more about punishing guys sexting underage girls. Judge Jacobs thinks Judge Raagi watches too much Dexter. [Second Circuit / FindLaw] * Federal District Judge John Lungstrum calls out a couple trial teams for terrible trial work. Biglaw litigators may not be the best trial attorneys? You don’t say. [New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog] * Kenneth Anderson describes the U.S. government’s longstanding love affair with “imminence” in the context of the Obama drone strike white paper. To borrow from Rev. Lovejoy’s sermon: “Imminence…sweet imminence.” [Lawfare] * Judges: If you’re going to base a decision on a particular fact… don’t include pictures in the opinion that directly contradict that finding. Check out page six, line two and Appendix 2 [Court of Appeals, State of Oregon] * SCOTUSBlog and Bloomberg Law have a competition for law students. Beat your peers AND the SCOTUSBlog team and win $5000. [SCOTUSBlog]

Law firms are the biggest threat to cyber security out there. Wise up folks!

Why does Facebook all of a sudden care so deeply about the free speech rights of children?

Kim Dotcom strikes another victory, this time in the form of a personal apology from New Zealand's prime minister.

AT&T is facing an FCC complaint over the way it's handled Apple's decision to allow FaceTime over cell networks.