Technology
Four social media lessons for lawyers
Gabriel Chong at the Attorney At Work blog has four useful lessons for lawyers trying to incorporate social media into their practices. Lawyers are…well, lawyers, and not necessarily social media experts so these are some important things to keep in mind (here is the full blog entry) 1. Do only what you’re comfortable doing 2…. Read More »
Categories: TechnologyWhat lawyers need to know about data stored on mobile devices
Rob Lekowski, writing in the ABA’s Law Technology Today blog, explains to lawyers what kind of data can be obtained from their mobile devices. LAWPRO has written on the security of mobile devices from the point of view of cybersecurity, but Mr. Lekowski points out that devices are also being collected for litigation more and… Read More »
Categories: TechnologyTurn off email autocomplete to avoid a potential privacy disaster
Catherine Sanders-Reach of the Chicago Bar Association has some good email advice for lawyers: turn off autocomplete in the address field of your emails. With headlines such as “Former bar prez copies top court on email about its ‘ill-conceived and uninformed questions” and “Did Lawyer’s E-Mail Goof Land $1B Settlement on NYT’s Front Page?“, it’s… Read More »
Categories: TechnologySurvey on how lawyers use social media
Lawyers have a reputation of being slow to adopt new technologies, but a new survey done by Attorney at Work shows that when it comes to social media programs that’s not necessarily the case. 340 lawyers replied to their survey, and among the interesting findings are that 91% of them use social media at least… Read More »
Categories: TechnologyThe 25 most popular (and least secure) passwords in 2014
Gizmodo has an article on the 25 most popular passwords of 2014, based on compiling millions of stolen passwords made public throughout the year. Many of them are the same unsecure passwords that appeared on the 2013 list. Clearly the public is still going for “easy to remember” rather than “safe and secure”. Here is… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Prevention, TechnologyKeeping your passwords strong and secure
Computer passwords are the keys that “unlock” our computer and network systems. We all have more passwords than we can remember. This tends to make us a bit lazy. We use obvious and easy-to-remember passwords – even the word “password” itself. Or worse: we don’t use them at all. Bad password habits are often one… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Prevention, TechnologyLAWPRO Magazine archives: Social media pitfalls to avoid
Although social media sites offer lawyers many interesting new ways to interact with people in both personal and work spheres, there are some risks associated with using them. Some of these risks are obvious, some are not. Before they venture into social networking, lawyers should consider Section 5.5 of the Law Society’s Practice Management Guideline… Read More »
Categories: Technology, Law Practice ManagementHow prepared are you for a cybercrime?
Cybercrime is a real and present danger for law firms. All firms should work to understand the cybercrime risks they are exposed to and take steps to reduce the likelihood they will experience a data breach at the hands of cyber criminals. How prepared are you? To assess your cybercrime preparedness, see if you can… Read More »
Categories: Fraud Prevention, Technology