Scholarly Articles & Institutional Publications

European Parliament publishes a paper on blockchain and the GDPR, titled “The General Data Protection Regulation  Can distributed ledgers be squared with European data protection law?” Here is the link to this interesting paper: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2019/634445/EPRS_STU(2019)634445_EN.pdf   More information. on GDPR and blockchain, Francesca Giannoni-Crystal 

ICO published a veery useful guide dedicated to “data protection officers and others who have day-to-day responsibility for data protection” aimed at “small and medium-sized organisations”. See here  

On June 22, 2015, the Regulation of Lawyer Advertising Committee of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) issued the 2015 Report of the Regulation. The Committee was created by APRL in 2013 to analyze the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and study the various states’ approaches to regulating lawyer advertising with the goal […]

Section §255.0 – Purpose and definitions: “The Guides represent administrative interpretations of laws enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the guidance of the public in conducting its affairs in conformity with legal requirements. Specifically, the Guides address the application of Section 5 of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the use of […]

The ABA published an interesting article describing law firms’ use of technology to protect information. In addition to describing 2014 trends, the article suggests that lawyers should keep abreast of technology in order to have up-to-date security programs. The article, Security, by David Ries is available at http://www.americanbar… Follow us on& Like us on   

  Proskauer, Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 3.0 2013/14 Survey Full document at http://www.proskauer.com/files/uploads/social-media-in-the-workplace-2014.pdf

New York State bar association – State bar news, March/April 2014, volume. 56, No.2, p. 26 The author discusses challenges and risks of search engine optimization, which has rewritten the rules of online advertisement. Companies now have to make sure their Google ranking is the highest, or their business will die. In order to reach […]

A.B.A. J., Jan. 2014 The author discusses ABA Formal Opinion 465 and the ethical risks deriving from lawyers’ use of deal-of-the-day marketing programs. Referenced Authority: ABA Formal Opinion 465 The full text is available at http://www.abajournal….

Practice Guide for Procuring Cloud Services (“the Guide”), by Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region See at  http://www.infocloud.gov.hk/themes/ogcio/media/practiceguideindividual/Practice_Guide(2013-11)_EN_new.pdf   Date: Nov 2013  

The Florida Bar Standing Committee on Advertising, Tenth Edition, 2013   TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction When the Lawyer Advertising Rules Apply When the Lawyer Advertising Rules Do Not Apply Prohibited Forms of Solicitation Regulations Governing Content Additional Regulations for Direct Mail & Email Communications to Prospective Clients– Rule 4-7.18 19 Lawyer Referral Services – Rule […]