By Legal Technology Resource Center of the ABA The Legal Technology Resource Center has composed a chart of ethics opinions from the several American jurisdictions dealing with cloud computing, including the standard that lawyers should follow in choosing a cloud computing service. Available at http://www.americanbar.org…
Conclusion of the Article: “New conflicts in information privacy loom ahead for the US and the EU due to the Proposed Data Protection Regulation of the EU. This document, which creates directly binding law for all EU Member States, alters the current equilibrium achieved under the Data Protection Directive of 1995. The Directive stimulated a […]
72 Maryland Law Review 335 (2013) Ohio State Public Law Working Paper 204 Abstract In its draft Data Protection Regulation, the European Union has announced a major new economic and human right – the right to data portability (‘RDP’). The basic idea of the RDP is that an individual would be able to transfer his […]
In this disability discrimination case, the defendant filed a motion to compel the plaintiff to release records from her social media accounts. Defendant’s motion to compel is limited to three categories of information: (1) postings about Plaintiff’s emotional and psychological well-being; (2) postings about Plaintiff’s physical damages; and (3) any accounts of the events alleged […]
From the ABA Section of Litigation 2013 Annual Conference Conclusion: “The message of these ethics opinions is clear: lawyers and law firms can engage third-party vendors in the cloud to store confidential information but they must do so competently with adequate supervision and implement reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of the data. When […]
On March 2013, the Federal Trade Commission published guidelines explaining how consumer protection laws apply to online advertising. The document describes the information businesses should consider as they develop ads for online media to ensure that they comply with the law. The full text is available at https://www.ftc.gov…
Ethics Committee Topic: Virtual Law Office, cloud computing From the Opinion: “This opinion is an examination of the ethical issues involved in a lawyer or firm’s use of a virtual law office, including cloud computing, and/or executive office suites. These issues include marketing, supervision of lawyers and nonlawyers in the firm, and competence and confidentiality when […]
New Hampshire Bar Association’s Ethics Committee (submitted for publication by the NHBA Board of Governors at its February 21, 2013 meeting) Topic: The Use of Cloud Computing in the Practice of Law Summary of the Committee: “The internet has changed the practice of law in many ways, including how data is stored and accessed. ‘Cloud […]
On February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The full text is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov…
14 North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology 381 (2013) Abstract: “On January 23, 2012, the Supreme Court issued a landmark non-decision in United States v. Jones. In that case, officers used a GPS-enabled device to track a suspect’s public movements for four weeks, amassing a considerable amount of data in the process. Although ultimately […]