Corporate Counsel
An employee leaves for a competitor and copies confidential information for use at the new job. The good news: Accessing information electronically leaves a distinct trail for a former employer to follow. The bad news: If the proper steps are not taken, this trail can quickly be lost.
New York Law Journal
Online objections to a corporation's products or services -- posted on "gripe" sites by former employees or consumers -- can threaten the target's operations. Although these postings can subject the posters to liability, companies might want to first consider alternatives to litigation.
Legal Tech Newsletter
Faced with the prospect of recurring smartphone service issues, Cadwalader's IT department searched for technology to manage, monitor and support its global BlackBerry environment. After a competitive review, the firm selected BoxTone's modular software platform.
New York Law Journal
Can employees retain attorney-client privilege for e-mails sent to their lawyers using employer-provided e-mail and computers? Attorney Anthony E. Davis seeks to reconcile apparently inconsistent decisions, and to aid in advising clients on avoiding the risks such communications pose.
Texas Lawyer
Harassment by text message -- or "textual harassment" -- is becoming more prevalent. Besides the duties involved when investigating a claim of textual harassment, in-house counsel need to be aware of hidden dangers in trying to retrieve text messages as part of an investigation.
New York Law Journal
Because the core technology of a good idea is critical to a company's future, it must be vigorously protected at inception. Entrepreneurs need to grasp the basics of how patent protection works and select which "great" idea to use first in building a company from the ground up.
New York Law Journal
A recent decision in Kansas federal court stands at odds with a major goal of Federal Rule of Evidence 502 -- reducing the cost of electronic discovery through the endorsement of "quick peek" and "clawback" agreements in those cases in which the parties jointly agreed to such procedures.
New York Law Journal
The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation asks: Can't we all just get along? On the theory overzealous e-discovery costs too much and yields too little, the Proclamation aims to curb the knee-jerk, counterproductive aggression sometimes exhibited by counsel in pretrial litigation.
New York Law Journal
Cross-border investigations tend to multiply the complex investigatory pitfalls a company faces. These include data privacy laws, attorney-client privilege, conflicting information technology platforms, and document retention policies and practices that fall short of U.S. standards.
Special to Law.com
Fresh from tapping into the technology experience of GCs who attended the annual Association of Corporate Counsel conference this month, attorney Ari L. Kaplan shares tips he received on eliminating software licensing costs through the use of inexpensive or free applications.