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Read ‘Avoiding ethical pitfalls with electronic documents’ co-authored with Bryan Sims
By Nerino Petro at 19 July, 2010, 4:22 pm
The State Bar of Wisconsin has published a two part article I co-authored with Bryan Sims of The Connected Lawyer in the July editions of its InsideTrack e-newsletter. Titled ‘Avoiding ethical pitfalls with electronic documents’ , part 1 is on Metadata and part 2 is on Redaction.
Read More >>Danger Will Robinson: One Email Causes Big Headache for a Small Law Firm
By Nerino Petro at 18 March, 2010, 11:49 am
For everyone who remembers t he 1960′s SciFi series Lost in Space, the events that recently hit Crosby Higgins LLP would be the point in the show where the robot says Danger, Will Robinson, danger.. Every lawyer should read One Very Small Law Firm; One Extremely Large Computer Virus found at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog. In his post, author Ashby Jones details how this latest scam impacted this firm and the stress placed on it’s staff.
Read More >>Legal Implications of Cloud Computing
By Nerino Petro at 20 October, 2009, 7:00 am
Whether we want to admit it or not, cloud computing is making an impact on the way we practice law as well as the way our clients approach computing and information storage. Lawyers need to have a t least a basic understanding of the benefits and potential pitfalls that this new technology will impose.
Read More >>Good deal on an external drive and CMS BounceBack Ultimate software
By Nerino Petro at 11 September, 2009, 3:18 pm
If you’re looking for a backup system for a single computer, CMS backup has a 250GB external drive plus a copy of BounceBack Ultimate for $99.00.
Read More >>Fraud for the holidays.
By Nerino Petro at 3 September, 2009, 10:12 am
Scammers and con artists continue to become more sophisticated in their methods and have been preying on unsuspecting lawyers and law firms for over a year now. The time just before holidays is fast becoming a preferred period for these nefarious villains to try and hit law firms with their tricks. Our friends at LawPRO Insurance in Toronto, Canada have provided a timely and concise reminder of what this fact and some of the red flags that may indicate you’re being scammed in their Fraud reminder: Fraudsters strike before holiday weekends posting.
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