13 Saturday Feb 2016
Posted in Apps, Clouds, Document Retention, Dropbox, Evernote, Google, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Management, Marketing, Office Procedures, Technology, Time Management
≈ Comments Off on App Honey Pot for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals.
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Apps, Document Storage, Dropbox, E-Discovery, Law Office Management, Legal Productivity Blog, Marketing, Note Taking, Tim Baran
50+ Apps and Services to Manage and Grow Your Law Practice, by Tim Baran, Legal Productivity Blog
[H]ere’s a list culled from feedback from solos and small firm lawyers and administrators, my own experience, and lots of research, that will help to optimize the day-to-day management and growth of your practice. . . .
27 Sunday Jul 2014
Posted in Android Phones, Appellate Law, Apple, Blackberry Phones, Cell Phones, Computer Forensics, Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Law, Cybersecurity, Discovery, E-Discovery, Emails, Evidence, Experts, Forensic Evidence, Forensic Evidence, Forensic Expert Witness, Fourth Amendment - Search & Seizure, Google, Internet, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Mac, PC Computers, Privacy, Search Warrants, Tablets, Trial Tips and Techniques, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
≈ Comments Off on Government Can Access Individual’s Gmail Account In Money Laundering Probe.
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Computers, Email, Evidence, Forensic Experts, Gmail, Google, Hard Drives, Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein, Money Laundering, Search & Seizure, Warrants
In a landmark ruling that might fuel a nationwide debate, the New York Court issued a warrant against Google, giving access to user emails.
A New York Court issued a warrant against Google Inc ruling that the government can access all mails of a Gmail account of an individual under a money laundering probe. The judge said that courts have long been waiting for law enforcement to take the required documents in the custody if it is within the purview of the warrant.
Contrary to previous rulings
This decision is not in line with the previous court rulings including courts in the Districts of Columbia and Kansas, Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York noted on Friday. Also, this latest ruling will spark a debate over the privacy, in the country, according to Computer World.
A District of Columbia judge denied from revealing the entire content of the email as this will seize a large amount of emails for which the authorities have not given any reason.
The Court in Kansas, also, did not rule in favor of a similar warrant, stating that it failed to ‘limit the universe of electronic communications and information to be turned over to the government to the specific crimes being investigated.’
However, the New York Court ruled in favor of such warrant, allowing authorities to take into account the emails and other information from a Google inc’s Gmail account, including the address book and draft mails, and also the authority to search the emails for certain specific categories of evidence.
Experts must scan emails, not Google employee
Judge Gorenstein argued that it is not possible to search the hard-disk drives of computers and other storage devices on the spot due to the complexities of electronic searches. Thus, the authorities can seize such storage.
‘We perceive no constitutionally significant difference between the searches of hard drives just discussed and searches of email accounts,’ the judge wrote. He added that in most of the cases data in an email account will be less ‘expansive’ compared to the information contained in the hard drive.
Judge Gorenstein stated that Google employees are not expert enough to know the importance of particular emails without having been given proper training in the substance of the investigation. Judge said this in response to an opinion by the District of Columbia court that gave the government the option of getting the email scanned by the host itself.
He said that an agent, who is completely absorbed in the investigation, will be able to understand the importance of a particular language in emails contrary to the employee.
20 Sunday Jul 2014
Posted in Bad Legal Writing, Computer Forensics, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Virus, Copyright, Criminal Law, Cybersecurity, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Discovery, Encryption, Evidence, Finance and Banking Law, Fraud, Google, Government, Identity Theft, Intellectual Property, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Legal Writing, Legalese, Malware, Management, Patent Law, PC Computers, Plain Language, Presentations, Search Engines, Trial Tips and Techniques, Trojans, Video
≈ Comments Off on 10 Top Law-Related TED Videos.
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Copyright, Crime, Eyewitness, Fashion Industry, Government, Internet, Legal Productivity Blog, Legalese, Patent Troll, Plain Language, TED, Tim Baran
Top 10 Legal TED Talks, by Tim Baran, Legal Productivity Blog
http://www.legalproductivity.com/op-ed/top-10-legal-ted-talks/
Have you heard of TED? It began in 1984 as a conference and now covers a wide range of topics in more than 100 languages. Think of it as a massive brain trust that shares great ideas and information.
Each of the law-related TED talks listed in this article are worthwhile on their own: (1) four ways to fix a broken legal system; (2) eliminate legalese by using plain English; (3) how to beat a patent troll; (4) how the Internet will change government; (5) laws that choke creativity; (6) copyright law; (7) why eyewitnesses get it wrong; (8) how technology could make crime worse; (9) the Internet and anonymity online; and (10) how great leaders inspire. -CCE
09 Wednesday Jul 2014
Posted in Android Phones, Apps, Cell Phones, Google, Legal Technology, Microsoft Office, Outlook
≈ Comments Off on Android Users – Good Advice And Alternative Options For Google Calendar Sync.
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Android Apps, Android Phones, Gmail, Google Apps, Google Calendar Sync, Jeffrey Taylor, Outlook, The Droid Lawyer Blog
How to: Alternative Options for Google Calendar Sync, by Jeffrey Taylor, The Droid Lawyer Blog
Android users who sync their Google calendars with Outlook received a shocking email:
Important Announcement about Google Calendar Sync
Almost two years ago, we announced that we ended support for Google Calendar Sync. Starting on August 1, 2014, this app will no longer sync events between your Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar.
As a Google Apps for Business, Education, or Government customer, you can use Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook®.
Follow these instructions to uninstall Google Calendar Sync from your computer.
– The Calendar Team
This is frustrating, because as some folks point out, Microsoft should provide this integration for Outlook users. But the truth is, instead of helping its loyal Android customers, Microsoft wants more people using Windows phones and Office 365. This news makes many Android-Outlook users want to abandon their Android devices all together.
Purely out of coincidence, I have a local friend who emailed me a similar question about syncing his calendar with Outlook:
You know that I am fairly stupid when it comes to this stuff! LOL! I use [a big name telephone company] as my primary email, and too many people have it to change it after so many years. I guess I could keep that as my primary email address and just use Google Calendar exclusively. I just hate to have to log in to use the calendar. Lazy I guess. I do, however, also have a Gmail address! Any suggestions other than ‘using all of Google’s products’?
Stop the insanity: software solutions
There are a number of third party applications available for syncing Google Calendar with Outlook. However, a lot of questions remain about whether Google Calendar will still sync with third party programs.
If you want to test them, here’s a short list of some programs with good reviews:
•gSyncit ($19.99 single license)
•Outlook4Gmail ($19.99 single license)
•Calendar Sync Pro for Outlook ($9.99)
•synqYa
•CompanionLink ($49.95)
I’m not sure how well these will work after the August 1 deadline, though gSyncit indicates they’ve rewritten their program to coordinate with Google’s API demands. If I was going to pick an option, I’d probably select gSyncit based on that statement.
I also suggest you keep up to date with any advances by following this Google products forum thread.
Submit yourself to “the Borg”
I think my friend’s easiest option is to commit himself to Google’s services, and here’s why.
First, no attorneys should be using free Google accounts for their business work. Thus, if you’re using a yourname@gmail.com to send and receive firm and client related information, stop right now. Sign up for a Google Apps account — ask me for a referral partner discount discount code — that offers more features (including no scanning), security, and encryption of email. Having a Google Apps account also enables you to access Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook. . . .
Don’t stop here! There’s more. -CCE
01 Tuesday Jul 2014
Posted in Android Phones, Apple, Blackberry Phones, Cell Phones, Clouds, Computer Forensics, Confidentiality, Cybersecurity, Disaster Preparedness, Emails, Encryption, Google, Intellectual Property, iPad, iPhones, Law Office Management, Legal Blogs, Legal Ethics, Legal Technology, Mac, Management, Marketing, Passwords, PC Computers, Social Media, Supervising Support Staff, Tablets, Technology, Using Social Media
≈ Comments Off on Is It Time For A “Bring Your Own Device” Policy for Your Law Office?
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Apple, Blackberry Phone, Cell Phones, Confidentiality, Curo Legal Blog, Cybersecurity, iPads, iPhones, Legal Ethics, Mobile Device Policy, Passwords, Tablets, Will Harrelson
Mobile Device Security for Lawyers: How Solos and Small Firms can Ethically Allow Bring Your Own Device, by Will Harrelson, Curo Legal Blog (with hat tip to Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog!)
The Start of Bring Your Own Device Policies
It really is the iPhone’s fault. Yes, Apple is to blame for designing the most desirable piece of technology of the last decade. So desirable, in fact, that employees of all stripes requested (and, often, begged) their IT departments to toss the increasingly-‘corporate’ Blackberry out the window and allow the use of their personal iPhones for corporate emails and calls. As a result, we have been living in the age of ‘Bring Your Own Device’ where employees use a single personal mobile phone (or tablet) for both their personal email, texting, and social media while also using it for work email, word processing, and other enterprise applications.
Before the Bring Your Own Device era, a company’s greatest out-of-office security concern was an employee who left a briefcase in a taxi. Today, the worry is an employee misplacing a device the size of wallet containing almost limitless amounts of data that criminals or hackers would easily and quickly exploit if given the chance. Clearly, there is an obvious financial motivation for all businesses to protect their own or customer’s sensitive data.
However, lawyers face particular ethical consequences if they fail to take reasonable efforts to either investigate the technologies that they implement or protect their client’s confidential information. . . .
17 Saturday May 2014
Posted in Copyright, Google, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal Technology, Privacy, Public Domain
≈ Comments Off on Forget Me – Europe Rules On Removing Google Links.
European Ruling On Removing Google Links May Leave A Mess, by Aarti Shanani, All Tech Considered, NPR
Google’s lawyers are trying to make sense of a ruling they did not expect.
This week, Europe’s highest court decided that people have a right to have search results about them deleted from online databases. So Google has to remove links to certain pages. Legal experts in Europe are torn about what, exactly, that means.
What Prompted The Ruling
There’s a man in Spain who doesn’t like his search results. I ask a fellow Spaniard, Cristina de la Serna in Madrid, to show us why.
She goes to Google.es, Spain’s version of the search engine, and types in the name Mario Costeja Gonzalez. The second result she gets for Gonzalez is a link to a 1998 Spanish newspaper clip. It shows his home was repossessed because of debt.
Google Must Delete Personal Data When Asked, European Court Says
Gonzalez wants the old blemish to go away, and de la Serna thinks he’s got a point. Searching people isn’t the same as searching for shoes, cars or books. . . .
13 Sunday Apr 2014
Posted in Android Phones, Apps, Cell Phones, Clouds, Computer Virus, Disaster Preparedness, Dropbox, Emails, Encryption, Google, Heartbleed, Identity Theft, Law Firm Web Sites, Law Office Management, Legal Blogs, Legal Technology, Malware, Office Procedures, Passwords, PC Computers, Search Enginges, Technology, Using Social Media
≈ Comments Off on The Mashable Hit List.
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Computer Bugs, Computer Fraud, Heartbleed, Identity Theft, Law Office Management, Password Managers, Passwords, Social media, The Mashable Team
The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now, The Mashable Team
http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/
If you wondered whether any main specific websites are affected, such as Yahoo, this list will help you. It will also help explain the Heartbleed bug, and why you should pay attention to what it is. If you want to know whether your specific bank was compromised, this list may not answer all your questions. So, if you’re not sure whether you should change your password, go ahead and do it.
Even better, find a password manager in this list of the best of the best from PC Magazine by Neil J. Rubenking — http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407168,00.asp. If you use one password for more than one website — and lots of people do — this is a good solution and a wise move regardless of the Heartbleed bug. -CCE
15 Saturday Feb 2014
Posted in Apple, Cell Phones, Google, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Mac, Tablets
≈ Comments Off on iPhone J.D.’s Latest “In The News”
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Alan Cohen, Apple, AppleInsider, Brian Chen, Daring Fireball, Good Technology, IDG News Service, Investors.com, iPad, iPhone, iPhone J.D. Blog, Jeff Richardson, Jeffrey Taylor, John Gruber, Juan Carlos Perez, Laptop, Law Technology News, New York Times, Patrick Seitz, Samsung, The Droid Lawyer, Tim Cook, Tom Mighell, Wall Street Journal
In The News, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone J.D. Blog
Another excellent review of legal technology news for the past week. -CCE
15 Saturday Feb 2014
Posted in Appellate Law, Apple, Google, Intellectual Property, Legal Technology, Patent Law, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Supreme Court
≈ Comments Off on Apple and Google Fighting Patent Trolls In the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Allcare Health Management Systems, Apple, BloombergBusinessweek, Charlene Morrow, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Google, Greg Stohr, Intel, Octane Fitness, Patent Freedom, Patent Infringement, Patent Trolls, Silicon Valley, Susan Decker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, Verizon, Yahoo
The Supreme Court Takes on Patent Trolls, by Greg Stohr and Susan Decker, Technology, BloombergBusinessweek
Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) say they’re tired of being slapped with baseless patent suits that cost them millions in legal fees. Now they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let them hit back. The two are leading a group of companies urging the court to make it easier for businesses to recover legal costs when they win a patent infringement suit. In two cases to be argued this month, the justices will hear them out.
More than 100,000 businesses were threatened in 2012 by ‘patent assertion entities.’ Often derided as patent trolls, these companies get most of their revenue from licensing patents and from suing other companies for infringement. They filed 19 percent of all patent lawsuits from 2007 to 2011, according to the Government Accountability Office. . . .
03 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in Clouds, Corporate Law, E-Discovery, Google, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Legal Writing, Research
≈ Comments Off on Legal Research and Writing Resources Worth Bookmarking.
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Adams Contract Drafting, Bose Law and Technology Blog, Briefly Writing, Cheryl Niemeier, Corporate Law, eDiscovery Daily, Finance, Internet for Lawyers, Law Office Management, Legal Research, Legal Research Plus, Legal Technology, LLRX, Mergers & Acquisitions, MyCase, Witnesseth
8 Great Legal Research and Writing Resources and Blogs, by Cheryl Niemeier, Bose Law and Technology Blog
24 Sunday Nov 2013
Posted in Android Phones, Apps, Cell Phones, Chrome, Clouds, Google, iPhones, Legal Technology, Windows
≈ Comments Off on Addictive Tips Blog’s Best of the Best for The Week.
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Addictive Tips Blog, Android, Apps, Awais Imran, Chrome, DayFrame For Android, Decrap, Espier Dialer iOS7, Instagram, MacroDroid, MediaFire, Office Remote App, Q4, This PC, Vine, Windows, Windows Phone
This is becoming one of my favorite “go to” blogs whenever I need tech tips or answers to just about anything. It has such a wide diversity. If you’re struggling with learning Microsoft 2013 or any other software or app, I recommend taking a look at this blog for an answer. CCE
Best Apps, Tips And Posts Of The Week [11.24.2013], by Awais Imran, Addictive Tips Blog
It’s that time of the week again when we round up the most popular (as well as the less-popular but equally useful) apps, tips and tweaks that you may have missed during your hectic workweek. This time around, we discuss a crazy new keyboard for Android, Instagram for Windows Phone, yet another Chrome New Tab page replacement, and a new cloud-syncing service for Windows, among other excellent apps and tips.
14 Thursday Nov 2013
Posted in Android Phones, Cell Phones, Emails, Google, iPad, iPhones, Law Office Management, Legal Technology, Mac, Microsoft Office
≈ Comments Off on Book Review: Tips for Getting the Most Out of Email.
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David Sparks, Email, Gmail, iPhone J.D., Jeff Richardson, Mac
Review: Email by David Sparks — information and tips for getting the most out of email, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone, J.D.
An except from the original post:
The book includes general tips for working with emails, great strategies for reading, replying to and storing emails, an informative chapter on how email works and tips on fighting spam and email security. No matter what device you use for your email, all of that content is useful.
Sparks then goes deep into the Apple Mail app for the Mac, and this book will be most useful for folks who use a Mac and the built-in mail app. He also reviews many of the best programs for the Mac and apps for the iPhone/iPad that you can use to work with email, and devotes a chapter to Gmail.
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Emails, Google, Legal Technology
≈ Comments Off on Your Privacy, Email, and Gmail – Did You Know That . . . ?
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What you need to know about privacy, email, and particularly Gmail, by Lincoln Spector, PCWorld (with hat tip to Shawn J. Roberts!)
http://bit.ly/19nO4fO
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Google, Legal Technology, Marketing, Search Enginges, Trust Accounts
≈ Comments Off on Possible game changer – Google’s switch to “secure search” impacts how you track customers to your website.
How Google’s Search Changes Affect Small Businesses, by Eilene Zimmerman, You’re the Boss Blog
http://nyti.ms/15YjKVz
