On January 5, 2023, the FTC Proposed a ban on non-compete agreements. This new rule “would ban employers from imposing noncompetes on their workers, a widespread and often exploitative practice that suppresses wages, hampers innovation, and blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses.”
As reported on the Legal Profession blog -An attorney’s conviction and post-conviction efforts to maintain a law practice drew disbarment from the Oklahoma Supreme Court
On an evening in May 2016, Silvernail shot Ryan DeJesus outside an Oklahoma City bar. The altercation occurred around closing time after DeJesus invited Ms. Anderson, a woman …
As reported on the eDiscoverytoday.com blog – ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established
As reported by ediscoverytoday.com – The United States and the European Commission have committed to a new Data Privacy Framework, designed to foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union when it struck down in 2020 the Commission’s adequacy decision underlying the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework.
A Norwegian computer expert has created a website enabling anyone to send an email about the war in Ukraine to up to 150 Russian email addresses at a time, so that Russian people have a chance to hear the truth their government is hiding.
All over Russia email inboxes are pinging.
Millions of messages are being received with the same intriguing message …
Reuters reports an ‘interesting’ strategy by J&J
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) can use the bankruptcy system to resolve multibillion-dollar litigation claiming its talc products cause cancer, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday, signing off on a legal maneuver that enables the company to avoid fighting more than 38,000 individual lawsuits.
An excerpt from a cyber intelligence article by Ian Porteous
For technology leaders around the world, one of the silver linings of the pandemic was that it acted as an accelerant for digital transformation. While the disruption was mercifully temporary, some of the coping mechanisms deployed by businesses to get through it are likely to persist as we emerge into a post-pandemic landscape.
To stay apprised of the hundreds of data protection laws that exist across the globe, the IAPP Westin Research Center announces the creation of a single indexed resource of these laws — the “Global Privacy Law and DPA Directory.”
The interactive map identifies those countries with data protection laws and within each country’s listing, you can link to a resource containing the data …
As reported in Infosecurity Magazine:
If the rate and effectiveness of identity-based fraud attacks in 2020 and 2021 are an indicator, the year ahead will likely be a record-breaker, and not in a good way. Here’s why:
The use of digital payments and accounts has reached near-ubiquitous adoption, with more than four in five US consumers
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA, February 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Setting the global standards for e-discovery, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) is pleased to announce PC Forensics, a US based business advisory and expert services firm, as its newest partner
“PC Forensics was founded by serial entrepreneur David Greetham, our
As reported on the BBC.com website:
A Connecticut woman is suing Instagram’s parent company Meta and Snap Inc, alleging an addiction to their social media platforms caused the suicide of her young daughter.
Selena Rodriguez, an 11-year-old resident of the town of Enfield, committed suicide last year.
As reported by Sophie Williams & Frances Mao on the BBC website:
The Beijing Winter Olympics app that all Games attendees must use contains security weaknesses that leave users exposed to data breaches, analysts say. The My2022 app will be used by athletes, audience members and media for
A view from the bench, by Hon. Karen L. Stevenson, published by the ABA:
The contours of the attorney-client privilege are generally well understood, but the work-product analysis can be more nuanced
When resolving discovery motions, I sometimes must examine a party’s privilege log to determine whether
From our friends at ‘Above the Law’:
The lasting effects of the pandemic are having a dramatic impact on work practices across every industry, and the contingency fee legal industry is about to feel the pinch.
The stay-at-home orders had an immediate impact on many contingency fee law firms due to fewer accidents and
This is an excerpt from The Hacker News article about recent cyber attacks:
A North Korean cyberespionage group named Konni has been linked to a series of targeted attacks aimed at the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID) with New Year lures to compromise Windows systems with malware.
The excellent eDiscovery Today blog has released the ‘2022 State of the Industry’ report sponsored by EDRM, and it’s now available! Below is an excerpt from the blog, and instructions on how to receive the report:
In its second year, it has become a budding tradition! The 2022 State of the Industry Report is now available, and it’s FREE!
How To Check Video Integrity By Detecting Double Encoding With VPF Analysis, by AmpedSoftware as reported on www.forensicfocus.com:
When dealing with video evidence, integrity verification is a fundamental, yet often neglected, task. The definition of integrity can be summarized as: “the file is original and unaltered since the time of acquisition”. It’s plain and simple: the file
An excerpt from the eDiscovery Today blog (eDiscoveryToday.com) “Motion for Attorney Fees Granted Over Defendants’ Dilatory Tactics”:
In Estate of Daniels v. City of Indianapolis, et al., No. 1:20-cv-02280-JRS-MJD (S.D. Ind. Dec. 17, 2021), Indiana Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore granted the plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees of $2,311.50 in fees incurred by the plaintiff in
An excerpt from Infosecurity Magazines article about ‘Protecting Against the Danger From Within’ How Digital Forensics Can Identify Insider Threats by Adam Belsher:
At a time when organizations are shoring up their defenses because of the dangers associated with ransomware, an even greater threat may be coming from within.
According to a 2020 Ponemon Institute report, insider security