Automakers vet suppliers exhaustively. One faulty part in a vehicle can cost the automaker dearly, and not just in cash. This need to vet applies to any vendor relationships, including those between companies and law firms. Outside legal help functions as an extension of in-house legal departments.
Read more →I usually publish “factual” things on my blog: opinions, how-to tips, insights, etc. This week’s post may be helpful and insightful, even if, on the surface, it’s satire. A friend posted this on an email list I belong to. She didn’t note the original author, so if
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Many people use free email services and social networks without much thought as to why they’re free. There may be a grudging acceptance of companies using information about you in their marketing efforts. (Conspiracy theorists spell out more nefarious motives.) John Ellis follows this topic more closely
Read more →Imagine yourself in the following clip from the 2002 science-fiction movie Minority Report. Specifically, imagine your name is John Anderton: Advertising technology reads the protagonist’s retinas, which are as unique to him as his fingerprints, and then tailors ads with his name as he strides through a
Read more →Skype may be the most popular computer-based tool in the world among people who want to talk to one another using their computers. It offers conference calling, video conference calling, chat and document transfers, all in one software package. It also offers advertisers the opportunity to pitch
Read more →originally published in The Lawyers Weekly “It would be interesting to return to post-Enron days and read quotes saying how we need to clean things up,” mused Blake Redding, cofounder of legal consultancy VistaLaw International. “And here we are again, even worse. Asking whether certain businesses effectively
Read more →Originally published on CBA PracticeLink. U.S. border security policy poses a potential threat to solicitor-client privilege. Here’s what you need to know, and how you can protect sensitive data.
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