Big Data and the inevitable clash with privacy
Today’s Slaw post Big data is a hot trending tech issue. Wikipedia defines big data as “a term applied to data sets whose size is beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to capture, manage, and process the data within a tolerable elapsed time. Big data sizes are a constantly moving target currently ranging [...]
Commercial users of social media need to check terms of use
Today’s Slaw post: It is becoming more common for businesses (and law firms) to have a corporate presence on social media platforms such as facebook, LinkedIn, and Google plus. Some take advantage of promotional uses such as contests on facebook. It is important to look at the terms of use if you do that. facebook, [...]
Self-help law – good enough or recipe for disaster?
My latest Slaw post: We are heading to a legal services world where increasingly more legal advice and legal services will be provided online. It is not a matter of if, but when. And people have access to massive amounts of information and advice online – some good, some not so good. For many online [...]
legal hackathon
Today’s Slaw post: A hackathon (hack + marathon) is an event where computer programers, often in conjunction with graphic designers or other related disciplines, get together for marathon sessions to collaborate intensly on a project. There is a specific goal in mind, such as coding specific software or solving a specific problem. Brooklyn Law School’s [...]
Employers need to control corporate domain names and social media accounts
My latest Slaw post: I sometimes help clients wrestle back domain names and corporate social media accounts from disgruntled ex-employees or other unfriendly parties. All businesses and organizations should keep in mind that these are valuable assets. It is important that they are registered in the business name, and not that of an employee or [...]
Service of documents by Social Media
Today’s Slaw post: We have seen a few published cases where a court will order the service of a document by way of a defendant’s social media account. I had the occasion today to talk to a couple of lawyers who do collection work. Anecdotally at least, the actual practice seems to vary by province [...]
Google Project Glass
Today’s Slaw post: Google just officially announced that they are working on Project Glass – think of it as augmented reality heads up display glasses that works like a smartphone. This concept has been bandied about for a long time, but may be closer than we think. I’m sure it will take a while before [...]
New lawyers are proving to be a conservative bunch
Today’s Slaw post: One of the puzzling things I have noticed about new lawyers is that they tend to come out of law school thinking like 50 year old lawyers – and not like the digital natives they are. In general they don’t seem to think like their peers who have pursued callings other than [...]
Demanding Social Media Passwords From Job Seekers Is Wrong
Today’s Slaw post: The issue of corporate or government employers asking for social media login ID’s and passwords for job seekers has reared its head again. See this CBC article entitled U.S. job seekers get asked for Facebook passwords. And see this article I wrote a year ago on the subject. This is wrong on [...]
Using QR codes
Today’s Slaw post: QR codes can be useful tools for marketing (including for lawyers) and other uses – but they are a tool that must be used correctly, not a strategy on their own. At a TechAlliance session this morning on QR codes Donnie Claudino of TechAlliance and Jonathan Kochis of Resolution Interactive Media talked [...]
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