Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 445: Best Practices for Getting Accommodations in Law School
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 442: Quick Tips -- How to Get the Most Out of Your Summer Legal Job
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 253: Bar Exam Best Practices - Creating Good Habits
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 440: Making Good Career Decisions in Law School (w/Sadie Jones)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 249: Quick Tips -- How to Prepare for the NextGen Bar Exam While Still in Law School
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 436: Improving Executive Functioning Skills as a Law Student
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 234: Rebounding from a Bar Exam Failure
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 413: Preparing for the Bar Exam with Themis and UWorld
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 402: Quick Tips -- The MPRE
An Unwanted Spotlight: DOJ Announces Hospice Fraud Is Top Priority
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 205: Quick Tips -- Fighting Perfectionism During Bar Prep
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 198: The NextGen Bar Exam (w/Doretta McGinnis)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 369: Using Spaced Repetition for Your Law School and Bar Exam Studies (w/Gabriel Teninbaum)
ABA Sound Advice: Five Tips for Successful Local Counsel Engagements
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 190: Listen and Learn -- Exceptions to Confidentiality (Professional Responsibility)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 179: Listen and Learn -- Professional Responsibility: Competence
Nota Bene Episode 103: The Diversity and Inclusion Imperative: Codifying Equality into the Lawyer’s Professional Code with David Douglass
5 Key Takeaways | What’s Hot in Financial Technology: Latest and Greatest Developments and Fintech Trends
CorpCast Episode 3: Preview of Business Divorce CLE at 2015 ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting
Jobs, Funding For Courts On Agenda For New ABA President
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more
We’ve previously written on the need for law firms to scrutinize the data security protections in place at all third-party vendors who have access to client confidential information. Clearly, that’s still good advice....more
The number of data breaches in the United States has increased significantly in the past ten years. According to an IBM study, more than 4 out of 5 companies have experienced a data breach at least once. These data breaches...more
Twenty years ago the federal government designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, part of an early effort to promote a wider appreciation of computer-related threats to business and government operations and to...more
The American Bar Association has again called on law firms to do more to protect their computer systems from intrusion by bad actors. The ABA’s House of Delegates approved Aug. 8 a trio of resolutions addressing cybersecurity...more
ChatGPT and related artificial intelligence technologies are one of the most exciting developments to hit the legal profession in decades. Their ability to synthesize large datasets of legal information and deliver...more
In a recent report from Thomson Reuters, legal department leaders named regulatory compliance a top strategic priority. The emphasis on compliance has increased significantly since 2019, when it was rated the fifth-most...more
The 2022 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report measures current legal technology trends. How does your firm compare to the rest? Lawyers are rarely accused of rushing into change, but current legal technology trends show a...more
Law firms and the legal profession as a whole have the long-held reputation of being slow to innovate andstymied in tradition. In 2016 the American Bar Association launched its Center for Innovation to guide “innovations...more
To achieve modernization, the legal industry is operating off a new mindset requiring focus on efficiency and innovation when making operational decisions. Legal departments, law firms, legal service providers, and other...more
I’ve written several times during the past year about the importance of information security for legal professionals. Mitigating the threat of unauthorized access to client confidential information is one of the most...more
The New York State Unified Court System recently published for public comment a proposal that would require state’s lawyers to take one hour of continuing legal education (CLE) on cybersecurity topics. The proposal, if...more
Law firms are prime targets for hackers. Why? Because their computer networks contain highly concentrated, high-value information about many parties that is often not well-protected. One often-overlooked vulnerability is the...more
In Formal Opinion 498, issued on March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has provided some guidance on the ethical obligations triggered when a lawyer...more
Firm Administration – Expense Reporting – Oversight – Discipline - Trick or Treat Editors' Note: Aside from a global pandemic, is there anything more bizarre and troubling than lawyers stealing seemingly paltry sums from...more
New York attorneys could soon have to complete cybersecurity training courses to satisfy their continuing legal education (“CLE”) requirement. The House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”) has...more
A Federal Court judge recently told me that when he asked the lawyer about the ESI (Electronically Stored Information) in his matter, the lawyer replied there wasn’t any. When the judge asked if there were going to be any...more
Law firms—more so than other business entities—are prime targets, and victims, of computer-network penetration and data theft. Law firms have access to their clients’ personal information, including sensitive, heavily...more
Lawyers don’t get a free pass when it comes to data security. In fact, ethical rules impose a series of obligations on lawyers when they or their firms are subject to a data breach....more
Most attorneys are well aware of statutory obligations that require private and governmental entities to notify individuals of data breaches that involve the loss or disclosure of personally identifiable information. An area...more
Lawyers are advisors and advocates. Clients trust lawyers to preserve secrets, confidential matters that when disclosed could cause financial or reputational damage. A significant element of legal representation involves...more
Sheesh. I would hope so. The American Bar Association issued a Formal Ethics Opinion this week saying that lawyers and law firms are required to notify their current clients of data breaches and cybersecurity attacks that...more
North Carolina may soon become the second state in the country to require that attorneys receive technology training. In 2012 the American Bar Association changed its Model Rules of Professional Conduct to explicitly...more
On the heels of the recent Petya ransomware attack, which infected DLA Piper's IT systems, a superb analysis by Peter Norman of the ABA's Formal Opinion 17-477R on lawyers' ethical responsibilities when using information...more
In May, the American Bar Association (“ABA”) released a Formal Opinion 477, providing guidance on attorney use of emails in communication with clients. In doing so, the ABA has promulgated a new standard when considering the...more