FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 444, Jim Murphy on the Dangers in Using Slack
Organisation for lawyers can be tough. Still—no matter how competent you are—a cluttered, disorganised space can negatively affect how you practice law. Whether you’ve lost your desk under a chaotic pile of papers, you’re...more
As of 2022, Slack has over 35 million daily active users from one million organizations, like Amazon, PayPal, Target, Airbnb, Shopify, and Pinterest. And there's very good reason for its popularity — when it comes to internal...more
Even before the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020, collaboration app (e.g. Slack) usage was on the rise for internal enterprise communications, with the market share increasing from around seven billion U.S. dollars in 2015 to nearly...more
Court notes that for discovery, Slack messages are “generally comparable” to email. A recent case out of California brings to the forefront what every organization using collaboration applications like Slack needs to take...more
Lawyers are accustomed to slow, gradual changes that unfold over months, years, or even decades. Since our legal system depends on court precedents and democratic mechanisms for regulatory and legislative change, we typically...more
Slack is revolutionizing how companies communicate internally, smoothing collaboration, speeding response times, and enhancing the organization and clarity of team conversations. But, as with any tool, it only works if you...more
When I first came across the collaboration platform Slack at my former company, I was, to put it mildly, not a fan. But I’m glad to say I gave it a try, and now I am a convert to the power of collaboration applications. ...more
Remember the story that the Verge broke a few years ago—aka December 2019—about Steph Korey, the Away CEO who stepped down after former employees claimed that she created a “toxic work culture” through Slack messages? Away,...more
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t the only thing disrupting business in the U.S. in 2020. The recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and countless other black Americans at the hands of the...more
As the world embraces a more collaborative way of working and uses new applications like Slack to communicate with one another, there is a corollary impact on other areas of the business such as legal and how ediscovery and...more