An article discussing the use of social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter by employees, and what employers need to consider when employees use these outlets on or off of the clock.
Most lawyers are seriously deficient at using the time-saving features built into the basic tools of the trade — standard software like Outlook, Word and Adobe. Could you pass a technology competency assessment? If not, don’t dismay, these skills aren’t innate; sometimes training is necessary.
Data flow is endless, branching out to vendors, affiliates and the personal mobile device of employees. Organizations must manage this data in a legally compliant manner — which is where in-house counsel come in. Corporate attorneys wear multiple hats: the investigator that understands the flow of data and potential threats to its controls; the analyzer that knows legal and contractual obligations; and the advisor that offers reasonable and practical advice.
In-house counsel should take a leading role in building upon regulatory actions to adopt cyber risk mitigation measures. This is a list of things that can and should be done before an attack occurs to position your company to effectively respond to a cyber incident.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Small Law Departments eGroup, addresses the issues underlying company-wide sharing of employees' personal information.
This article sets out the steps organizations should be taking to achieve compliance with CASL s anti-spam provisions.
This inaugural report highlights the current key trends and themes in the global data centre industry and provides an outlook for the data centre market in 2014.
This document addresses the situation where personal data are initially transferred by a controller to a processor within the European Union (“EU”) and are subsequently transferred by the processor to a sub-processor located outside the EU.
The paperless office is a mirage. We’ve had the technology to go mostly paperless since the early ‘90s. But our paper usage has grown right along with our data volumes, consuming 15 percent of our physical office space. For over a decade, the legal framework and our technological infrastructure have made digital signatures a far superior alternative to ink. This article advocates executing documents digitally.
Once a business faces the prospects of gathering ESI from foreign offices and subsidiaries, it will likely start to grasp the complexity of cross-border eDiscovery. This article discusses the legal, logistical and cultural challenges related to Asian eDiscovery, with a particular emphasis on Japan. These observations will be helpful to in-house counsel for US companies with Japanese operations, parents, subsidiaries or affiliates, or Japanese companies involved with US litigation. The need to respect foreign law may be obvious. In addition, handling logistical and cultural challenges to eDiscovery will make the process more effective, efficient and affordable.