Did Apple Rob Your Library?
The U.S. Department of Justice is much like erstwhile brokerage firm E.F. Hutton once was. When it talks, people listen. So when the DOJ this week filed an antitrust suit against Apple and five major book publishers for fixing prices in the electronic book (e-Book) publishing market, the industry noticed. These are myriad moving pieces to this complex and evolving.. read more →
Non-Facebook Timelines For The Ages
I recently admired a friend’s Facebook Timeline, a feature I haven’t turned on and probably won’t. It feels intrusive to me, although that might change. It dawned on me that each of us has personal timelines limited in number and scope only by the contexts we wish to examine. For example, our health or financial.. read more →
What Technology-Assisted Electronic Discovery Teaches Us About The Role Of Humans In Technology
As originally published in Forbes on January 9, 2012. Co-authored by Amanda Jones & Ben Kerschberg If 2011 was the year of technology-assisted document review, 2012 will be the year of re-humanizing technology-assisted review at its most strategic points. Going forward, the focus will be not only on the foundational role humans play in guiding document.. read more →
The New Way Twitter Will Dominate Online Journalism
Over the past few months, I have become increasingly interested in #Twitter with the help of my friend, Julie Hunt (@juliebhunt) of Austin. Like (@Univ_of_Oregon) #Prof. Kyu Ho Youm (@Marshall Youm), I use Twitter to share, learn, and keep virtual note cards. As you’ve immediately noticed, I (@BenKerschberg) am writing this short piece in a series.. read more →
Your Ethical And Legal Duties When Using Wireless Networks
As originally published on Forbes on December 12, 2011. The cat-and-mouse relationship between technology and the law requires attorneys to examine how their use of new technologies triggers professional duties and responsibilities. This article will focus on attorneys’ use of wireless networks in particular, which is the focus of the The State of California Standing.. read more →
Names to Know in Big Data: Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
As originally published in Forbes on October 25, 2011. Pairing Big Data with business intelligence (“BI” or analytics) is revolutionizing the business world in profound ways and at a dizzying pace. In terms of pure volume, the latest IDC Digital Universal Study reports that more than 1.8 zettabytes—10 to the power of 21 bytes—of information will be.. read more →
When Technology Disrupts Enforcement of Judicial Decisions
As originally published in Forbes on October 17, 2011. Contemporary discussions of the relationship between law and technology understandably focus on the inability of the law to keep pace with rapid advancements in technology. Issues related to electronic discovery, cloud computing, social media, and data privacy immediately come to mind. This dynamic has been described accurately as a cat and mouse.. read more →
Names You Need To Know in Data Security: Cleversafe
As originally published in Forbes on September 30, 2011. How big is Big Data? According to technology advisory firm IDC, the world’s data in 2007 totaled nearly exabytes. One exabyte equals 1018 bytes. To put that in perspective, GMail allows you to send attachments totaling “only” 25 gigabytes (25 billion bytes), a huge allowance but still small.. read more →
Managing Information Risk and Archiving Social Media
As originally published in Forbes on September 28, 2011. Imagine a simple scenario. Jane Doe, a disgruntled employee at a multi-billion dollar mineral spring water company (A), sends out the following tweet from her work station and the marketing department’s Twitter account, which she is authorized to use. Senior Management here at (A) is telling industry analysts.. read more →
Eight Great Law & Technology Resources
As originally published in Forbes on September 14, 20011. I always look for new resources to research Law & Technology, and I thought I’d share eight of my favorites. In no specific order: SCOTUSblog. For my money, SCOTUSblog is the finest legal blog, period. Since 2003, the husband and wife team of Tom Goldstein and.. read more →