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Nathan M. Crystal and Francesca Giannoni-Crystal, “Something’s Got To Give – Cloud Computing, As Applied To Lawyers – Comparative Approach US And EU And Practical Proposals To Overcome Differences” published in Opinio Iuris in Comparatione. Read here the full text Abstract What is cloud computing?   What are the advantages, disadvantages, and risks, both legal and ethical in […]

Delaware House Bill 345, Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Digital Accounts Act Delaware became the first U.S. state to give a person’s digital assets the same status as tangible assets where inheritance laws are concerned. Starting from January 1, 2015, Delaware’s residents will inherit social media and e-mail accounts. The heir, estate’s representative (or […]

White v. West Publishing Corp., 1:12-cv-01340-JSR (S.D.N.Y. July 3, 2014)   In this case Plaintiffs sued West and Lexis for copyright infringement based on the inclusion of two of his copyrighted briefs in Defendants’ databases. The court denied Plaintiff’s motion. Section 107 of the Copyright Act provides a defense to copyright infringement that allows for […]

Denison v. Larkin, 2014 WL3953637 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 13, 2014) This case arises out of an Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (“IARDC”) disciplinary proceeding. Plaintiff, a licensed attorney in the state of Illinois, is suing the IARDC for using portions of her copyrighted Blog as evidence against her in an attorney disciplinary proceeding. The […]

Philadelphia Bar Association Opinion 2014-5 Professional Guidance Committee  The Philadelphia Bar Association issued an advisory opinion on advising clients on the use of Social Media. The opinion concerned the following issues: (i) whether a lawyer may advice a client to change privacy settings on her Facebook page; (ii) whether a lawyer may instruct a client […]

Irish High Court, Case 2013 765 JR, June 18, 2014 On June 18, 2014, the Irish High Court referred to the EU Court of Justice a number of questions concerning the application of the Safe Harbor principles regarding cross-border transfer of private data, the key issue being whether national judges are “absolutely bound” by a […]

An Italian wife published pictures of honeymoon on her Facebook profile and husband sued to have them removed. Judge sided with the husband and granted an injunction ordering the wife to remove the pictures. Pursuant to Article 10 of the Italian Civil Code and to Article 10 of a 1941 law (Law 633/1941), the pictures were published […]

This August, the Canadian Bar Association has issued a report titled “Futures: Transforming The Delivery Of Legal Services In Canada.” Starting from the concept that “globalization, technology, and market liberalization” are changing the environment in which lawyers work and that lawyers must be responsive to the changed needs of their clientele, the Canadian Bar Association […]

The Committee has issued interesting guidelines for those many lawyers who use social media in their practice. These are some of those guidelines: “Guideline No. 1.A – Applicability of Advertising Rules” “Guideline No. 1.B: Prohibited Use of “Specialists” on Social Media” “Guideline No. 1.C: Lawyer Solicitation to View Social Media and a Lawyer’s Responsibility to […]

We think of electronic discovery as mainly used in big cases, but discovery of electronically stored information (ESI) can be extremely important regardless of the size of the case.  However, how can lawyers accommodate the need for discovery of ESI with the practical and financial restraints that apply to small cases?   A useful volume that […]