In September, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the State law that prosecuted those involved in sending spam emails was unconstitutional and in violation of the 1st Amendment of the Constitution that guaranteed free speech….
David Canton continues a discussion of essential tech skills for lawyers on Slaw. In addition to my comment to his post, I suggest learning to back your data up. USB keys and external hard drives…
Neville Hobson, a communications and tech guru, has a recent post on digital IP and how it applies to our globalized world, One topic I’ve written about before in this blog is copyright, prompted in…
Roger Mathus of Death by Email quotes Elizabeth Charnock, CEO of Cataphora on 10 things you should probably never write in an e-mail: “I could get into trouble for telling you this, but…” “Delete this…
Everything I know about social media I learned from PR professionals in my brief career in that field prior to law. Neville Hobson (a social media guru in the U.K. who hosts one of my…
Well it seems as if Barack Obama might be the first black Twitter president of the United States. The Twitter blog indicates he will be the first to have an official account. They also indicate…
Check out my post about CIRA’s ‘whois’ policy on the recently launched IP Osgoode wesbite. I wrote it as an assignment for my IP law class with professor D’Agostino.
Great site for social media tools during the U.S. election. Polling problems are being reported via Twitter. Citizens and media are actively using social media to monitor the election. And a widget courtesy of MSNBC….
The website of the Green Party of Ontario was hacked last Friday. Â Malicious hackers have put up a blog post mocking GPO leader Frank de Jong, by impersonating him and putting ridiculous words in his…
We’ve been covered in local papers before, and frequently cited in other blogs. But Law is Cool just made CBC News. You can see the link to here from Ormiston Online‘s page on bloggers. Check…
Jeff Richardson of Adams and Reese, LLP writes on the ABA Techshow, I don’t recommend an iPhone to all lawyers. Many don’t need a smart phone — just a simple flip phone will do. Others…
To follow up on Omar Ha-Redeye‘s post about the ethical challenges of practicing law with new information technology, I received the following interesting excerpt from the CBA newsletter in my email inbox: Metadata: A cautionary…
