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Webinar: Free and Open Source Software for your Law Practice

August 10, 2010

Thursday, August 12th, 2010, at 3 p.m. CDT. The best things in life are free. Sam will talk about what free and open-source software is (and the difference between the two), and demonstrate some of the free and/or open-source software he uses to keep his law firm running. Sam will show you how to encrypt [...]

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Is Your Computer Security Good Enough?

June 20, 2010

Many attorneys are using cloud computing to make their practices mobile and easier to access from various locations. There are definite concerns about the security and privacy of files stored in the cloud. Those concerns, however, are secondary to whether you properly secure your work computer and encrypt your files.

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Encrypted Client Communication May Be the Wave of the Future

September 22, 2009

I predict that within approximately 2-3 years, lawyers in most jurisdictions will communicate and collaborate with their clients using some type of an encrypted network. This will occur as a result of the enactment of laws to protect consumer data, and because of the inherent flexibility of emerging legal technologies. New laws and regulations A [...]

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Work From Home (or Anywhere Else) on Fridays

August 28, 2009

About a year ago, I started blocking off Friday on my calendar, calling it a “writing day.” Apart from the odd court date I have no control over, that block of time is inviolable. I use my Fridays to work from home (where I am right now), catch up on reading material, write briefs or [...]

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Five shocking ways your computer is at risk

May 6, 2009

Even if you have read our previous posts on data security and encryption, your computer data is probably still at risk. Scientific American recently reported on a variety of “side-channel” data vulnerabilities–threats of data theft through passive or mechanical means that bypass your software and operating system altogether. Below are five frightening new ways to [...]

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Encryption: do it when you travel

August 1, 2008

The Department of Homeland Security just disclosed its official policy on laptop seizures. It says it can and will take laptops of foreigners and U.S. Citizens for as long as it wants, for whatever it wants. How can they get away with this? Because an out-of-touch judiciary says so. Border agents can search laptops without [...]

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