Discussing diversity in legal is one thing; driving actual change is much more of a challenge. How did three women create a network that acts as a global platform for women in legal leadership?
An Epiq Ransomware Attack Hits Legal Services Industry Leader
Editor’s Note: This incredibly unfortunate and highly visible event in the eDiscovery ecosystem highlights a challenge faced by every law firm, corporation, and legal services provider, that being the protection and preservation of data privacy, systems security, and business continuity in the face of nefarious cybersecurity threats.
Update: The website presence of Epiq has returned
Epiq Global Down As Company Investigates Unauthorized Activity on Systems
Epiq Global, an international e-discovery and managed services company, has taken its systems offline globally after detecting unauthorized activity.
Epiq made the move on Saturday as part of its data security response plan and has brought on a third-party forensics firm to conduct an investigation.
A company spokesperson provided the following statement:
“On February
Women of Legal Tech Find Strength in Numbers When Battling Imposter Syndrome
A special guest post by legal affairs writer and editor Molly McDonough, former editor and publisher of the ABA’s flagship magazine, the ABA Journal.
The last thing I expected to hear at the 2020 Women of Legal Tech Summit was this: I don’t feel like I deserve to be here.
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Linked: Ransomware victims thought their backups were safe. They were wrong
The backup has to be offline, disconnected from the computer that gets infected. “Keeping a backup copy of vital data is a good way of reducing the damage of a ransomware attack: it allows companies to get systems up and … Continued
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Finnegan wins 2019 Mid-Atlantic Your Honor Award
Legal marketing and business development professionals regularly contend with a deluge of data and the complexities of working with hundreds of lawyers across multiple practices and offices. Without the right people, processes, and technology in place, it’s impossible to conduct meaningful and actionable analysis. Choosing the right technology can empower marketing and business development staff
eDiscovery Business Continuity: Considerations for Remote Work
Editor’s Note: As workers worldwide are impacted by the challenges created by the increasing prevalence and documented virulence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), companies are intensively investigating and actively employing strategies to reduce workplace risk. One strategy being considered is the decentralization and deployment of workforces, with the case for remote work being cogently
Quddus Pourshafie
Quddus Pourshafie has dedicated himself to “moving the needle in the Legal Industry through FutureLab.Legal, a rare institution that bridges the gap between all stakeholders in the Legal Industry to learn and generate solutions.” I spoke with him about his background, his work, and his thoughts on the future of the practice of law.
What I’m Sharing (weekly)
Going #Faceless One in four Americans won’t do business with data-breached companies – How soon before we can’t find any who weren’t though? Keeping machine learning algorithms humble and honest in the ‘ethics-first’ era Sitting at the Same Lunch Table: … Continued
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