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Blackberry Apps for Lawyers: Nicole Black highlights an assortment of Blackberry applications for research, document management, mobile communications, music, dictation and more – all of which would benefit just about any law practice.
Combating Gangs: Better Coordination and Performance Measurement Would Help Clarify Roles of Federal Agencies and Strengthen Assessment of Effort, GAO-09-708, July 24, 2009 Electronic Records Archive: The National Archives and Records Administration’s Fiscal Year 2009 Expenditure Plan, GAO-09-733, July 24, 2009 Federal-Aid Highways: FHWA Has Improved Its Risk Management Approach, but Needs to Improve Its …
E-Discovery Update: E-Discovery in the $50,000 Case – Conrad J. Jacoby’s focus for this column is smaller legal disputes that may involve electronic evidence, including divorce proceedings and child custody matters, as well as criminal cases, all of which may require review of cell phone call records, SMS and e-mail exchanges.
E-Discovery Update: Revisiting ESI Agreements and Court Orders – Conrad J. Jacoby focuses on the new requirement that litigants must meet early in a dispute to discuss the scope of discovery work to reach agreement on how best to proceed with the discovery of potentially relevant electronically stored information (ESI). What happens, though, when fundamental …
Ahead of the Curve: In 2009, Your Lawyers Are Your Best Knowledge Management Resource – Gretta Rusanow outlines her recommendations on why this year presents an excellent opportunity to work on those long-desired collections of models, best practice documents, sample clauses and know how files.
“The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, adopted by the House this week, includes strong privacy provisions (“Subtitle D – Privacy“) for the proposed medical health network. Among the key provisions: a ban on the sale of health information, audit trails, encryption, rights of access, improved enforcement mechanisms, and support for advocacy groups to …
Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace, GAO-09-184, January 27, 2009 Medicare: Callers Can Access 1-800-MEDICARE Services, but Responsibility within CMS for Limited English Proficiency Plan Unclear, GAO-09-104, December 29, 2008 Electronic Health Records: DOD’s and VA’s Sharing of Information Could Benefit from Improved Management, GAO-09-268, …
News release: “CDT today released a major policy paper intended to move the health privacy debate from its outdated focus on patient consent to a comprehensive framework that will provide more effective privacy protection. CDT is advocating for the inclusion of privacy protections in the President’s economic stimulus bill, which contains at least $20 billion …
Information Technology: Demand for the Social Security Administration’s Electronic Data Exchanges Is Growing and Presents Future Challenges, GAO-09-126, December 04, 2008: “Through more than 3,000 data exchanges with federal and state agencies, SSA both receives incoming data to support its own programs and provides outgoing data to support programs of other federal and state agencies. …
Metadata – What Is It and What Are My Ethical Duties?: Jim Calloway explains why every lawyer needs to understand a few basic things about metadata. He contends that the legal ethics implications of metadata mining are no longer just of interest to the lawyers processing electronic discovery, or the ethics mavens.
Editorial – Exit Stonewalling: “…E-mail messages that have gone suspiciously missing are estimated to number in the millions. These could illuminate some of the administrations darker moments, including the lead-up to the Iraq war, when intelligence was distorted, the destruction of videotapes of C.I.A. torture interrogations, and the vindictive outing of the C.I.A. operative Valerie …
Presidential Libraries: The Federal System and Related Legislation, Updated November 26, 2008. “Through the National Archives and Records Administration, the federal government currently manages and maintains 12 presidential libraries. Inaugurated with the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955, these entities are privately constructed on behalf of former Presidents and, upon completion, are deeded to the federal …
