Category: Technology

You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (AKA Litigation Hold Considerations)

By Bill Kammer

No area of discovery requires such immediate attention as the necessity of preserving relevant data and documents. And no area results in more sanctions than a failure to do so and to institute and monitor reasonable legal holds. The significant risk of sanctions for both clients and counsel should get our attention because reasonable, proportionate processes can probably avoid the sanction minefields. Read More

Tips, Gadgets and Tricks

By Bill Kammer

Encryption Redux

I wrote recently and suggested that 2017 was the year for encryption. Hacking is very much on the minds of Americans, and lawyers and clients are frequently discussing the need for and manner of encryption to protect client confidences from interception by the man in the middle. Clients previously were concerned with encryption in place on lawyers’ servers and systems but are now focusing on ways to ensure that emails being exchanged over the internet are protected from interception and compromise. Read More