Navigate Litigation 2.0
Internet of Things will spawn lots of things to litigate
The Internet of Things, among a handful of new technologies transforming the way we live, is also shaping up to be a ripe area for litigation. Expect to see claims around IoT security, privacy, data ownership and profit-sharing.
Read MoreBlockchain, the next litigation magnet
Blockchain – the hot new distributed ledger technology that underlies cryptocurrency – is also shaping up to be a rollicking arena for intellectual property litigation.
Read MoreWho’s got your fingerprint and what are they doing with it?
Pretty amazing: Workers can now punch in simply by touching a fingerprint scanner. The technology, however, is a landmine in what one writer calls “the next class-action battleground.”
Read MoreLitigation finance: an emerging trend
Litigation finance, a term that didn’t resonate with most of us five years ago, now signifies a rapidly growing way that legal bills are getting paid.
Industry watchers are examining the potential of the funding instrument to change the way litigation happens, support the growth of innovative firms, and enrich investors. Also being tracked are the risks to the emerging practice.
Read MoreQuiz: Are you a legal pad lawyer or an iPad lawyer?
It’s been more than a century since the invention of the legal pad, a staple of this profession (and, incidentally, Seinfeld’s canvas of choice for four decades).
Are you a legal pad lawyer? Or an iPad lawyer?
Read MoreFive litigation headaches I could have avoided
Much has changed since I left full-time litigation. Back then, and we’re talking fewer than five years ago (lest I sound like an old man lamenting my two-way uphill walk to school), nobody I knew was using the deposition technology that’s available today. Almost everything happened in person, and the work product was usually trapped in paper.
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