Book review: Cloud Computing for Lawyers 
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: April 11, 2012
Tags: book review, cloud computing, Nicole Black
“The day of reckoning has come for our profession,” writes Nicole Black in the introduction to her new book “Cloud Computing for Lawyers.” Internet technology has changed the practice of law so dramatically that even the notoriously slow-to-adapt legal profession can no longer ignore it. The book surveys all the major considerations — risks, benefits, [...]
Commentary: NYSBA Ethics Committee weighs in on the cloud
By Nicole Black
POSTED: October 22, 2010
Tags: cloud computing, Commentary, Nicole Black, NYSBA Ethics Committee
My column last week detailed the American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 call for comments regarding cloud computing. I disagreed with the commission’s suggestion that attorneys may be obligated …
Commentary: Cloud computing: Not your typical outsourcing relationship
By Nicole Black
POSTED: October 15, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
As I mentioned in a previous article, the American Bar Association established the Commission on Ethics 20/20 (online at www.abanet.org/ethics2020) in 2009. The stated purpose of the commission is to “perform a thorough review of the ABA Model Rules …
Commentary: Ethics committees tackle social media mining
By Nicole Black
POSTED: October 1, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
The ethics of attorneys using of social media is a hot topic lately. As I mentioned last week, the American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 just issued a call for comments on the issue of lawyers use of social media tools for client development.
Commentary: Ethics and lawyers online
By Nicole Black
POSTED: September 24, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
In 2009, the American Bar Association established the Commission on Ethics 20/20 (online at www.abanet.org/ethics2020). The stated purpose of the Commission is to “perform a thorough review of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct …
Commentary: Large firms: Take next social media steps
By Nicole Black
POSTED: September 17, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
A few weeks ago I discussed the ways in which large law firms can use social media to create an effective firm-wide online presence by establishing firm profiles on the top three most traveled social media sites: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Commentary: The Internet and the courtroom
By Nicole Black
POSTED: September 10, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
The Internet is a force to be reckoned with. It has altered our collective reality in ways never before seen, leveling the playing field and providing anyone with a computer and online access instantaneous access to information of all types and kinds.
Commentary: Gain competitive intelligence using social media
By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 27, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
This article is a continuation of the series in which I discuss how lawyers can use social media to accomplish different goals in support of their law practice. In Chapter 8 of our book, “Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier,” my co-author …
Commentary: Social media and large law firms
By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 20, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how Big Law can effectively use social media ever since I spoke at King & Spalding’s Atlanta office in mid-August. During my presentation on social media, a member of the audience asked …
Commentary: Blogging for lawyers has changed
By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 9, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
When I first wrote about blogging for lawyers in 2006, the benefits were clear-cut. At the time, publishing a legal blog was one of the only ways to create an effective online presence, and was well worth the effort expended to maintain a blog.
Commentary: What social media isn’t
By Nicole Black
POSTED: July 23, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
Over the next few weeks I plan to write about different goals that lawyers can achieve through social media. Each week, I’ll focus on a specific goal and offer suggestions regarding ways the goal …
Commentary: Social media, Facebook and juries, oh my!
By Nicole Black
POSTED: July 9, 2010
Tags: Commentary, Nicole Black
In June I wrote about People v. Rios, 26 Misc.3d 1225(A), 2010 WL 625221 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2010), a negligent homicide trial that never should have been prosecuted in the first instance.
