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I recently learned that the Yates County Sheriff’s Department was requiring current employees and job applicants to provide the department with their social media passwords. The requirement was later rescinded for current employees.

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In a column that I wrote last September, I explained that American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 was eliciting comments on the issue of how lawyers’ use of Internet-based client development tools, such as social media, should be regulated.

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For trial attorneys, social media sites have the potential to be a treasure trove of evidence. However, as is the case with any type of pre-trial discovery and evidence gathering, information gleaned from online profiles must be obtained ethically.

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This is part 4 of a series of articles in which I discuss the technologies and the historical context that led to the mass adoption of cloud computing. In the first article, our exploration began in 1995. Then in part 2 of this series, we learned about how the technology changed, making the Internet revolution ...

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This is Part 3 of a series of articles in which I discuss the technologies and the historical context that led to the mass adoption of cloud computing. In the first article, our exploration began in 1995. Last week, in Part 2 of this series, we learned about how the technology changed, making the Internet revolution ...

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Over the next month, I plan to discuss the technologies and the historical context that led to the mass adoption of cloud computing. Last week, our exploration began in 1995. This week, in Part 2 of this series, we’ll learn about how the technology changed, making the Internet revolution, and life as we now know it, possible.

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On Feb. 27, 1995, Newsweek magazine published an article written by Clifford Stoll entitled “The Internet? Bah! Hype Alert: Why cyberspace isn’t, and will never be, nirvana." In the article, Stoll, an astronomer and well-known author of the book ...

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Last May, I discussed the North Carolina State Bar’s Proposed 2010 Formal Ethics Opinion 7, which was issued in response to a lawyer’s inquiry as to whether it was permissible for a firm to use Software as a Service (SaaS) products in its law practice.

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Do lawyers have a duty to supervise cloud computing providers? In a column that I wrote last October, I explained that the American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 was eliciting comments on the issue ...

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Maintaining the confidentiality of digital data — it’s an ever-present conundrum for lawyers as cloud computing increases in popularity and mobile use becomes ubiquitous. In fact, for many lawyers, the thorny ethical issues presented by these technologies ...

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An online reader asked me to write an article about apps for lawyers who use Android phones. I thought it was a great idea, especially since I’ve been predicting for the last few months that Android-based phones will eventually outsell iPhones — perhaps within the next year.

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I’m pleased to report that my third-grader’s teacher is very tech savvy. He sends out frequent emails with links to a classroom website that updates parents about our children’s activities. He uploads pictures of the kids, images of projects and sometimes provides links to useful online content.

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