On July 19, 2017 Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie published “CyberLife: Social Media, Right-of-Publicity and Consenting to Terms of Service” in the Legal Executive Institute blog. The past few years have seen a surge of activity in right-of-publicity litigation related to social media. Cases such as Fraley v. Facebook and Perkins v. LinkedIn addressed social media websites’ unauthorized use
Read MoreOn May 3, 2017 Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie published “Social Media E-Discovery: How To Request And Respond – Courts Have Provided Guidance For Litigators” in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel’s In-House Ops blog. Seeking information from social media accounts is becoming commonplace in litigation. Obtaining social media discovery, however, can pose significant challenges, as this information
Read MoreOn May 2, 2017, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie published the fourth article in his column “The Neutral Corner” on Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute blog. The article is titled “The Neutral Corner: Using Forensic Neutrals in Trade Secret Disputes”. The dirty secret of trade secret disputes is that even if you win, it can be
Read MoreOn March 7, 2017 Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie and Yoav Griver published “Discovery Obligations Apply to Plaintiffs Too” in the New York Law Journal. Today, individuals create a tremendous amount of data, whether it be through emails, mobile devices, or the Internet of Things (IoT). Plaintiffs that may not have been properly concerned with their preservation
Read MoreOn February 24, 2017, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie and Joey Johnson published “The DNC Hack Was Not an Act of War: What we call it under international law should influence our response” in the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. The article discusses Russia’s alleged hack of the DNC and whether it classifies as an “act of
Read MoreOn January 11, 2017, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie published “A New Focus on Law Firm Cybersecurity” on the Legal Executive Institute blog. Richard Borden, Counsel of Robinson+Cole and a specialist in cybersecurity risk management, contributed to this blog post. Law firms have long held a hallowed position in the corporate world, as the preeminent keeper of confidences.
Read MoreOn December 19, 2016, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie published the third article in his column “The Neutral Corner” on Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute blog. The article is titled “The Neutral Corner: Recapturing the Benefits of Predictive Coding by Using an eDiscovery Special Master”. Following a New York federal court’s approval of predictive coding in
Read MoreOn October 27th, 2016, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie published “Is Cyberinsurance Really Worth It? Using ADR to Resolve Cyberattack Disputes” on Law.com. The article is co-authored with Andrew Nadolna, a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS, who has 25 years of experience in the insurance industry as a claims executive and litigator. While strengthening a company’s cybersecurity
Read MoreOn October 17th, 2016, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie was interviewed by Thomson Reuters on the question, “How prepared are law firms to face cyber security threats?” Thomson Reuters’ Joseph Raczynski spoke with Mr. Garrie on the cyber security issues facing law firms today, in the wake of the April 2016 hacking of Panamanian law firm Mossack
Read MoreOn October 10th, 2016, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie published the second article in his column “The Neutral Corner” on Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute blog. The article is titled “How to Effectively Use a Technical E-Discovery Neutral”. The 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure put a greater responsibility on the parties
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