Good lawyering still requires patience and a deliberate pace. Use the time saved through technological efficiencies to communicate more effectively with clients and get the right not the most rapid solution. If you don t know the field, don t dabble. The best way to reduce mistakes is to look before treading where you haven t gone before, especially regarding intellectual property. When in doubt, find an expert to assist you in protecting technology and intellectual capital, from the back room to the boardroom to the courtroom.
Personal privacy is the next frontier in technology.
Protecting privacy is likely to shape the next generation of legislation and lawsuits. For your clients, the legal consequences of their failing to maintain privacy online and offline will be of great concern. One example concerns medical and financial records. The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requires health care providers to maintain the privacy of patient information, requires consent for disclosure of paper and electronic records, and prohibits unauthorized use of patient records for employment purposes. State legislatures are also likely to extend privacy protections to consumers and impose liability on providers.