New '.law' suffix could set off a domain gold rush
Legal marketing could see the largest upheaval since the beginning of the dot-com era with the arrival of the new “.law” domain extension. On July 30, early adopters such as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; DLA Piper; and Goldstein & Russell snapped up their .law domains on the first day of sales, but the sale was restricted to those who had registered their trademarks with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The market opens for real on Oct. 12, whe
Law firms can spend a lot, or very little, and improve their cybersecurity, experts say
With hack attacks a fact of daily life, law firms need to be doing more to protect themselves against cyber breaches, experts say. Those with 500 or more attorneys should have four key employees on staff, data security consultant Larry Ponemon tells the Am Law Daily (sub. req.). They are: A cybersecurity chief, who reports to the executive committee; a “regulatory policy wonk,” who is familiar with applicable data-protection laws in all jurisdictions in which the firm works;
Got cyber liability insurance? Few lawyers say they have it, despite security breaches
Only 11 percent of lawyers responding to a technology survey said their firms had cyber liability insurance, though significant numbers reported their firms had fallen victim to computer viruses or hacking. Many of the 880 lawyers responding to questions about tech security, however, didn’t know whether their firms had cyber liability insurance; in firms of more than 100 lawyers, more than 80 percent didn’t know if their firms had such insurance, according to Bloomberg BNA’s
Return of Security Deposit - Tenant - Landlord, Colorado Statute
38-12-103. Return of security deposit. (1) A landlord shall, within one month after the termination of a lease or surrender and acceptance of the premises, whichever occurs last, return to the tenant the full security deposit deposited with the landlord by the tenant, unless the lease agreement specifies a longer period of time, but not to exceed sixty days. No security deposit shall be retained to cover normal wear and tear. In the event that actual cause exists for retainin
Lawyers need to move beyond ‘access to justice’ to close the legal services gap
We found this article on Legal Rebels. By many measures, lawyers’ “access to justice” initiatives are entirely ineffective:
• A study (PDF) from the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services found that high-volume state courts are at “saturation level” of pro se litigants.
• According to the 2012-2013 World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index (PDF), more than four out of five low-income litigants in the United States go it alone becau
Parental Kidnapping
What happens when a parent leaves the state with a child without permission or court order? This is one of the scariest circumstances that a parent can encounter. The uncertainty, the emotion and just plain anger towards the other parent are the precise reasons to retain an experienced and aggressive attorney immediately before certainremedies disappear.
• When divorce, legal separation or custody cases are filed in Colorado, the law or an automatic injunction prevents eith
