Catch 22 for copyright law: Is software really the answer to piracy concerns?

For many years, lawyers have been fighting an uphill battle to impose an easier and clearer framework of protection for copyright protected works. This has challenged the attention of intellectual property and internet safety specialists who are exposed to arguably one of the most complex legal system today, the law of cyberspace. Copyright law: a […]

Cloud Computing and Privacy Issues – Salar Atrizadeh discusses

In general, online privacy concerns fall under two categories: First, corporate privacy. Second, personal privacy.   Corporate privacy is concerned with the protection of corporate data from retrieval or interception by unauthorized parties.  So, security is important for protection of trade secrets, proprietary information, and privileged communications.  The failure to maintain confidentiality can result in a […]

Matter Centre for Lawyers

Microsoft have a product / solution developed for the Legal Industry and they have called this the ‘Matter Centre’ which is an evolution of Office 365 – their business service; unlike the other cloud services for Lawyers e.g. Drop Box and Box Matter Centre is a solution designed and considered for the industry, not just shoe-horned file sharing […]

Google Drive for Lawyers

Google Drive is a cloud file sharing service, similar to other services e.g. Drop Box and Box for Law Firms but with some distinct differences and enhancements. As the name suggests this is a Google product and been integrated into Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides which easily allow documents to be shared and edited by […]

Meetup Events on Disruptive Tech for Law

Calling the new breed of Lawyers, Entrepreneurs and Techies interested in discussing ways technology can be used to disrupt, improve and innovate the traditional Legal industry in the UK. Our Meetups involve creative thinking, open table discussions and pitching new ideas in a relaxed format with pizza, beer and wine. We bring together technical people, […]

Box for Lawyers – Cloud File Sharing

Box is a cloud based file sharing and storage solution similar to DropBox for Lawyers and Google Drive which we have featured previously on Legal Geek. Box operate a freemium model much like other services, but differentiates itself as a purely business solution and we will go into more detail on this. Interestingly Box feature an […]

Dropbox for Lawyers

Dropbox is a very powerful cloud file sharing service, you can download Dropbox and create a folder which you can then access on your computer, mobile and/or tablet and you can share the folder with others. There are other cloud based services such as box and Google drive for lawyers which we have also reviewed. How […]

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