Technology/Telecoms - Page 49

The IT giant has just bought Equivio, the Israel-based business, giving it a stronger footing in the market for software that reads and sort legal documents. | 11yrs

With over half of EU drivers willing to have a 'connected car', one which transmits and receives data while being driven, legal issues about privacy and transparency are coming to the fore. | 11yrs

MI6, the UK's external security body, has given details of its written policy which covers how staff should deal with material covered by legal privilege - including exchanges between lawyers and their clients. | 11yrs

The former head of Morrison & Foerster in London, Justin Stock, has been appointed head of the new 55-lawyer office opened by California-based Cooley in Old Broad Street in the City of London. | 11yrs

A quarter of the Fortune 500 and all of the Am Law 200 are using legal management solutions - such as matter and e-billing management - from the Austin-based company, according to a recent statement from the business. | 11yrs

The fixed fee law firm, Riverview Law, is entering into a 'knowledge transfer partnership' with Liverpool University in order to develop areas such as network analysis and data mining in its work. | 11yrs

A former US federal cyber crimes prosecutor puts at US$100m the cost to Sony of contractual breaches over restricting the release of 'The Interview' film - as well as another $1m for the advice of lawyers and forensic investigators. | 11yrs

All businesses, not just those in the technology field, need to be supervising cyber security issues at board level, says Fried Frank partner David Hennes. | 11yrs

An Atlanta court is warning users of its electronic filing system that a pop-up which claims to be a bankruptcy survey linked to its site is actually a virus. | 11yrs

Lexis Nexis Pacific has announced a partnership with GlobalX which will help improve workflow processes and improve efficiency for its practice management clients in law firms. | 11yrs

An EU initiative to help the development of co-operation and information-sharing between organisations must ensure that businesses know how they can collaborate, according to Pinsent Masons. | 11yrs

Four UK law firms have recently lost £2m between them to scammers who tricked them into disclosing bank security data over the phone. | 11yrs

The newly-floated Chinese company Alibaba may grow its legal team by a quarter, according to Legal Week. | 11yrs

The Gulf state of Qatar has introduced a tough set of laws on cybercrime, including substantial financial penalties which can be doubled if a public official is involved. | 11yrs

Bringing successful prosecutions in the US over cybercrime is 'very difficult', according to the new director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology at the Univsersity of Akron School of Law. | 11yrs

Car-sharing company Uber has halted operations in Nevada after a judge in the state issued a preliminary injunction against it - in a case which might help define the boundaries of digital companies. | 11yrs

Kim Dotcom, the German-born founder of Megaupload, has begun representing himself, claiming that a battle with the US legal authorities has drained him of resources including the money to pay his legal team. | 11yrs

A network of lawyers developing apps for use in the law has risen to nearly 1,800 - mainly based on the east and west coasts of the US but also in Stockholm. | 11yrs

Consumers are narrowing the knowledge gap with lawyers and accessing information more 'than ever before', according to Jordan Furlong, a consultant at Edge International. | 11yrs