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Linked: 61% of IT pros have experienced a serious data breach
Law firms can probably replace the phrase “C-level Executive” with partner, right? “However, a rift exists in terms of cybersecurity accountability: 55% of IT professionals said they believed that C-level executives should lose their jobs if a breach is serious enough, yet 61% also said that C-level executives they work with expect more lenient security…
Linked: The Original EDRM Has Run Its Course – Is it Time for an In Situ E-Discovery Model?
Anne Kershaw’s LinkedIn post definitely provides some food for thought. Personally, I would agree that, eventually, this approach should be the recommended one: As is obvious, the huge change with the In Situ model is that by and large the corporate data doesn’t move. It stays in place as different analytical capabilities are applied to…
Linked – Being Too Busy for Friends Won’t Help Your Career
Reading this article was a little bit of a guilt trip, but one I probably need more than I am willing to admit. “Friendship matters. Everything we do to succeed in our careers is improved when we’re supported by a foundation of strong, stable friendships. Basic research tells us this is so, yet many who…
Linked – The Dangers of Counsel Not Being Active Participant in the Discovery Process
Short version- client gives lawyer photos of incident. Lawyer doesn’t pay attention to the metadata, produces them, signs off on the production. After some conflicting testimony during deposition, opposing party requests the native files and they all discover the photos were actually taken 2 years after the fact. This is a sad tale, but one…
Linked: Overwhelming Majority Of Biglaw Staff Members Say Their Mental Health Needs Aren’t Being Addressed
This is damning, but I can’t say that I’m surprised that someone would feel this way, are you? “It’s difficult to convey the stress to attorneys of what we do. To try and convey how many balls we are juggling sounds defensive and lame, so we suck it up and consequently [have] stress,” said one…
Linked – Against metrics: how measuring performance by numbers backfires
In other words, you get more of what you measure. “When reward is tied to measured performance, metric fixation invites just this sort of gaming. But metric fixation also leads to a variety of more subtle unintended negative consequences. These include goal displacement, which comes in many varieties: when performance is judged by a few…