Linked – What teenagers need to know about cybersecurity
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Linked – What teenagers need to know about cybersecurity

The article was written back when school was starting, to help with teens understand some of the risks that come with their new computers, tablets and mobile phones. Frankly, though, I think the advice given is good for anyone, of any age. So go read it and learn about passwords, social media safety and the…

Linked – Why Are We So Uninformed? We Don’t Read What We Share.
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Linked – Why Are We So Uninformed? We Don’t Read What We Share.

This is, undoubtedly true, and something I’ve talked about many times. “Many people share articles that they actually don’t read, which contributes to a great deal of chaos on their social-media pages. In fact, this Forbes Magazine article cites research that shows that 59% of us share articles we never read.” It appears that the…

Linked – Virginia Supreme Court Approves Lawyer Wellness Rule Changes
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Linked – Virginia Supreme Court Approves Lawyer Wellness Rule Changes

I’m a big fan of this change, as you might imagine. “A change to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 adds a comment saying “A lawyer’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being impacts the lawyer’s ability to represent clients and to make responsible choices in the practice of law. Maintaining the mental, emotional, and physical ability necessary…

Linked – Court Dismisses Plaintiff’s Complaint As Sanction for Doctored Emails
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Linked – Court Dismisses Plaintiff’s Complaint As Sanction for Doctored Emails

I’m not exactly sure how they thought this would work, “For example, Email 3 – an email purportedly from Plaintiff to Defendant — stated, “[w]e are interested in cutting off training. We are interested in taking over the business and moving it forward. We believe we can do this.” Yet, Email 4 — an email…

Linked – Chrome will soon ad-block an entire website if it shows abusive ads
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Linked – Chrome will soon ad-block an entire website if it shows abusive ads

Generally speaking, I’d be in favor of this. “With Chrome 71, Google is stepping up its fight against the internet’s abusive ads problem by blocking every ad on a site that persistently shows them. Abusive ads come in many forms, but broadly speaking cause your browser to misbehave by either generating fake system messages, automatically…

Linked – Mad about Metadata
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Linked – Mad about Metadata

Craig asks: “There are different considerations for database content and the rare proprietary system; but, for your run-of-the-mill Windows or Mac operating system, this is just common sense that seems to be uncommonly absent. I ask you, Dear Reader, what moves lawyers to be so obtuse about something that is so freaking easy to understand…