Another Ten!
It may be hard to believe, but not only did we wrap up another year on Tuesday night, we also rang the final bell on another decade. Perhaps it is because I am getting older, but it seems to me that these milestones fall all too quickly now. Far too quickly! One of the things I have been enjoying though is the many articles looking back at the last ten years. They were certainly defined by some very interesting – I dare say exciting – trends and innovations. To take us into the first weekend of 2020, I have chosen two of those to highlight in today’s digest.
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- First up, the ever-prolific Jean O’Grady gives us the legal librarian’s take on what the last decade held. Not only does she discuss some of what the major players were up to (and against), but she also writes, “More surprising was the disruptive impact of the disgruntled, entrepreneur lawyers with a good idea and some venture capital who invented some completely new ways of approaching research and delivering insights.” This is a read you will not want to miss as we move forward into the new year and beyond. Read: Analytics, AI and Insights: 5 Innovations That Redefined Legal Research Since 2010
- And then my favorite tech blogger, Bob Ambrogi, weighs in with an equally enlightening overview of his own as an attorney and technical wizard. He writes, “In legal technology, it was a decade of tumult and upheaval, bringing changes that will forever transform the practice of law and the delivery of legal services.” His examples are sure to delight. Look back and brace yourselves for tomorrow with: The Decade in Legal Tech: The 10 Most Significant Developments.
Craig Ball is one of my favorite eDiscovery bloggers and his post today is fantastic. Sit down in your assigned seat, look up at the board and listen patiently as Professor Ball educates you “about cryptographic hash functions and their usefulness as tools to digitally fingerprint files in support of identification, authentication, exclusion and deduplication.” Class is in session at Ball in your court: 
Most of the innovation articles that show up in my PinHawk news feeds are fluff and puff. This one is a bit different. It talks about common innovation derailers (Unconscious neglect, Overprotectiveness, Overconfidence, Overexertion, Devaluation) and how to mitigate them. Be sure to read more at Harvard Business Review: 
The professional staff in law firms are under as much stress as the lawyers, maybe more. It seems that many of the professional staff feel they are treated lesser and that lawyers don’t understand their jobs or their stress. And while there has been an emphasis lately on lawyer mental health, professional staff have been ignored. The comments in the podcast are frank and stark. It seems that at many firm the “nonlawyers” are separate and vastly unequal. Listen to more at Law.com: 
We’ll quickly get to the bottom line of today’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month post: while “not all MFA options are equally secure but that, generally, they are all a safer option than using just a password.” Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the better. Which MFA option is right for you? To find out, read More at HELPNETSECURITY: 
Most firms don’t see alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) as a big threat, but maybe a small or medium threat. Some big firms have created their own ASLPs. Some law firms refer business to ASLPs. Yeah. It’s complicated. You need to read more at Legaltech news: 
I’m dealing with a doozy of a technical issue right now. We have a piece of upgraded software behaving badly in our Azure farm. There are many variables to deal with and solving the problem has eluded us and others. If I go through Charles Conn and Rob McLean’s approach to Bulletproof Problem Solving, I start with “Define the Problem.” I got that down. Step two is to “Disaggregate the Issues.” I think maybe we can do better breaking our problem into basic issues. For the rest of the steps you need to read more at LEADING blog: 
To promote National Cybersecurity Awareness Month today we’ll talk IoTs. The Internet of Things is like the Force. For all the good it can do and well-meaning intentions, it can be made evil and have unintended consequences. Two months ago CyberITL “completed a large-scale survey of software security practices in the IoT environment.” The results will either scare you or make you sad. “On average, updates were more likely to remove hardening features than add them. Within our 15 year data set, there have been no positive trends from any one vendor. MIPS is both the most common CPU architecture and least hardened on average.” Read more at Schneier on Security: 
Today’s post for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is all about focus. There is so much you can do in the cybersecurity arena, it can be overwhelming. I love this quote from Mark Orlando, “Trying to do everything at once is a good way to do a lot of things poorly.” Be sure to read more at HELPNETSECURITY: 
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