Offshoring Beyond the Routine

May 24, 2005

Prism Legal posts on the growth in legal outsourcing of non-commodity mandates. Quote: I recently spoke with the co-founders of legal Indian offshore service Pangea3, which has already moved beyond the routine. Co-founders David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani say they help companies with patents, legal research, litigation support, and contracts. Contract work includes high-volume, routine […]

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VC Meme o’ the Week

May 24, 2005

The VC meme of the week on blogs seems to be VC jobs – how to get them, and why one would want one.

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Google Search Histories and Litigation

May 23, 2005

Declan McCullagh has an interesting thread on the possible uses of Google search and browsing histories in various kinds of litigation.

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Most (Un)Trusted Professions

May 23, 2005

An Australian union has published the results of a survey about which professions are the most and least trusted. Lawyers were 23 out of 26. Ahead of car salesmen, real estate agents and politicians. Barely. Results here.

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Bill Moyers is Back

May 22, 2005

Last year I blogged Bill Moyers’ retirement. It was difficult to see him go; his was one of the last independent voices, and a trustworthy source of news and opinion. Well, he’s back. The efforts now being made to squelch PBS’ voice have pulled him into public view long enough to deliver this blistering speech […]

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Twelve Ways to Think Differently

May 22, 2005

An extraordinary post by Dave Pollard on Twelve Ways to Think Differently.

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Carried Interest

May 21, 2005

Howard Anderson, co-founder of Boston VC firms Battery Ventures and YankeeTek Ventures, has decided to leave the VC business and has written about the reasons why. In brief: First, technology supply is bloated. Innovation is not dead, but demand for new technologies is moribund and will continue to be weak for at least the next […]

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CRIA Mis-stating Result of Federal Court of Appeal Decision?

May 21, 2005

On Thursday, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s decision denying CRIA’s request for the identities of 29 alleged file sharers. Michael Geist now notes that CRIA appears to be misrepresenting to the media the Court’s decision as a determination that file-sharing is illegal: Earlier today I provided links to some of the […]

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Fun with Boilerplate

May 20, 2005

Ernie the Attorney has a trio of entertaining posts that poke a sharp stick at the lengths to which some lawyers go with their email boilerplate.

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Protecting Your Source Code

May 19, 2005

Computerworld has a short article on steps you can take to improve protection of source code.

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Phishing and Identity Theft

May 19, 2005

Bruce Schneier has an interesting post (with many comments) on the role financial institutions need to take in the authentication of online transactions. The post links to an essay that suggests a variety of anti-fraud measures to protect against attacks that exploit weaknesses in personal information based authentication.

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Anonymous Blogging 2.0

May 19, 2005

Ethan Zuckerman at Global Voices Online has posted v 2.0 of his excellent guide on anonymous blogging: I posted, some weeks back, the first draft of a technical guide to anonymous blogging. I’ve gotten great feedback from folks all over the world and have just posted a second draft of the guide on the Global […]

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