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Discarded laptops, flash drives may impose ethical obligations on attorneys 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: November 16, 2010

Tags: BlackBerry, ethics, flash drives, iphone, laptops, practice management, technology

A proposed Florida ethics opinion suggests that lawyers have an ethical duty to sanitize their storage devices, including iPhones, Blackberrys, flash drives, laptops and copiers, in order to prevent inadvertent disclosure of confidential client information.

Class action filed over iPhone 4 

By: Brendan Kearney
Published: July 12, 2010

Tags: class action, defective design, iphone, Maryland

Two iPhone users in Maryland are suing Apple, alleging that their new phones are defective.

Should your law firm create its own iPhone app? 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: June 23, 2010

Tags: iphone, iPhone apps, marketing, technology

With an estimated 30 million iPhone users and another 600,000 in line for the newest version, set to be released this week, some lawyers are launching their own iPhone apps to market their firms.

Divorce? There’s an app for that 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: May 26, 2010

Tags: divorce, iphone

It was inevitable: a Texas divorce lawyer has helped create a divorce-related iPhone app.

Fed courts propose juror no-texting policy 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 11, 2010

Tags: BlackBerry, cell phone, Facebook, iphone, Judicial Conference, jurors, jury instructions, LinkedIn, social media, texting, YouTube

WASHINGTON – New proposed jury instructions for federal courts warn jurors against text messaging, tweeting or using other forms of electronic social media to discuss cases.

2009: The year in legal tech 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: December 31, 2009

Tags: cloud computing, e-discovery, e-reader, iphone, Kindle, social networking, technology, Tweetdeck, Twitter

Attorneys had to be more tech-savvy to keep up with the demands of the profession, and Lawyers USA was there every step of the way. Here is a look back at the trends that shaped the past year – plus a glimpse at the tech tools that could affect your practice in 2010.

iPhone news: First CLE app to go mobile 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: December 16, 2009

Tags: CLE, Continuing Legal Education, iphone, smartphone, technology

Attorneys seeking continuing legal education credit can now access their courses on the iPhone thanks to a new application developed by West LegalEdCenter.

Legal Technology: Which e-reader is right for you? 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: October 14, 2009

Tags: e-reader, iphone, Kindle, Plastic Logic, technology

At first glance, an e-reader might seem to an attorney like nothing more than a high-tech approach to skimming through a novel on the subway.

But legal technology experts agree that e-readers are the next great tool in the industry. So which e-reader is right for you?

Is Big Brother watching Kindle? 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: August 3, 2009

Tags: copyright, iphone, Kindle

A class-action suit filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle accuses Amazon of Big Brother tactics with its deletion of digital content from customers’ Kindle reading devices.

More iPhone apps for attorneys 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: May 14, 2009

Tags: iphone, technology

For the past several months, Lawyers USA has been keeping an eye on which iPhone applications provide the most benefit to attorneys plugged into Apple’s increasingly ubiquitous smartphone. Click here and here for past roundups.

Here are some new apps that are making waves in the legal community: