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Tips, Tricks and Traps

On December 28, 2017January 2, 2018 By sdcountybar

The Equifax Hack

In September 2017, Equifax reported a data breach that may have disclosed personal information of 143 million persons. That information included birthdates, driver’s license numbers and home addresses — enough to facilitate identity theft when combined with the Social Security numbers also exposed. Class actions are already on file, and Equifax has offered credit monitoring. But the prudent thing may be to protect yourself by implementing security freezes with the four credit-reporting agencies. Those freezes would prevent other people’s attempts to obtain credit, housing and government benefits in your name. Numerous resources are on the internet to teach you how. Read More

Categories : WellnessTags : health wellness

From Before To After: How I Shed Denial About My Health and Nearly 140 Pounds

On December 22, 2017January 2, 2018 By sdcountybar

By Ray Estolano

I always used to argue, in true defense attorney fashion, that I was a healthy fat man. Read More

Categories : Business & Corporate LawTags : business corporate

Modes of Contract Review

On December 13, 2017December 28, 2017 By sdcountybar

By William Marshall

Transactional attorneys refer simply to “reviewing” a contract. However, I have identified different modes of review and found that thinking about them can be helpful in improving my review practices. The following are nine modes of review that I, to varying degrees, am adopting as I review an agreement. Some of them overlap and, of course, I very often perform multiple or even all of these modes in a single reading of an agreement. However if time permits, separate readings focused on one or two of these modes at a time can result in a better, more comprehensive assessment and markup of a document. Read More

Categories : Technology

Beware the Internet of Things!

On December 12, 2017January 2, 2018 By sdcountybar

By Bill Kammer

In earlier columns, we discussed the challenges attorneys face to become competent in electronic discovery and to keep pace with rapidly evolving electronic developments. We talked about the security of our devices and confidential lawyer and client information. We became somewhat comfortable with retrieving and reviewing electronically stored information (ESI) from computer memories. But next we had to face the challenges the universe of ESI on mobile devices such as phones and tablets present. Even a mobile phone with limited memory might contain data of 800,000 document pages. Read More