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A few weeks back, I did a post about having our personal data hacked. What if the hacker was you? Yes you — the attorney, the employer, or someone else who has confidential information. I was recently reviewing the online court file of an employment case in federal court for a recent blog post.  It’s available for anyone to see. (You might be asking, Why ? Because it’s always interesting to see other filings and the way cases turn out. Ok, it’s always interesting TO ME at least ….). In looking over some of the court-filed documents, I came across the college transcript of the employee/plaintiff.  It was filed by the attorney as evidence in the case. Some newer transcripts don’t have some confidential information. But this college transcript was old school: It still contained the Social Security number of the employee AND his date of birth. And just like that, the attorney has opened up the employee to hacking. In case you are wondering, yes...

You might think the title of this post is a bit self-serving or even self-promotional. Is this post just going to be a backhanded way to hire me, an employment law attorney? I want to dissuade you of the notion because that’s actually not my purpose.  (Really.) But over the years, I’ve had friends and colleagues struggle with finding the right lawyers for their business.  In some cases, my firm (Shipman & Goodwin LLP) might be a good fit for them. In other situations, whether because of conflicts or costs, we might not be. What I tell people is to take a step back and ask yourself a series of questions to start with.  I thought I’d share just a few of them to start the conversation: What are my needs?  This is perhaps the hardest, but most important question to ask yourself before you start.  If you don’t know what your needs are, it’s really tough to find a good match.  If a lawsuit is filed against you, then obviously you...

Fun fact: There was no class on pandemics in law school. Sure, we briefly joked about the power that Governors and Presidents COULD exert in case of an emergency but it was mostly in the context of nuclear war and talking about how a Secretary of Commerce could become President (yes, this was way before Designated Survivor). And yet this week, my fellow lawyers and I have been fielding calls that would’ve seemed absolutely crazy a few weeks ago. The weird thing is that I’ve been driving a few of my friends, family and colleagues a little crazy with my predictions for over a month that we were headed here. I got designated a COVID-19 “expert” (no certificate required!) early on and frankly, I think they were humoring me. How DO you practice law in a pandemic? In answering that I’m reminded of a joke about how you tell the difference between a male and female bear? Very carefully. Over the course of this week in particular, I’ve had several conference c...