Internet Newsletter for Lawyers

Subscribe
Visit Blog
By: Infolaw Limited

Blog Authors

Alan Eccles
Chris Davidson
David Kerr
Stacey Gourley
Peter Adediran
Saleem Arif
Paul Bernal
Edward Bird
Julian Bryan
Chris Bryden
Rosie Burbidge
Allan Carton
Matthew Claxson
Stanley Dunthorne
Kelsey Farish
Joanne Frears
Jordan Furlong
Darren Gower
Andres Guadamuz
Alex Haffner
Susan Hallam
David Hand
Alex Heshmaty
Daniel Hoadley
Nick Holmes
Richard Hugo-Hamman
Brian Inkster
Daniel Jennings
Paul Magrath
Paul McMahon
Emily Owen
Elle Pollicott
Eleanor Reynolds
Will Richmond-Coggan
Graham Ross
Antony Smith
Graham Smith
Shireen Smith
Gill Steel
Katharine Stephens
Simon Stokes
Matthew Terrell
Andrew Thornton
Eduardo Ustaran
Delia Venables
Chrysilla de Vere

Latest from Internet Newsletter for Lawyers

https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-09-futurelearn-1-png
FutureLearn FutureLearn provide structured online learning courses in partnership with hundreds of universities and other bodies. These cover all subject areas and range from short courses, through professional accreditation programmes, to university degrees. Courses are divided into “weeks” of prescribed activities. You can learn by watching videos, listening to audio and reading articles. Many of these steps are followed by short quizzes to help you check that you have understood. They may be started at…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-09-iot-technology-concept-1024x683-jpg
The Internet Newsletter for Lawyers was launched in the late 90s as there was at that time a thirst for guidance on what this new thing called the internet was and what it could offer the lawyer. Today we all take the internet for granted and few concern ourselves with what it actually is, even fewer how it works. In fact a 2019 survey by HighSpeedInternet.com found that, although 86 per cent of respondents said…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-09-thumbs-up-jpg
In July 2020, the Law Society Gazette reported that legal industry revenue had dropped to a four year low. With everything else on the decline, this is no surprise. However, not all of the trends initiated by Covid-19 are negative – and some are giving the legal industry a much needed boost, one of which is online reviews. Transforming professional services Online reviews have taken the world of professional services by storm over the last…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-09-surveillance-camera-1024x680-jpg
The Court of Appeal recently handed down its decision in the case of R v Bridges [2020] EWCA Civ 1058, the first case of its kind in the world dealing with law enforcement use of live facial recognition.  Live automated facial recognition (AFR) is a technology that is overlaid onto facial images in real time. The technology captures biometric features of a face to confirm the identity of an individual by matching the image…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-09-social-media-1795578_1280-1024x682-jpg
Constantly working on branding and IP projects means that I’m always coming up with new ideas on what I can offer clients to help them get more from my service. One example of this is my newest product and forthcoming book, provisionally called Brand Tuned – How to Create an Inimitable Brand to Win Business in a Noisy World. However, one niche that always seems to be hit or miss for people when it comes…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-09-deliveroo-e1600877458658-jpg
The gig economy has garnered heavy criticism since it became an integral part of the world of work over the past decade or so. On the one hand it has been credited with providing flexible work for millions of people unable or unwilling to secure full time employment. On the other hand, it has been likened to a modern form of slavery, with the tech giants as the masters of an online version of Victorian…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-09-censored-1024x458-jpg
Currently, each social media platform has its own set of policies regarding what kind of content can be published by its users. Since many politicians are now heavily reliant on these platforms to bolster their support and reach out to new voters, the ability for the big tech deities such as Zuckerberg to decide on the political discourse which can or can’t take place on their networks is highly significant for democracy. Facebook, Twitter et…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-09-apps-jpg
There have been a couple of interesting developments recently relating to apps on the Apple and Google app stores, both of which potentially threaten self regulation of these platforms. Fortnite sues Apple and Google Epic Games, the publisher behind hit computer game Fortnite, is taking legal action against both the Apple and Google app stores. The app version of Fortnite was removed by both tech giants from their respective stores, as a result of an…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2019-09-max-schrems-by-robert-marcus-klump-jpg
Digital Technology and the Resurrection of Trust The House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies has produced an important Report which focuses on a crisis “with roots that extend far deeper, and are likely to last far longer than Covid-19.” This virus, that affects us all, is the pandemic of misinformation and disinformation. “If allowed to flourish these counterfeit truths will result in the collapse of public trust, and without trust democracy…
https-www-infolaw-co-uk-newsletter-wp-content-uploads-2020-07-business-breakfast-jpg
In the last issue of the Newsletter, I made a case for individual lawyers cutting back on use of social media. Let’s now consider some alternative marketing techniques to which firms’ social media budgets can be diverted, which may deliver more bang for the buck. Content You may expect a copywriter to extol the virtues of blogs and articles, but website content is still the most important determining factor for search engine ranking. One…