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01/28/2026 12 min read

Your Phone Calls Are Being Recorded: The Privilege Risk No One Is Discussing

In November 2019, a family law attorney in Columbus, Ohio, learned that her client had recorded every phone conversation for the previous fourteen months. Not some calls. Every call. Strategy sessions before depositions. Candid assessments of the judge.

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01/28/2026 13 min read

The Email Privacy Illusion: Part 3 of 3 — What Healthcare Figured Out That Law Hasn’t

In March 2018, a family law attorney in Columbus, Ohio, discovered that her client’s estranged husband had been reading every email she sent for eleven months.

Attorney-Client Privilege Breach Disclosure Cybersecurity Data Privacy Email Security Law Firm Security Legal Ethics
01/27/2026 14 min read

The Email Privacy Illusion: Part 2 of 3 — You Encrypted Everything. It Doesn’t Matter.

In 2014, three weeks into a wrongful termination production at EMC/Kazeon, a paralegal flagged an anomaly in the plaintiff’s email collection. The plaintiff’s attorney had used a properly configured Microsoft Exchange server with Transport Layer Security encryption.

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01/26/2026 13 min read

The Email Privacy Illusion: Part 1 of 3 — Your Free Email Account Is Reading Everything You Send

In September 2016, a paralegal on our Kazeon eDiscovery team at EMC finished imaging the email account of a solo practitioner in Northern California. The collection order covered four years of client communications.

Attorney-Client Privilege Breach Disclosure Cybersecurity Data Privacy eDiscovery Email Security Legal Ethics
01/26/2026 14 min read

The Spy in Your Pocket: Why Attorneys Need an Air-Gapped Phone

masquerading as e-commerce.\” Here’s why attorneys need separate work

Attorney-Client Privilege Corporate Governance Cybersecurity Data Privacy Legal Ethics
01/24/2026 11 min read

Your Password Is the Weakest Link in Your Security Chain

On the morning of June 7, 2021, Katherine Weall opened her laptop to file an answer in Manhattan federal court. She had drafted the document. She knew the deadline.

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01/12/2026 11 min read

Why Hackers Target Law Firms: Where All the Secrets Are Buried

costs. Learn why hackers target attorneys and your ethical obligations

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