New video up for Legal Issues in the Sharing Economy. Check it out! Panel: Diana Dellamere, Lyft Henry Imber, onefinestay Amyt Eckstein, Moses & Singer Moderated by Jonathan Askin. Sponsored by HP IDOL OnDemand, Clio, and Joynture. Huge thanks to the New York chapter of ISOC for continuing video support!
Legal Hackers Summit?
Some people have expressed an interest in holding a small convention of legal tech, innovation and hacking groups around the world. Let us know if you would be interested in attending something like this, what you’d like to see when you get there, and (perhaps most important) how much you’d pay to get yourself there (consider lodging, travel, and other … Read More
Seattle’s First Legal Tech Startup Weekend
We are so excited to support Seattle’s first-ever legal tech Startup Weekend. West Coast Legal Hackers members should not miss this! Details here.
NY Legal Hackers Tackle Net Neutrality in a Non-Neutral Net
The FCC recently received over 1.1 million public comments from citizens, businesses, and community organizations on the Commission’s response to recent court rulings that severely limited its authority to regulate the internet as an “information service” under Title I of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It was under Title I that the FCC had previously enforced net neutrality–or the principle that … Read More
NY: Demo Night Numero Treis
On June 24, New York Legal Hackers hosted its third demo night, where its members presented new products and services at the intersection of law practice and emerging technologies. First up was Diligence Engine, an efficient platform for large-scale contract review that also makes it easy to build new model provisions. Next, Hire An Esquire creatively contrasted its SaaS marketplace for … Read More
Bleak House to Geek House
Join us at Brooklyn Law School (or online) for a great set of talks on the evolving law and legal practice of entrepreneurial lawyers. We particularly liked a couple of panels: Crowdsourcing the Law Lawyer as CTO Lightning Talks and Demos
Making it Real: Legal Hacking Comes to DUMBO (and London and San Francisco…)
For almost two years now the Legal Hackers community has brought lawyers, politicians, technologists, advocates, artists, and business people together to explore and create alternative solutions to pressing legal and regulatory problems. Two weekends ago, we made a substantial step forward in putting those discussions to practice. On February 8th and 9th in DUMBO, a group of talented lawyers, coders, … Read More
Hacking Revenge Porn
New York Legal Hackers converged at the IFP Made in NY Media Center to host a discussion on the merits and vices of regulating revenge porn. Revenge porn is a phenomenon (primarily targeting women) where the creator of pornographic and intimate photos posts those images online to exact revenge on the subject. In some cases, the site administrators charge a … Read More
Data Privacy Legal Hackathon
We are pleased to announce that New York Legal Hackers will be holding its second hackathon. This time, NYLH will be focusing on data privacy. Information can be found here.
Privilege & Encryption Workshop
On October 24, 2013, the NYC Legal Hackers discussed cryptography and attorney-client privileges in light of the NSA’s dragnet data collection program. We heard from Alison Besunder, Jed Davis, and Nick Merrill. Dig deeper into cryptography with Eric’s Cryptography for Lawyers readlist.