WHAT MARKETERS SHOULD KNOW
Sure, every marketer knows that millennials love their smartphones. What they might not know, however, is that smartphones have become necessities for consumers 50-plus as well. Just 29% of boomers owned smartphones in 2013 compared to 74% today. Current data also point to boomers spending a significant amount of time on their smartphones—nearly two-and-a-half hours a day. Plus, at AARP, we are seeing 40% percent of our site traffic coming through smartphones. For many market
Urban Lawyers, Rural Clients: Tech Considerations
Most legal professionals would agree that the profession is saturated. With so many lawyers out there, there is heavy competition for clients. But as I wrote about in “Representing Rural Clients from a Big-City Office,” this is not the case in rural America, where a lawyer shortage has considerable implications for access to justice. There is opportunity in these rural areas, not just for reaching people in need but also for building your law practice. And with today’s techno
How Are Lawyers Using Social Media In 2016?
Social media has been part of our daily lives for nearly a decade. At first, many lawyers were skeptical, believing that social media offered little value to their practices. But over the years, as social media has enmeshed itself into our culture, the effects of it upon our day-to-day lives is indisputable. Social media impacts both our personal and professional lives, a fact that many lawyers are increasingly accepting. For some lawyers, especially litigators, social media
Social Media Travel Alert: There's No First Amendment in the EU
In America, we pride ourselves on our freedom of speech, and readily point to how much we support the First Amendment, even when it protects speech we don't like, like racist, sexist, or fascist ideas. But the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are American creations, and their protections don't follow us as we travel. And Europe isn't so welcoming to hate speech. Therefore the First Amendment may not apply to our social media speech, if that speech is appearing on platforms
Officer Who Mistakenly Tackled James Blake Sues for Defamation
No, this is not a new Naked Gun movie, nor is it the plot to the newest refresh of Dragnet, Police Squad, Hot Fuzz, Super Troopers, or Team America. NYPD officer extraordinaire, James Frascatore, has likely been living in a personal hell since, arguably, making the biggest mistake of his career: tackling and cuffing international tennis star James Blake. However, now that Frascatore has hopefully been thoroughly made to regret his actions, he is filing a defamation lawsuit ag
Oracle Sued for Gender Pay Gap
At this point, it's pretty safe to assume that every tech company, from Google and Twitter to that virtual reality "unicorn" you never heard of, is being sued for gender discrimination. And the claims are all pretty similar: female employees, especially engineers, are paid less than their male counterparts and given fewer opportunities for advancement, all with a little harassment. The names may change, but the song remains the same. Well, add Oracle to that ever-growing list
Supreme Court Will Decide Major Criminal Law Issues This Term
The Supreme Court, when not on summer vacation, is pretty busy. And the fall 2017 docket, the Court's first with new Justice Neil Gorsuch, is shaping up to be a momentous one. While the Court will be deciding a variety of cases, from the enforceability of arbitration clauses to political gerrymandering and from discriminatory bakers to sports gambling, the justices will also be weighing in on some serious criminal law cases. Here's a look at a few of those cases, and what the
