Founder Marc Zwillinger weighs in on ComputerWorld's debate on FBI's need to amend the Wiretap Act.
Randy Sabett interviewed on Cigital's Silver Bullet Security Podcast. He spoke with host Gary McGraw about Microsoft’s Zeus Botnet raid, alleged AT&T/NSA wiretapping, whether cyberlaw is full of loopholes, and if security always trades off against privacy and anonymity.
Is time running out on the billable hour? The Washington Post stopped by ZwillGen to enjoy some wine and discuss the modernization of law firm billing, highlighting the ZwillGen way.
Cyberspace Under Siege. Ed Finkel, ABA Journal, November 1, 2010. In this recent article discussing law firms as likely targets for hackers seeking to steal information, Marc Zwillinger points out that hackers are realizing that "strategic deal information, potential economic espionage information, sits with lawyers as much as clients" and lawyers "haven't been as diligent with security as some of the institutions that gave them information."
Lisa Branco and Jacob Sommer presented Legal Jujitsu: The Art of Avoiding the Pain Caused by a Breach at Mandiant’s Incident Response Conference (MIRCon) in Alexandria, Virginia. A review of the conference by the SANS Computer Forensic Investigations and Incident Response Blog, including a summary of their presentation.
Partners Flee Big Law Firms to Go Their Own Way - At Their Own Startips, They Can offer Lower, More Flexible Fees; Clients Come Calling. Hilary Potkewitz, Crain's New York Business.com, August 15, 2010. Article discussing the advantages of boutique law firms mentions Zwillinger Genetski LLP.
Plugging the WikiLeak: What Can the Government Do? Associated Press, August 7, 2010. Marc Zwillinger weighs in on the potential legal actions that could be taken against WikiLeaks head Julian Assange and his company by the US Government, due to the recent outbreak of posted documents.
What legal matters must you bear in mind when a cybercrime strikes your company? SC Magazine US, July 1, 2010. Marc Zwillinger comments on the vulnerability of publicly used computers in this Larry Jaffee article regarding commercial cybercrime. Zwillinger remarks that due to the risk of spyware plants, many companies should likely reevaluate the method of their remote access systems.
Upcoming Hearing on ECPA Reform and the Revolution in Location Based Technologies and Services. Founding Partner, Marc Zwillinger will be testifying before The Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on ECPA Reform and the Revolution in Location Based Technologies and Services on Thursday, June 24, 2010.
DC Internet Boutique Adds Three New Attorneys Including a Former Yahoo! AGC. June 14, 2010. Zwillinger Genetski LLP, a Washington, D.C. based law firm focused on cutting-edge Internet issues has announced the addition of three new attorneys, including a former associate general counsel for Yahoo! and a former Assistant US Attorney from the Northern District of Illinois.
New Internet Boutique Zwillinger Genetski Adds Three Lawyers, Including Yahoo Associate GC, June 14, 2010. Additional Coverage of Zwillinger Genestki's expansion by the LegalTimes Blog.
Coalition pushes rewrite of online privacy law. Cnet.com, March 29, 2010. Marc Zwillinger comments on the need for ECPA reform, noting that the current law penalizes users of cloud computing services by providing less privacy protection for data stored in the cloud than data stored locally.
School laptop spy case prompts Wiretap Act rethink. Ars Technica, March 29, 2010. Marc Zwillinger testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee of Crime and Drugs during a hearing on "video laptop surveillance" urging caution with any law change that would make all silent video communications subject to Wiretap Act rules--as such a change could criminalize surveillance that helps keep children safe.
Proposed Changes to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, What Lies Ahead for User Data and Internet 2.0, an ABA Webinar, Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM (EST). Marc Zwillinger moderated a panel that included Jim Dempsey, Vice President of the CDT, and Jen Mardosz, Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Myspace, to discuss the problems in applying ECPA to Social Networking websites and proposals for reform.
Break the law and your new 'friend' may be the FBI, Associated Press, March 16, 2010.
Firms slow to awaken to cybersecurity threat, The National Law Journal, March 5, 2010.
"Sonnenschein Practice Group Chairs Leave to Form Boutique Law Firm Specializing in Internet Issues" (PDF)
"Recent Lawsuit Shows Challenges in Applying Warrant Rule, SCA to Remotely Stored E-Mail" (PDF)
Marc Zwillinger & Christian Genetski, Criminal Discovery of Internet Communications Under the Stored Communications Act: It's Not a Level Playing Field, 97 J. of Crim. L. & Criminology 569 (2007)
