Discussion of how to manage strategic design processes for social media implementation, with a focus on bar associations (but with lessons-learned from other kinds of enterprises), and how social media can implicate “knowledge management” processes. References Berkman Center podcasts by Dana Byod and Andrew McAfee, and Polley’s 11-May-2011 slidecast at the ABA. 19 May 2011.

A discussion of the El Dorado of offshore data storage havens: from the 1960s pirate radio operations in the UK, to HavenCo/Sealand (also off the British coast), to Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon, to WikiLeaks’ hoped-for sanctuary in Sweden. Includes discussion of Prof. James Grimmelmann’s SSRN article “Sealand, HavenCo, and the Rule of Law”, Volokh Conspiracy blog commentary, and Bill Keller's April 1 article in the New York Times "Secrecy in Shreds". 6 April 2011

Discussion of recently reported attacks on high-profile companies like GE, Sony, Johnson & Johnson, and the implications for cyber-integrity and data governance. 17 March 2011

Drawing on a presentation made to the North Carolina Bar (on February 18) and on an article in the ABA Journal (February 2011 issue), we discuss whether and how lawyers might make effective use of social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and blogs. 23 Feb 2011

Discussion of Twitter's response to December 2010 national security demands for user information, apparently related to WikiLeak's trove of State Department cable traffic, and the related implications of the 6th Circuit's decision in US v. Warshak (requiring a probable-cause warrant for similar data). 8 Feb 2011