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Online Storage For Lawyers?

Posted by timothy on from the due-diligence-best-practices dept.

alharaka writes "I have a relative that has been a lawyer for over two decades. In passing conversation, he revealed to me that he has a great deal of his data stored on floppies. Naturally, as an IT guy, I lost it on him, telling him that a one-dimensional storage strategy of floppies was unacceptable. If he lost those files, his clients would be enraged. Since I do not know much about online data storage for lawyers, I read a few articles I found on Google. A lot of people appear to recommend CoreVault, since a few bar associations, including Oklahoma, officially endorsed them. That is not enough for me. Do any Slashdotters have info on this topic? Do you have any companies you would recommend for online data storage specifically for lawyers? My relative is a lawyer with recognition in NJ, NY, CA, and DC; are there any rules and regulations you know of regarding such online storage he must comply with? I know IT and not law. I am aware this is not a forum for legal advice, but do any IT professionals who work for law firms know about such rules and regulations?"

17 of 287 comments (clear)

  1. Yes. by Aaron_Pike · · Score: 4, Funny

    I firmly believe we should store lawyers online.

    1. Re:Yes. by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

      With a big knife you could store them in a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Freezers. RAIF-0 supports striped lawyers.

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    2. Re:Yes. by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought it was the Judicial Array of Inexpensive Lockers that held the striped lawyers....

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    3. Re:Yes. by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Meh. The operating costs of that are too high (refrigeration ain't cheap). I suggest RAID-0, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Dumpsters.

      This does have an issue with degradation of the lawyers over time, but that's OK... it feeds into our COMP-Office Services Technology department.

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    4. Re:Yes. by chappel · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'd like to see more stored at /dev/null

    5. Re:Yes. by wastedlife · · Score: 3, Funny

      Seriously, its like he thinks the internet is just a big dumptruck. Everyone knows that it is a series of tubes. All those lawyers would clog the tubes. It might take one of my staff a whole day to send me an internet again.

      Sincerely,
      Ted Stevens, former Senator

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    6. Re:Yes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I just spent the last ten minutes looking at that trying to think of the neatest way to work in an fsck joke.

      I need. To get. A life.

  2. TrueCrypt? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come to think of it, I think we should store them in *actual* true crypts... ;-)

    1. Re:TrueCrypt? by scotay · · Score: 2, Funny

      *actual* true crypts at the bottom of the sea.

      That way you get a natural coral reef.

  3. Scan and shred by peacefinder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Scan the lawyers and shred the originals. You'll be very popular.

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  4. Re:omfg... by lymond01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, I might put Slashdot above Oklahoma. Slashdot is the biggest tech site on the internet. Oklahoma has a musical named after it.

    That gives me an idea...

  5. Re:omfg... by compro01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This guy beat you to it years ago.

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  6. Re:A Few Helpful Lists by archangel9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Same here. Ours is encrypted offsite w/Blowfish and a 256-bit alphanumeric key. Our data company sees nothing but a bit chunk of data and nothing more. Good thing I have that key written down on a sticky note next to my monitor for safe keeping.

  7. Re:A Few Helpful Lists by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or

    3) He was hoping for the lawyers to identify themselves to build a list of names for the Ark B.

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  8. There are many services out there... by techsoldaten · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are many services out there, but Wikileaks is what lawyers should probably be using.

    M

  9. bah. by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

    What you really need to keep your data secure is use a secure password like the one we use at my company -- 23$wu!x6 -- we've been using that password for a while now and never had any problems.

  10. also, by Khashishi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where can I get a toilet seat designed specifically for lawyers?