The document discusses mobile computing in law firms. It notes that mobile devices now account for the majority of computing device sales, and that most lawyers now use smartphones for work. However, it also outlines several risks of mobile computing like device loss, theft, or confiscation. It discusses recent court cases around mobile privacy and searches. The document recommends best practices for mobile security like password protecting devices, backing up data regularly, using location services, and storing client data in cloud services.

1. Mobile Practice Management
Joshua Lenon
Lawyer-in-Residence
Clio

2. Agenda
1. Mobile Overview
2. Applying best practices to mobile in your law
practice
3. Questions

3. MOBILE OVERVIEW

4. Rise of Mobile Computing
• Computers now account for only 20.2% of
computing device sales
• Tablets are 14.6%
– Expected to exceed computer sales in 2015
• Cellphones account for 65% of all device sales
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6. Mobile Computing in Law Firms
• 88% of lawyers have access to a smartphone
– 77% of lawyers have used a smartphone for law-related
tasks
• 52% of lawyers have access to a tablet
• 83% of firms allow personal mobile devices to
access firm’s network
• 25% of firms do not know if they have ever
experienced a security breach
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7. Risks of Mobile Computing
• Loss of Device
– 1/3 of robberies involves the theft of a mobile
phone
– 142,708 smartphones were reported lost in
2011
– Accidental damage is 10 x more common than
loss or theft
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8. Risks of Mobile Computing
• Device Confiscation
– U.S. Border Guards can seize & search devices
with “reasonable suspicion” - United States v.
Cotterman, 709 F.3d 952 (9th Cir., 2013)
– Police can search cell phones that lack password
protection - R. v. Fearon, 2013 ONCA 106
(CanLII)
– Person has a high expectation of privacy in a cell
phone's contents - Smallwood v. State (Fla.,
2013)
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9. Risks of Mobile Computing
• Device Confiscation
– Riley v. California
• Search Incident to Arrest in
California
– United States v. Wurie
• 1st District Requires Search Warrant
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10. Risks of Mobile Computing
• Big Data collection
– One in four law-enforcement agencies have
used a tactic known as a "tower dump”
– Stingray devices used by FBI & at least 25 law
enforcement agencies in 33 states
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11. Consequences
• Unauthorized access to client
information
• Inability to act with diligence and
promptness
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12. Mobile Security Procedures
• Password protect your device
• Back up your device regularly
• Register with device location services
• Store data in Cloud services

13. APPLYING BEST PRACTICES
TO MOBILE PHONES

14. Passwords

15. Backup Regularly

16. Backup Regularly

17. Location Services

18. Location Services

19. Password Protection

20. Password Protection

21. Extra Security

22. Extra Security

23. Cloud Stored Client Data

24. Cloud Stored Client Data

25. Cloud Stored Client Data

26. Cloud Stored Client Data

27. Cloud Stored Client Data

28. Cloud Stored Client Data

29. Cloud Stored Client Data

30. Security for Other Devices

31. CONCLUSION

32. Mobile Security Procedures
• Password protect your device
• Back up your device regularly
• Register with device location services
• Store data in Cloud services

33. QUESTIONS?

34. Thank You
Joshua Lenon
joshua@goclio.com
@JoshuaLenon
Linkedin.com/in/joshualenon