Stop by Booth #204 at the 53 rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning. DCS is excited about attending the 53 rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, January 14 – 18, 2019 in Orlando Florida. If you’re going, we hope you’ll stop by our exhibit booth (#204) to say hello and enter a technology sweepstakes worth … Continue reading “53rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning”
Media Release DIRECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS’ DIGITAL ASSET AND ONLINE ACCOUNT DIRECTIVES MANAGEMENT SERVICE SELECTED AS NEXT GENERATION OF DIGITAL INNOVATION FOR THE WORLD SUMMIT AWARDS IN THE CATEGORY OF “SMART SETTLEMENTS & URBANIZATION DIRECTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. (DCS) of Canada is among the 40 winners of international World … Continue reading “DCS Receives World Summit Award for Digital Innovation”
NetChoice releases “white paper” encouraging lawyers and estate planners to avoid the practice of recommending clients share passwords as a way to protect their online accounts and other digital assets Professional estate planners risk civil liability and violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for advising clients on improper use of passwords … Continue reading “Why Modern Digital Estate Planning and Password Sharing Don’t Mix”
The rise of legal innovation and disruptions to the industry being propelled by non-lawyers and technology, speaks to one core thing – your clients are demanding 21st century relevance, and you should too. You now have new audience demands, the online world, the growth of digital assets, and globalization affecting the backbone of the … Continue reading “Is your practice ready for a tech savvy audience?”
“Without rules and guidelines in place, social media is a rogue platform with nuclear capability.” – Mark A. Cohen, Lawyer & Prominent Legal Innovation Writer According to a 2016 report by PEW Research Center, 62% of American adults get their news from social media channels. And, according to Techcrunch a similar study done … Continue reading “It’s a Media Jungle out there | Digital Estate Planning Beware”
Maybe you’ve heard of the Blockchain, and maybe you haven’t. But, if we told you that your future house, car, and other offline physical property was going to be put on this thing called the Blockchain – you’d probably get interested. We know it sounds crazy, but the world is now embedded in an era … Continue reading “Curious how our Physical Property is Going Digital?”
Would you be able to quickly list all your online accounts? Would you get stuck after listing off your phone, laptop, and perhaps your online bank account? That’s okay – we live in a time where the things we own are so technologically advanced that understanding their mechanics is beyond our thought. Our laptops can … Continue reading “Wait! What!?…Digital Assets are Everywhere”
DCS founder and CEO Lee Poskanzer will be participating in a panel discussion on Digital Asset Planning and Cyber Security at the Essex County Estate Planning Council. Additional panelists include Chris Hawthorne, TGA Cross Insurance and Vincent E. Bonazzoli, Esq., Family Estate Planning Law Group. Event Details Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 Time: 7:30am … Continue reading “DCS Goes to Essex County Estate Planning Council!”
Update: Since this original post the Samsung S8 has been released and is fully loaded with the latest biometric authentication features – finger print, iris and facial recognition – oh my! What does this mean in the greater scheme of things? Passwords as we know it are going extinct! Whereas a loved one or planning professional … Continue reading “Do Passwords Have a Place in the Future?”
We’re about to hit a full country enactment of the RUFADAA or its equivalent with just a handful of states left anticipating introductions. In just the last week we saw an introduction in Maine and an enactment in South Dakota – if that’s not rapid progress, we don’t know what is. While this isn’t news … Continue reading “Tracking Digital Afterlife Legislation”
