Mark Dubois

Mark Dubois, the former chief disciplinary counsel for Connecticut, is now an attorney at the New London firm of Geraghty & Bonnano.

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HIPAA And Me

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Friday, March 15, 2013 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

No single word, phrase or acronym strikes more fear into a lawyer than HIPAA.

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A Blizzard Of New Knowledge

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Monday, March 11, 2013 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

Now that the aftermath of the recent snowstorm has settled down, I thought I would record the important things I learned from the news and weather folks on TV.

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Contracting Legal Market And Overproduction of Lawyers Leads To Crisis

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Monday, March 4, 2013 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

There is a crisis in legal education driven by a contracting legal market and a serious overproduction of new lawyers. Some have estimated there are enough un- and underemployed lawyers to fill the needs of the profession for the next decade.

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The Virtually Virtual Office

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Monday, February 25, 2013 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I see that New Jersey has amended its rules concerning the maintenance of a law office in the jurisdiction to allow for a "virtual" presence instead of the traditional "bricks and sticks" requirement. Fascinating. If anyone thinks technology is not going to reshape how the practice of law is defined and legal services are delivered, think again.

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Clouds In My Coffee, Vol. 2

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Friday, February 15, 2013 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

Last week, I wrote about a recent seminar I participated in dealing with attorneys storing client files in the cloud. As promised, the panel attempted to offer some answers instead of scaring folks back to using clay tablets and papyrus scrolls. Here are some of the things we came up with.

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Clouds In My Coffee, Vol. 1

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Friday, February 8, 2013 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

I have previously written and spoken about the risks to lawyers of moving some or all of their practice to the cloud. As a result, I have been both invited to speak a lot (including at the National Center for State Courts) and been pilloried by some attorneys who claim that I am Chicken Little, squawking that the sky is falling but offering no solutions.

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There Out To Be A Law — Or Maybe Not

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Friday, February 1, 2013 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

As part of my voluntary duties at the Connecticut Bar Association, I (and others) review bills filed in the state House and Senate every day to see how they might affect the legal profession.

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The Department Of This And That

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Friday, January 25, 2013 | by Mark Dubois | The Connecticut Law Tribune

From the Department of Corrections: I recently quoted Wernher von Braun in an article. I got the quote from the Internet, so I was sure it had to be correct.