“IoT” Will Change Everything, Including The Practice Of Law

Robins Kaplan attorney Damien A. Riehl, writing in the Hennepin Lawyer, says that new kinds of monitoring devices will change our lives more than many realize, engender whole new categories of liability, and in particular will change the practice of law. More sensors means more data, and more data means more – and different kinds of – evidence. And of course sensors can be hacked, bringing another category of legal issues. This article will for some readers mark their introduction to a new acronym. Time will tell if “IoT” catches on, but it’s clear that what it stand for is going to be a big factor in virtually everyone’s life, whether they like it or not.