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I love the activity monitoring features of the Apple Watch which keep track of when I’m active and encourage me to be more active, but it is also interesting to think about how this feature could prove important in a lawsuit.  In an article for article for Law Technology Today, UK attorney Paul Morrison discusses how wearable technology, such as an Apple Watch, could provide relevant and discoverable information in a personal injury case.  A plaintiff who is less active after an accident might try to use Apple Watch measurements to prove the decrease in activity.  Similarly, a defense attorney who questions the extent of a plaintiff’s injuries may try to access activity readings to show the the plaintiff’s daily activities did not change after an accident.  I’ll be curious to see the first case in which an Apple Watch provides critical evidence.  And now, the news of note from the past week:

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