Articles Posted in October, 2005

Our weekly legal news podcast Coast to Coast this week takes aim at the law signed yesterday by President Bush that shields gunmakers from crime victim lawsuits — the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. Joining J. Craig Williams and me in a lively debate over the law are:…

All this week, the Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution is sponsoring the eighth annual Cyberweek, an entirely free and completely online event with real time and asynchronous discussions, presentations and simulations concerning online dispute resolution. Complete information about the program and registration is available here.…

I note on my Media Law blog that a bill was filed in Massachusetts today to shield reporters from disclosing their sources. (Disclaimer: I was on the committee that drafted the bill.) Worthy of note is that the bill, as drafted, would protect many bloggers. It defines coverage to include any person who…

The recently redesigned Web site of the Defense Research Institute offers a lesson in how portlets – small, customizable content panes – can be used to dramatically enhance a site’s navigability. I’ll have a more in-depth review of this site in my Web Watch column in the November Law Technology News, but I…

Starting sometime tomorrow, FindLaw will have a new front page — or, more accurately, two front pages. Rather than a single page with sections for lawyers, consumers, small businesses, students and corporate counsel, as it has now, the new design will have dual front pages, one for consumers and one for legal professionals. A…

Two good reasons to visit Chicago in November:

Reason 1: First Annual Peer-to-Peer Litigation Summit, Nov. 3. Reason 2: BlawgThink 2005, Nov. 11 and 12.

Unfortunately, my schedule will not allow me to attend either one. But I will be appropriately envious of those who do.

Need a third reason? Well, there’s always…

Our weekly legal news podcast Coast to Coast this week looks at the new bankruptcy law and its impact on consumers, creditors, lawyers and the courts. Joining J. Craig Williams and me to discuss the law are:…

One day after a Kentucky newspaper reported about the former blog of a lawyer named to head a new government office, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher scrapped plans for the office.

Fletcher had named lawyer C. Dodd Harris IV to direct a new Office of Merit System Referrals, which would look for political bias in merit…

The Senate Judiciary Committee today released four documents providing additional background on Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, including a 57-page Judiciary Committee questionnaire and a 1989 Texans United for Life survey in which Miers reveals her views on abortion. Also released were a financial disclosure form dated Oct. 17, 2005, and a financial statement outlining…

The DuPont Legal Model has become the de facto standard for relationships between corporate law departments and outside law firms. So I was intrigued when I received a note today from Jean Graef, founder of the Montague Institute in the beautiful Western Mass. town of Montague, about a Nov. 17 teleconference, Leveraging…

I attended a conference this weekend where I heard Debra Gersh Hernandez, national coordinator of Sunshine Week, talk about plans for Sunshine Week 2006. Like the first event this year, the week will be devoted to raising public understanding of the importance of open government.

In the course of her talk, Hernandez announced…

Oral arguments at the New Hampshire Supreme Court will be broadcast live over the Internet starting Wednesday, the court announced today. The broadcasts will be available at the court’s Web site. The broadcasts will be recorded and available to be replayed at any time. The court has provided audio recordings of oral…