Robert Ambrogi BlogMicrosoft has released the latest beta version of Internet Explorer 7. With tabbed browsing and RSS support, it looks surprisingly familiar to those of us who prefer to use Firefox.…
Podcast: DNA evidence and wrongful convictions
This week, an Illinois man who spent nearly two decades in prison for sexual assault was released after DNA evidence exonerated him. A week earlier, DNA evidence freed a Florida man after more than 24 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard arguments…
LegalTech: I can’t but you should
I cannot remember the last time I missed New York LegalTech, so I am disappointed that a conflict will force me to miss this, its 25th anniversary year. But I encourage others to attend. Starts Monday and runs through Wednesday.
My solace is that, instead of New York, I will be attending a…
Package your message in a mini Web site
An article I wrote about “mini sites” as marketing tools appears today on Law.com.…
Bloggers, the press and the First Amendment
Are bloggers journalists? Should anonymous bloggers be unmasked? David L. Hudson Jr., research attorney with the First Amendment Center, explores these and other questions in his recently posted article on blogging and the press.…
Google cache ruled fair use
A lawyer has lost his copyright infringement lawsuit against Google challenging its caching of a story he wrote. EFF has the details.…
An auction site for legal services
A new “reverse auction” Web site, Tip-Mart, enables purchasers of legal services to accept bids from interested lawyers and law firms. Here is its pitch:
…“In Tip-Mart’s reverse auction, buyers no longer are required to search through and evaluate thousands of potential sellers to locate legal services. Instead, buyers merely post unlimited free reverse
Winners named for law technology awards
Law Technology News yesterday announced the winners of its third annual legal technology awards, recognizing the best uses — and users — of technology in the legal profession.
Winners in the four law firm categories are: Matt Kesner, chief technology officer, Fenwick & West LLP; Kirkland & Ellis LLP/Jeffer, Magels, Butler &…
Wisconsin enacts ‘virtual visitation’
I wrote in July that Wisconsin was mulling bills that would allow divorced parents to visit their children “virtually” — through computer videoconferencing and other electronic means. Yesterday, the bill was passed into law. Michael Gough of InternetVisitation.org says this makes Wisconsin the second state to enact a virtual visitation law.…
Lawyer blogs his trials and errors
John D. Conry may not be the first lawyer to launch a blog as he also launches his own firm. I suspect he is the first, however, to create the blog in order to chronicle “my mistakes as I go through the process of establishing this firm.” As Ernie the Attorney suggests,…
Harvard Law joins in site to battle ‘badware’
Harvard University’s Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute today launched what they call a “neighborhood watch” initiative against spyware and other malicious software programs. StopBadware.org will spotlight companies that trick Internet users to download malicious spyware, adware and malware programs.
The multiyear initiative is being supported by Google,
Ken Lay’s defense team launches Web site
With the federal criminal trial of former Enron Corp. CEO Kenneth Lay set to begin Jan. 30, he and his defense team have launched a Web site designed to enhance his public image and present his side of the story: Ken Lay Information. The site includes the texts of his court filings, biographies of…