No secret opinions in the federal courts. This was the warning issued last week by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a Wisconsin magistrate judge sealed her opinions in two trade secrets cases.
In Hicklin Engineering v. R.J. Bartell, the three-judge panel cautioned: “We hope never to encounter another sealed opinion.”…
In November 2004, I wrote about the launch by CompuLaw of Deadlines On Demand, a service designed to help sole practitioners and small firms calendar court deadlines using CompuLaw’s rules-based service on a pay-per-use basis. With the service now over a year old, I recently checked back for an update.
DOD’s purpose…
Sitting around my office, I often play streaming music. Sometime last fall, I discovered Pandora, and I’ve been addicted ever since.
Pandora calls itself “a music discovery service designed to help you find and enjoy music that you’ll love,” and that is precisely why it is addictive — it takes information about artists…
Attention smaller-firm lawyers: Tomorrow CMP Media officially launches a new Web site for small-business owners, SmallBizResource. Here’s the description:
…“The site will offer original content, free information and expert advice from CMP Media editors on a broad spectrum of issues including sales, marketing, finance, legal, HR, technology, growth, and strategy.
“Unlike other sites, smallbizresource.com
On Coast to Coast this week we discuss The Trial of Saddam Hussein. We are honored to have as our guest Simone Monasebian, chief of the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime. She formerly served as principal defender of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and as a trial attorney with the U.N. International…
Download this 2002 special report from the ABA Section of Litigation: Ethical Guidelines for Settlement Negotiations.…
I told you last week about the e-mails heard around the world between a Boston lawyer and his almost-associate. Now, courtesy of CNN, you get to meet them. [Thanks to Law Blog for the pointer.]…
The fun of exploring the Web is that every so often you discover a treasure. Such is The Green Bag, which describes itself as “an entertaining journal of law.” No ordinary law journal this, it is as eclectic as it is entertaining. In fact, it devotes a section to “eclectica,” where you will find…
As Legal Affairs readies its final print issue, the Yale Daily News considers the viability of an Internet-only version.
See also: Legal Affairs to cease publishing.…
… if it stops moving, it dies.”
That sage quote comes from “Blogs to Riches,” the cover story of the Feb. 20 New York Magazine featuring a package of stories on “The Blog Establishment.” Interesting reading, with a few law bloggers making it into the mix.…
The director of admissions at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall accidently sent an e-mail to thousands of applicants implying that they had been accepted to the prestigious law school, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
…“[T]he mistake happened as he was training a new staff member on the office’s e-mail system. The e-mail was an
Two Georgia criminal defense lawyers, Rob Leonard and John Barrett, recently launched Georgia Criminal Law Blog, described as “Georgia’s premier web log for people accused of crimes and the lawyers defending them.” They are off to a good start, providing substantive discussion of cases and legislation — and a podcast to boot.…
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