Articles Posted in August, 2008

It all started when three MIT students put together a presentation for their network security class at MIT about their findings regarding the security vulnerabilities of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s CharlieCard fare-pass system. Just as the students were about to present their findings at DEFCON, the MBTA went to federal court and won a…

The “scandal” making its way around the blogosphere over FindLaw’s allegedly selling text links in violation of Google’s policies is certainly worth discussing and debating. But I am concerned that the facts are being misconstrued in a way that is distorting what should be the focus of the debate. Some blogs portray FindLaw’s sales of…

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched the Coders’ Rights Project, devoted to the legal rights and responsibilities of software programmers and developers who are involved in exploring technology through techniques such as reverse engineering and vulnerability testing and reporting. The project’s Web pages include FAQs on reverse engineering and vulnerability reporting…

Patents Online LLC, the company that operates the free patent-search site FreePatentsOnline.com has launched a more feature-rich companion site targeted at law firms and IP professionals. Called SumoBrain, the new site is designed for professional users who need more features, including higher limits for PDFs, alerts and portfolios, as well as the ability…

Jurors do it. Litigants do it. But when happens when experts do it? The “it” in question is blogging, and the issue is what impact it may have on a trial. While I’ve seen several articles dealing with jurors blogging or litigants blogging, I had not seen any about experts blogging — until now. I…

In what may be a first for an AmLaw 200 law firm, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has launched a Facebook page to serve as a central component in its law school recruiting efforts. The page provides a range of information about the firm and its summer associate program, including:…

Must have been something in the courthouse water during Gerry Spence’s recent defense of Geoffrey Fieger on charges he made illegal political campaign contributions. Within weeks of winning an acquittal for his well-known lawyer client, the equally (more?) well-known Spence launched his blog, Gerry Spence’s Blog. Now,…

On Sept. 17 in New York City, I will moderate a panel, Web 3.0 Attorney Social Networking: The Next “Next” in Online Business Development and Client Service, with a stellar line-up of participants. Sponsored by the New York chapter of the Legal Marketing Association, the panel will include:…

Charles Pugsley Fincher divides his time between practicing law in Texas and drawing cartoons. For the former, his clients may be thankful. For the latter, many lawyers are surely appreciative. At his LawComix Web site, he publishes his “more or less weekly” cartoon, Scribble-in-Law, along with…

A Web site launched today, LitiReviews, provides free access to reviews of legal and litigation software and technology. The site collects the reviews from third-party sources such as TechnoLawyer, the American Bar Association, the Association of Legal Administrators and Law.com. It does not actually publish the reviews, but links to…

Are you a listener to our legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer? If so, we’d like to have you as a guest on a special program to mark our third anniversary later this month. We know you’re out there — our podcast last month had more than 40,000 downloads. For our anniversary show, we’d like to learn…

I am not sure when this happened, because I just noticed it, but I see that Justia has added a lawyer directory to its many features. It lists lawyers and law firms by their practice areas and jurisdictions and can be searched by name and location. It is labeled “pre-beta,” suggesting it is…