The ABA Journal has released its Third Annual Blawg 100, its listing of the best legal blogs as selected by the Journal’s editors. I am proud to say that three projects in which I am involved made the list:…
Lawyer2Lawyer: Giving Back to Those in Need
On this week’s Thanksgiving edition of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we talk to representatives of three organizations about the work they do to help those in need in their communities:…
Reviews: Bloomberg Law, Smart Time and Gov. 2.0
Law.com publishes my column that reviews Bloomberg Law, the new online research service from Bloomberg; Smart Time, the new time-capture tool from Smart WebParts; and new Web sites from the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Government Printing Office.…
The Madoff Social Network Map
To pull off a $20 billion ponzi scheme, you need a broad web of social and business connections. In the case of Bernard Madoff, the network of feeder funds and sub-feeder funds that funneled investors’ money his way was particularly complex. For a striking visual depiction of this complex network of funds, check out this…
Twitter’s New ‘Retweet’ Feature
Twitter has now rolled out its beta retweet feature to most users. Not all of them are happy about it. You will know if you have it when you go to your Twitter home page, where you will find a notice describing the new feature.
Formerly, you could pass along a tweet of interest…
Google Gets into Legal Research
In a post earlier today at Legal Blog Watch, The Google Gorilla Enters the Research Game, I wrote about Google’s announcement yesterday that Google Scholar now allows users to search full-text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state appellate and trial courts. I wrote there about the implications of the…
ABA Journal Features ‘LawSites’ as Blawg of Week
We are honored to be the featured blog this week on the ABA Journal’s Blawg Directory.…
Lawyer2Lawyer: The Impact of Civil Gideon
The Supreme Court’s 1963 decision, Gideon v. Wainwright, guaranteed that criminal defendants unable to afford their own lawyer would have one appointed at the public’s expense. Should there be a corollary right in certain types of civil cases that involve basic human needs, such as when a person faces eviction from a home or the…
Sponsor the Bar Foundation’s 45th Anniversary
The Massachusetts Bar Foundation is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. I am honored to serve as a trustee of this important charitable organization, which is dedicated to ensuring equal access to justice and to enhancing the administration of justice and understanding of the law.
I urge companies, law firms, lawyers and…
YouLaw Video Review: Traffic Ticket Lawyer
I am on the “back bench” for this Technolawyer review of a law firm marketing video by traffic-ticket lawyer Jason Diamond: YouLaw: Compelling Screenplay Deserves a Reshoot. My comments along with those of other back benchers are at the end of the review.…
Shepardize? There’s an App for That
It’s true. LexisNexis today announced the release of its application for the iPhone. It is called “Get Cases and Shepardize” and it lets you, well, get cases and Shepardize them simply by entering a citation.
The good news is that the app is free to download from Apple’s iTunes store. The bad news…
Lawyer2Lawyer: E-mail and the 4th Amendment
Does the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures extend to e-mail and data stored in “the cloud”? Surprisingly, the question remains unsettled in the courts. On this week’s legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss the extent to which e-mail and other online data are protected in both the criminal and civil contexts. Joining…