Robert Ambrogi BlogI will be attending the Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting in Denver Oct. 23-26. If you plan to attend, let me know so we can say hello.
It looks like a great line-up of sessions. For those who are not attending, several of the…
The Lawyer’s Deskbook Goes Mobile
A company run by a Texas criminal lawyer has introduced a mobile app designed to enable attorneys to quickly access statutes and case law from the courtroom, the boardroom or wherever they may be. The app, PUSH Legal, enables lawyers to load up their mobile devices with a library of annotated deskbooks covering a…
Speaking at ABA GP Solo Conference this Week
I will be speaking in Denver at the National Solo & Small Firm Conference sponsored by the American Bar Association’s General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division. My program is Social Networking for Lawyers 201, which I am presenting together with Alan Klevan, a Wellesley, Mass., lawyer who…
Gender Bender du Jour: Behind ‘LadyLegal’ is a … Man?
This press release caught my attention: Lady DUI Welcomes Lady Divorce to Connecticut. Was this some sort of renaissance fair for legal problems? Would Sir Suesalot also make an appearance in the Nutmeg State?
Turns out LadyDivorce and LadyDUI are two halves of the dynamic marketing duo
Speaking Friday at ABA LPM Fall Meeting
The ABA Law Practice Management Section is holding its fall meeting this week on beautiful Cape Cod. I am speaking Friday at 9:15 a.m. on the topic, “Web Site 201: Ditch the Tired (and Ineffective) Old Web Site.” Friday features a line-up of…
A New Twist in my Content Theft Saga
[Update: The example links below no longer work because the site removed my content as I requested that they do. ]
I wrote a few days ago about having discovered that a lawyer was grabbing all my blog posts and republishing them wholesale on his website. He was also doing this to several…
Learn a Lesson in Copyright from a Copyright Lawyer Who Can’t Get it Right
Copyright law 101: If you make a wholesale copy of someone else’s entire blog post and publish it on your blog without permission, you are violating that person’s copyright. It’s not fair use. There’s no implied license. It’s simply wrong.
Imagine my surprise earlier this week when I discovered that a lawyer — a lawyer…
Pentagon Website Covers Guantanamo Trials
The Department of Defense has launched a website, Military Commissions, devoted to coverage of trials by the military courts in operation at Guantanamo to try accused terrorists. Notably, the site allows users to view and download documents and court filings from the commission cases against specific individuals and to obtain summaries of the charges…
For Third Birthday, Clio Unveils New Features, Cleaner Design
The Web-based practice-management application Clio marked its third year of business Oct. 1. Today, to mark the occasion, it announced new features and unveiled a cleaner design.
The most significant changes announced today are that Clio users can now integrate their accounts with three of the leading cloud-based document management applications:
Lawyer2Lawyer: Supreme Court Preview
Amy Howe
This week on the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we look ahead to what is on the docket for the Supreme Court’s 2011-2012 term. Joining us to share their insights into some of the term’s key cases are Amy Howe, editor of SCOTUSblog and partner with the appellate boutique