Time flies when you’re having fun. Today marks the third anniversary of the launch of this blog. Here was my first post. Since then, I’ve launched a second blog, Media Law, a podcast, Coast to Coast, and become part of the Law.com blog network. Most importantly, through my blog, I’ve made…
C2C Podcast: The Patriot Act and national security letters
With key provisions of the Patriot Act due to sunset Dec. 31 and in the wake of a frightening report by The Washington Post about the FBI’s excessive use of national security letters, this week’s Coast to Coast podcast focuses on The Patriot Act. Joining cohost J. Craig Williams and me to…
A blog is ‘the press,’ FEC says
The Federal Election Commission today unanimously approved an advisory opinion finding that a blog qualifies for the “press exception” to federal campaign finance law. I have more information on my Media Law blog.…
Expert on advertising ethics launches blog
When it comes to the intersection of legal ethics and legal advertising, there is no more authoritative source than Will Hornsby, staff counsel to the American Bar Association Commission on Advertising for more than a decade. Given this, I am happy to see that Will has just launched a blog, The Boundaries of Legal…
Blog focuses on long-term health care providers
Garlo Ward, an Austin, Texas, law firm representing long-term health care providers, recently redesigned its Web site and launched its front page as a blog providing legal updates and news affecting the long-term health care industry.
The blog will discuss legal issues, such as how to deal with investigations of abuse and neglect in…
Mapping lawyers, blawgers and romantics
Where might you find romantic attorneys? Well, according to the Romantic Attorneys map, there is only one, and he appears to be in Arlington, Va.
But thanks to Google Maps and APIs such as Frappr! (for “friend mapper), any group can create a map that shows the whereabouts of its members. And…
Harvard Law Review looks at high court
The November 2005 Harvard Law Review looks at the Supreme Court’s 2004 term.…
Three more Mass. law bloggers
Yesterday I updated my headcount of law-related bloggers in Massachusetts. At a conference today I met another, then returned to an e-mail from Brandy Karl pointing out two others. So here are my adds:…
Article III Groupie gets outed
Underneath Their Robes is a popular blog about the federal judiciary, written in a gossipy style by the hitherto anonymous Article III Groupie. A3G refers to herself in the feminine voice, but, as Jeffrey Toobin reports today in The New Yorker, A3G is actually David B. Lat, an assistant U.S. attorney in New…
Demographic mapping using Google Maps
This demographic mapping tool allows you to click on any U.S. location and obtain demographics within radii of one, three and five miles from the center point. It was developed by AnalyGIS in partnership with SRC.
[Via Library Stuff.]…
Mass. law bloggers — Updated headcount
Speaking of Boston-area law blogs, back in September, I began to compile a list of lawyer-written blogs in Massachusetts. Since then, I’ve received word of a few others. Here is my updated list:…
Biz Journal: More law firms mull blogs
Only a small number of Boston-area law firms have blogs, but more are in the works, according to the Boston Business Journal article, ‘Blawgs’ — Lawyer musings that raise firm awareness. The article cites Boston bloggers Brandy Karl, John L. Welch and the Gesmer Updegrove crew — Lee Gesmer,