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Legal recruiter Stephen E. Seckler has launced a blog, Counsel to Counsel, focused on career and marketing issues for the legal community. Seckler, a lawyer, is managing director of the Boston office of BCG Attorney Search and former head of his own search firm, Seckler Legal Consulting. Steve is familiar to Massachusetts lawyers…

This week’s Coast to Coast — the legal news audiocast hosted by J. Craig Williams and me — looks at the future of Vioxx litigation in the wake of Merck’s recent win in New Jersey. Our guests this week are:…

Shortly after my post earlier today about national security letters, the Electronic Frontier Foundation issued an alert, “Last Chance to Support PATRIOT Reform — Call Congress Now!” urging anyone concerned about the PATRIOT Act and national security letters in particular to contact their senators and represenatives today. Conferees will be meeting as early as…

It is a pleasant surprise to come across a clever new product, but it is even better to discover that the person behind it is someone you know. Such is the case with The Billable Hour, a line of watches and clocks for lawyers that track time — how else? — in six-minute increments.…

Imagine a country in which the government could order businesses to disclose personal information about you without your knowledge — the books and periodicals you read, the items you purchase and the Web sites you visit. Imagine if the government could order this information without court approval and without any reason to suspect you of…

As I mention over on my Media Law blog, I am in Washington, D.C., today for a conference on legislative matters of interest to newspapers, where I picked up two noteworthy tidbits on Web resources.

First, after hearing U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) speak today about the FOIA bills he cosponsors with

The National Law Journal has a folo on the gun-industry shield law, asking whether it will stand up in court. We covered the new law two weeks ago in our Coast to Coast audiocast, Lawyers, Guns and Money. In the NLJ piece, Sayre Weaver, legal director of the Educational Fund to Stop Gun…

To whet our appetites for one of the major legal technology events of the year, the official blog is now up for ABA Techshow 2006. The blog will provide updates on planning for the 20th anniversary Techshow, which takes place April 20-22 at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel and Towers. Also, Techshow speakers (myself among…

Thanks to SoCal Law Blog for including our Coast to Coast legal news program on its top-10 list of essential podcasts — just behind Nightline and 60 Minutes.…

Speaking of Diane Levin, I strongly advise anyone who is considering launching a career in mediation to read her post, Becoming A mediator: What you should know before you change careers. An accomplished mediator and mediation trainer, Diane offers sage and practical advice.…

At tomorrow’s annual conference of the New England Association for Conflict Resolution, I am presenting a panel, “Blogging for Fun and Profit,” along with mediators/bloggers Diane J. Levin and Dina Beach Lynch. Diane has the 411.…

Two days ago, the blog Blue Mass. Group published an interview with Katherine Pringle, a former Alito clerk and now a progressive New York Democrat who says she is please with Alito’s nomination. The blog quotes her describing Alito as “very thoughtful, very careful, very respectful of Supreme Court precedent. He has a…