Blog land seems quiet —
Muteness of ethicalEsq.
No more! David’s back.
… And he’s added haiku.
Yes, I know he’s been back for a month from his self-imposed exile from blogging, but I’ve been off in my own exile, finishing my book, and never got around to mentioning the return of this…
How quickly should a firm update its Web site when a lawyer jumps ship? The Boston Globe reports this morning, in a story titled Top lawyers jump ship for Littler, that four lawyers from three Boston firms are jumping ship to join the new Boston office of Littler Mendelson, a San Francisco-based firm…
Finally finished writing the second edition of my book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web, to be published by ALM Publishing. Watch for it to come out on LawCatalog.com.…
The National Association of Securities Dealers’ Web site reports that the NASD has asked the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to approve amendments to its rules that would compensate securities arbitrators for last-minute adjournments. The change would require a party requesting an adjournment within three days of a scheduled hearing to pay…
Over at Network-Lawyers, Jerry Lawson posts a comment about the legitimization of blogs, noting that the most recent issue of inbox, the newsletter of Jaffe Associates, endorses blogs as one of the hottest trends of the coming year.
“If there is an ‘establishment’ when it comes to law firm marketing,”…
Legal technology consultant Ron Friedmann took the wraps off a major redesign of the Web site for his Prism Legal Consulting. The site includes Ron’s blog as well as a collection of his articles on the application of technology to law practice. The former CIO at Mintz Levin, Ron says he plans…
Today’s Brief, the Law.com daily news round-up, picks up this item from the ABA Journal about the quirky Web site of the Colorado firm Powers Phillips. Reporter Lori Patel writes: “One needs a sense of humor in dealing with Colorado firm Powers Phillips. In fact, the firm insists upon it.…
What happened to Brief Reporter? My June 2003 column, A Brief Summary: Free Briefs on the Web, mentions this Web source of legal briefs (even though it is not free). But a poster to the law-lib listserv said today that he has been trying to access it for several weeks with no luck.…
Cindy L. Chick recently introduced LawLibTech, her blog focused on law library technology and knowledge management. Chick is co-founder, along with Sabrina Pacifici, of LLRX.com, although Chick is no longer affiliated with LLRX.…
Vital Records Information tells where to obtain vital records—birth, death and marriage certificates and divorce decrees—from anywhere in the U.S. It lists sources for each state, territory and county, and most cities and towns, along with contact, fee and ordering information. For records outside the U.S., the site lists links to foreign vital records…
For a trip down the memory lane of Internet law, visit Law on the Electronic Frontier, the June 1996 issue of the Jounal of Computer-Mediated Communication.…
Howard Bashman, creator of the popular blawg, How Appealing, will be the guest speaker for the appellate process segment of the Cybercourts and Online Dispute Resolution seminar that will run next in the Network-Lawyers discussion group. Howard’s portion of the seminar, the appellate process, Cybercourts of Appeal, will be begin on Wednesday, Dec.…
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