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Blawg of the Day - Condominium Insurance Law

Posted on January 28, 2011
A niche blog for you today - it's Condominium Insurance Law, brought to you by the Merlin Law Group out of Florida. The Editor in Chief is Corey Harris, who works with condominium management associations and boards of directors regarding issues they about about insurance policies and other liability policies and claims.

Blawg of the Day - Asia Chronicles

Posted on January 27, 2011
Kinney Recruiting's Asia Chronicles is tagged as the "big law blog for Asia and beyond." It's really just a blog of news headlines about law firm news in Asian countries - links to other sites, no more thought put into the posts than that.

Blawg of the Day - Lean Law

Posted on January 26, 2011
Here's a blog that comes at the practice of law from a non-traditional standpoint - LeanLaw aims at "inspiring continuous improvement for legal professionals, knowledge workers, and others," by "exploring Lean and Six Sigma, GTD, technology, health, life hacks, and other ways to improve organizational efficiency and personal productivity." It's published by D. Mark Jackson, a California lawyer representing clients in a number of litigation areas. You'll find posts here on a lot of different topics - failure and design, things to check before giving a presentation, focusing on the customer, and creativity, to name a few. The only problem - he hasn't posted in nearly 2 months - and before that, his posts were few and far between. This is a great niche blog - c'mon, Mark, let's see some more posts!

Blawg of the Day - Whistleblowing & Compliance Law Blog

Posted on January 25, 2011
From inquiries yesterday we talk about whistleblowing today. The Whistleblowing & Compliance Law Blog provides updates on developments in compliance counseling and whistleblowing defense claims. It's brought to you by a team of seven lawyers at big firm Epstein Becker Green. They're discussing such topics as Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Food Safety Modernization Act, and whistleblower pleadings, among others.

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Blawg of the Day - Subject to Inquiry

Posted on January 24, 2011
Subject to Inquiry is a very slick-looking blog; it's McGuire Woods' blog on white collar, Congressional, SEC, Energy Enforcement and other government inquiries. You'll find recent posts on immigration enforcement, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, non-prosecution agreements, congressional ethics, and more.

Blawg of the Day - Sports in the Courts Blog

Posted on January 21, 2011
I always love an internally-rhyming blog title, so I especially liked hearing about the Sports in the Courts Blog. It's published by Chris Fusco, the managing partner at the New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania firm of Callahan & Fusco. It looks like he's covering legal issues arising in all the major sports associations, including MLB, MMA/Boxing, NBA, NCAA, NFL, NHL, PGA, Tennis, and Cycling.

Blawg of the Day - Mattern of Fact

Posted on January 21, 2011
According to its site, the Mattern of Fact blog "aims to educate and inform the legal community about in-house and outsourced support services, cost recovery and the vendor contracts that support those functions. It's brought to you by Mattern & Associates, a company that helps law firms and large corporations with Request for Proposal (RFP) Management, Output Management, Office Supplies Analysis, Cost Recovery Analysis, and more. You'll find posts on negotiation, offsite records storage, overnight services, and RFP procedures, among others.

Blawg of the Day - Entertainment & Media Law Signal

Posted on January 19, 2011
Let's head north of the border today from a blog from big Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie. The Entertainment & Media Law Signal features information and observations on the newest developments in the field. Recent posts can be found on promotional CDs, online celebrity endorsements, independent film financing, legislation, and more.

Blawg of the Day - Better Building

Posted on January 18, 2011
Better Building is subtitled as "The Responsible Developer's Blog," providing legal and industry news for those in development and construction. It's published by the Washington state firm of Foster Pepper, and they're blogging about such topics as energy savings, green building liability, open space, and sustainable development.

Blawg of the Day - Essential Nutrition Law Blog

Posted on January 17, 2011
Have you ever heard of the "neutraceutical industry?" I hadn't, at least I cam across the Essential Nutrition Law Blog. Wikipedia defines the term "nutraceutical" as a food or food product that provides health and/or medical benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease. The Stoel Rives Nutrition Law team works with nutrition companies making these products, and on the blog they're talking about such topics as manufacturing, nutrition claims, product liability, and trademark issues.

Send Bookmarks to your Friends the Easy Way

Posted on January 17, 2011
I've always loved URL-shortening site bit.ly for its ability to not only shorten long URLs, but also to track how many people click on those shortened links. Now it offers a great service that is really useful when you need to share a bunch of links. Let's say your firm's managing partner asks for recommendations for the Partner Dinner. Or your spouse/significant other wants you to give suggestions for a hotel on your upcoming vacation. Rather than send an email with all the links in them, check out bit.ly bundles. They're collections of links you can add, remove and rearrange. You have to have a bit.ly account to do this, but once you've registered, it's pretty easy to create a bundle. Just enter the URLs of all the sites you want to include, and click Add to Bundle after each...

Blawg of the Day - Broadband Law Advisory

Posted on January 14, 2011
Continuing our theme of big-firm blogs this week, we end up with Broadband Law Advisor, which provides insight and information on the FCC's national broadband plan. It's published by Davis Wright Tremaine, and recent posts are on topics including broadband adoption, navigation devices, privacy and cybersecurity, and tribal communities.

Blawg of the Day - Trademark & Copyright Law

Posted on January 13, 2011
From Foley Hoag comes the blandly-named Trademark & Copyright Law. As you might expect they are discussing those intellectual property topics, including posts on counterfeit goods, false advertising, and licensing. They haven't posted in nearly a month, though - come on Foley Hoag - more posts, please!

Blawg of the Day - Trade Secret/Noncomplete

Posted on January 12, 2011
Another day, another blog from a big firm. Trade Secret/Noncompete is published by Foley & Lardner, and it's basically a blog about - you're right, trade secrets and non-compete agreements. Recent posts discuss enforceability of non-competes, Wikileaks, legitimate business interests, and retaliation.

Blawg of the Day - LE Blog

Posted on January 11, 2011
Another employment law blog from a national big firm. This one's called the LE Blog, for "Labor & Employment." It's brought to you by Greenberg Traurig, and you'll find posts here on such topics as benefits, disability, discrimination, immigration, wage & hour, and more.

Blawg of the Day - The Careerist

Posted on January 10, 2011
The Careerist takes an inside look at how lawyers shape their careers and manager their lives, aiming to dissect developments in the profession, provide useful information and advice, and give lawyers a platform to voice their views. It's an American Lawyer Media blog, and it's authored by Vivia Chen.

Blawg of the Day - Sustainability & Climate Change Reporter

Posted on January 07, 2011
Big firm Lane Powell publishes the Sustainability & Climate Change Reporter, covering issues such as Cap & Trade, carbon credits, renewable energy, wind power, smart grids, and more. The blog is primarily authored by Mike Nesteroff, a lawyer in the firm's Seattle office.

Blawg of the Day - The HST Blog

Posted on January 06, 2011
Canadians are well-familiar with the Harmonized Sales Tax, the combination of the federal Goods and Services Tax and the regional Provincial Sales Tax. At The HST Blog, lawyer Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is providing commentary and analysis on the Harmonized Sales Tax. She's discussing the Canada Revenue Agency, vet bills under the HST, and directors' liability for HST debts, among other things.

Blawg of the Day - Tennessee Injury Law Center

Posted on January 05, 2011
We head to the Volunteer State to look at today's blog. Brentwood, Tennessee lawyer John Day publishes the Tennessee Injury Law Center, "where serious injuries get serious attention." Of late he has discussed making a medical malpractice claim, how Plaintiffs should act in court, and other tips for people litigating in Tennessee courts.

Blawg of the Day - Healthcare Employment Counsel

Posted on January 04, 2011
Another employment law blog for you today, this one with a more focused topic. Healthcare Employment Counsel is "addressing issues at the intersection of employment law and healthcare," and lately they've been discussing flexible spending accounts, value-based insurance designs, the Affordable Care Act, and class actions, among other topics. It's brought to you by big firm Littler Mendelson.

Legal Tech for the Medium-Sized Firm

Posted on January 03, 2011
I have a lot of catching up to do with recent editions of The Kennedy-Mighell Report. Early in December we recorded a great episode called Big Answers for Mid-Sized Problems with our good friend Catherine Sanders Reach of the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center. We talked about the LTRC's 2010 survey, that found that mid-size firms often lag behind large firms (and even solo/small firms, in some cases) in the technology that they have available for their lawyers and professional staff. Dennis, Catherine and I had a great discussion talking about the reasons for this - if you find yourself in a mid-size firm with these issues, give this podcast a listen.

Blawg of the Day - Labor Relations Today

Posted on January 03, 2011
I'm a bit confused about today's blog - Labor Relations Today looks to be a nice resource - it provides analysis and commentary on developments in traditional labor law. So why is there no branding on the home page of the blog to let us know who writes it? If you dig into the About Us or Our Services pages, you'll find that the blog is published by Set Borden and Richard Hankins of McKenna Long & Aldridge - but who not make it more obvious up front? In any event, there are some good things here - posts on the National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board Administration, Decisions, and Rule-Making, unions, unfair labor practices, and more.

Blawg of the Day - Technology Law Source

Posted on December 31, 2010
Here's another blog that should be publishing more, but hasn't within the past two months. Technology Law Source is "mapping the evolving legal landscape," with discussions on data breach notification, domain names, identify theft, social media, and more. It's published by Porter Wright - these big firms ought to know better - get back to posting, folks!

It's the little things that count

Posted on December 30, 2010
I wanted to continue the Google love this week by posting on another fantastic feature that has finally been enabled in Gmail. It's Auto-Advance, something that you might already be using if you use Outlook to manage your email. I really like the ability to move directly to the newest email once I delete the previous email in my inbox, and for the longest time that wasn't available in Gmail. Now when I click Delete, or put a label on a message to move it out of the Inbox, the screen immediately moves to the next message. A small advance, I know, but an important one. To enable this feature, go to Settings, and then Labs, and click Enable under Auto-Advance.

Blawg of the Day - Government Contracts Legal Forum

Posted on December 30, 2010
From Crowell & Moring's government contracts lawyers comes the Government Contracts Legal Forum, a blog about the world of - you guessed it, government contracts. About 20 of the C&M lawyers write on the blog, and you'll see posts on such topics as antitrust, bid protests, false claims, international contracting, public-private partnerships, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, among others.

Blawg of the Day - Banking & Financial Services Law

Posted on December 29, 2010
The Canadian firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt publishes Banking & Financial Services Law, which provides analysis and updates on Canadian and U.S. Cross-Border credit market developments. Recent posts have been written on the Wage Earner Program Act, security interests, PMSI secured parties, and the Personal Property Security Act.

Google Docs Charts Get More Interesting

Posted on December 29, 2010
Okay, so Google Docs still can't match the power of any part of the Microsoft Office suite, but they sure keep getting closer and closer. Recently, they debuted a great new chart creation tool that makes some significant advances. You'll find annotated timelines, organizational charts, gauges, a motion chart, and many more chart types. It still doesn't have Excel's incredible functionality, but in many cases a Google Docs spreadsheet will fit the bill.

Give your Gmail security a tuneup

Posted on December 28, 2010
If you're a Gmail user, you might want to to give this Gmail Security Checklist a onceover. It takes you through an assessment of security basics - on your computer, your browser, your Google account, and then your Gmail settings. And although this is designed for Gmail, many parts of this checklist apply just as well to other types of webmail.

Blawg of the Day - GlobalTort

Posted on December 28, 2010
Another interesting "niche-ish" blog for you today - it's called GlobalTort, and it aims to map "the intersections among torts, science, corporate law, insurance and bankruptcy." Not all of the authors are lawyers - Kirk Hartley is with Childress Duffy Goldblatt, a litigation firm with offices in Chicago and Florida. Also blogging with him are Steve Sellick and Tim Green, consultants who work in the areas of complex quantitative analysis as well as operational, litigation, and compliance matters. You'll find recent posts on Big Tobacco, insurance for global tort claims, the litigation industry, and more.

Blawg of the Day - Oregon Patent Litigation Tracker

Posted on December 27, 2010
Here's an interesting niche blog that hasn't posted in a couple of months - the Oregon Patent Litigation Tracker features news and updates from all active patent cases in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. You can track the cases according to the judge assigned to them, or look at such issues as Claim Construction, Patent Marking, and Statutory Subject Matter. But clearly there's been activity in cases since October 29 (the date of their last post) - c'mon, Stoel Rives, keep up the posting!

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