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JD Supra Unveils 'Law Centers'

Posted on May 26, 2009
The document-sharing site <a href="http://www.jdsupra.com/">JD Supra</a> will formally launch a new feature tomorrow that makes finding and following information on specific topics much easier. The new addition -- already available on the site -- is a series of <a href="http://www...

From Suicides to Layoffs: The Impact of the Recession on Lawyers

Posted on May 22, 2009
This week on the legal affairs podcast <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/">Lawyer2Lawyer</a>, we look at the <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2009/05/the-impact-of-the-recession-on-law-firms-and-lawyers/">impact of the recession on lawyers</a> and the legal profession...

New Site Manages the Deal-making Process

Posted on May 21, 2009
Transactional lawyers are the target users of a new Web site, <a href="https://www.transactionspace.com/">TransactionSpace</a>, that aims to make the deal-making process more efficient, intuitive and transparent. The site's tagline sums up its purpose: "You do the lawyering...

Free Case Law - and a History Lesson

Posted on May 16, 2009
<a href="http://www.law.com/">Law.com</a> this week published my article, <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202430593400">Get Your Free Case Law on the Web</a>. No sooner did it appear than I received an e-mail from a reader questioning how several of the sites discussed in the article could claim to have U...

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QuickJump: Correcting the Download Code

Posted on May 14, 2009
My post earlier today, <a href="http://www.legaline.com/2009/05/new-tool-jumps-to-right-windows-folder.html">New Tool Jumps to Right Windows Folder</a>, contained a type in the code for the download key. I've corrected the post to reflect the correct key, which is: ll908384573...

New Tool Jumps to Right Windows Folder

Posted on May 13, 2009
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10 Sites that Provide Free Case Law

Posted on May 05, 2009
Free is good. But free is not necessarily equal. In my latest Web Watch column for <a href="http://www.lawtechnews.com">Law Technology News</a>, I review <a href="http://www.lawtechnews.com/r5/showkiosk.asp?listing_id=3184967">10 Web sites that provide free access to case law</a>...

Memorial Fund for Judge's Family

Posted on May 05, 2009
I wrote last week at <a href="http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2009/04/judges-suicide-leaves-only-questions.html">Legal Blog Watch</a> about the sad news of the suicide of Francis J. D'Eramo, a Superior Court judge in the U...

Our Latest 'YouLaw' Lawyer Video Review

Posted on May 05, 2009
Here is the latest in TechnoLawyer's YouLaw series of lawyer-video reviews: <a href="http://blog.technolawyer.com/2009/05/youlaw-blake-payne.html">"Aw Shucks" Lawyer Achieves What You Cannot</a>. Gerry Oginski writes the main review and I am one of the lawyers who adds comments as part of the "back bench...

Lawyer2Lawyer: Craigslist's Legal Liability

Posted on May 04, 2009
The popular online advertising site <a href="http://www.craigslist.com/">Craigslist</a> found itself in the spotlight recently after a Boston medical student was accused of murdering a Boston masseuse who he met through her advertisement on the site...

Editor's Blog Survives Editor's Layoff

Posted on May 02, 2009
One of my blogosphere indulgences is <a href="http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/mcintyre/blog/">You Don't Say</a>, a blog about language, usage and journalism by John E. McIntyre, veteran copyeditor at The Baltimore Sun. But earlier this week, "the grim economics of the newspaper business" abruptly gave McIntyre "an early parole...

Producing your own Legal Podcast

Posted on April 29, 2009
Good article from <a href="http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2009/04/27/producing-your-own-legal-podcast/">Lawyers USA</a> on producing your own podcast. Includes comments from my <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/">Lawyer2Lawyer</a> cohost <a href="http://www...

State Bar Associations on Facebook

Posted on April 27, 2009
I am in the process of researching how bar associations are using social media. Here is a list of state bar associations I have found with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> pages. Not included in this list are national and local bars...

Bar Association Twitter Feeds

Posted on April 27, 2009
I have been researching how bar associations are using social media. One aspect of that is identifying bar associations with <a href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a> feeds. Here is what I have found so far. Please let me know of others. As you will see, some are active, some are not...

Fun Idea: Personalized Legal Cartoons

Posted on April 27, 2009
Here is a fun idea for decorating your office wall or sending a gift to another lawyer: <a href="http://www.yournameherecartoons.com/">Your Name Here Cartoons</a>. The concept is simple: Pick out the cartoon you like and have it customized with your name or your law firm's name in the caption...

Bar Associations on LinkedIn

Posted on April 27, 2009
Here are the bar associations I have found with pages on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/">LinkedIn</a>. With the exception of the International Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Associations, I include only U.S. bar associations. Let me know of others that I have missed...

Mount Etna, Europe's Largest Active Volcano

Posted on April 24, 2009
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Greek theater, Taormina, Sicily

Posted on April 24, 2009
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Now on the iPhone: Black's Law Dictionary

Posted on April 24, 2009
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Podcast: The Prosecution of the Somali Pirate

Posted on April 23, 2009
This week's <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2009/04/legal-case-against-a-pirate/">Lawyer2Lawyer</a> podcast looks at the first U.S. piracy prosecution in more than a century:<br /><blockquote>The first prosecution of a pirate in the U...

Track and Capture Time Spent on E-mail

Posted on April 23, 2009
How much time do you spend every day on e-mail? As you read through your inbox and write and respond to messages, how much of that time are you tracking? My guess is that lawyers lose track of significant chunks of time spent on e-mail. A new plug-in for Outlook aims to capture that lost time by tracking and recording your activities in Outlook...

The Amalfi Coast, Italy

Posted on April 23, 2009
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Amalfi, Italy

Posted on April 23, 2009
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Positano, Italy, Along the Amalfi Coast

Posted on April 23, 2009
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Rome: The Pope on Easter Sunday

Posted on April 23, 2009
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The Pantheon, Rome

Posted on April 23, 2009
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The Coliseum, Rome

Posted on April 23, 2009
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Great Series of Techshow Video Interviews

Posted on April 23, 2009
At <a href="http://www.techshow.com">ABA Techshow</a> last week, Rob LaGatta and Colin O'Keefe of <a href="http://www.lexconference.com">LexConference</a> recorded a <a href="http://www.lexconference.com/articles/aba-techshow-2009/">series of video interviews</a> with organizers, speakers and attendees...

Library of Congress Launches Blawg Archive

Posted on April 23, 2009
The <a href="http://www.loc.gov/law/">Law Library of Congress</a> this week unveiled a <a href="http://www.loc.gov/law/find/web-archive/legal-blawgs.php">Web archive of legal blogs</a>. The library began archiving selected legal blogs in 2007 and now has archives for more than 100 blogs covering a range of legal topics...

Why Bother with Online Networking?

Posted on April 23, 2009
In conjunction with this week's official launch of <a href="http://www.martindale.com/connected">Martindale-Hubbell Connected</a>, the professional networking site asked several legal bloggers to be part of a week-long series on social and professional networking...

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