Miscellaneous

Martindale's Networking Site Comes out of Beta

Posted on April 23, 2009
Last July, I posted one of <a href="http://www.legaline.com/2008/07/exclusive-first-look-martindale-hubbell.html">the first reviews</a> of the beta version of Martindale-Hubbell's professional networking site, <a href="http://www.martindale...

New Legal Site Targets LGBT Community

Posted on April 23, 2009
A new Web site launched today, <a href="http://www.legalout.com/">LegalOut</a>, to provide access to legal documents designed to address the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. LegalOut differs from other legal document sites, according to <a href="http://www...

Four Hours of 'Che' this Weekend ...

Posted on April 23, 2009
... and look what happened to me. (A <a href="http://www.che-movie.co.uk/">spectacular movie</a> though.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.legaline.com/uploaded_images/che-761840...

A Round-up of New Legal Sites

Posted on April 23, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">[The following column originally appeared in print in <span style="font-weight: bold;">October 2008</span>. I am republishing it as part of my continuing effort to maintain an <a href="http://www...

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Super-Powered Web Sites

Posted on April 23, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">[The following column originally appeared in print in <span style="font-weight: bold;">April 2008</span>. I am republishing it as part of my continuing effort to maintain an <a href="http://www.legaline...

Social Networking for Lawyers (Part Two of Two)

Posted on April 23, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">[The following column originally appeared in print in <span style="font-weight: bold;">June 2008</span>. I am republishing it as part of my continuing effort to maintain an <a href="http://www.legaline...

Social Networking for Lawyers (Part One of Two)

Posted on April 23, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">[The following column originally appeared in print in <span style="font-weight: bold;">May 2008</span>. I am republishing it as part of my continuing effort to maintain an <a href="http://www.legaline...

Tweet 16: 16 Ways Lawyers Can Use Twitter

Posted on April 23, 2009
<span style="font-style: italic;">[The following column originally appeared in print in <span style="font-weight: bold;">November 2008</span>. I am republishing it as part of my continuing effort to maintain an <a href="http://www...

Blog Considers Future of Legal Information

Posted on April 23, 2009
If you don't know what is meant by "legal informatics," I suggest this quote as an oversimplified definition: "Everywhere, more and more courts, legislatures, and agencies are putting information on the Internet in more and better ways using improved technologies...

How Lawyers Use the Web to Network

Posted on April 23, 2009
<span style="font-style:italic;">Chicago Lawyer</span> magazine today has this piece by reporter Olivia Clarke on lawyers <a href="http://www.chicagolawyermagazine.com/2009/03/06/using-the-web-to-network/">using the Web to network</a>...

New Blog Tracks Bankruptcy Cases

Posted on April 23, 2009
The <a href="http://www.abiworld.org/">American Bankruptcy Institute</a> and <a href="http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/graduate/law">St. John's University School of Law</a> have teamed up to launch the <a href="http://stjohns...

Mass. AG Launches into Social Media

Posted on April 23, 2009
The attorney general of Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, has launched a blog called <a href="http://blog.ago.state.ma.us/blog/">At Issue & In Focus</a>. The <a href="http://blog.ago.state.ma.us/blog/2009/03/at-issue-in-focus.html">introductory post</a> says:<br /><blockquote>This blog is designed to help residents to understand and participate in the work of their government...

Clear Those Business Cards Off Your Desk

Posted on April 23, 2009
Yesterday I posted <a href="http://twitter.com/bobambrogi/status/1254930724">this question</a> to Twitter: "Can anyone recommend reliable low cost software to scan biz cards into Outlook (without having to buy scanner/software combo)?" I was trying to avoid a product such as <a href="http://www...

Blog Takes Clever Approach to E-Discovery

Posted on April 23, 2009
Thanks to the <a href="http://www.discoveryresources.org/electronic-discovery-community/e-lessons-learned/legaltech-09-bloggers-welcome/">shameless plugging</a> of Frank Gonnello Jr., I learned about the e-discovery blog <a href="http://www...

Lawyer2Lawyer Named Best Legal Podcast

Posted on December 22, 2008
For the third year running, a href="http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2008/12/dennis_kennedys_2008_lawrelated_blogging_awar.html"Dennis Kennedy's Blawggie Awards/a have named a href="http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/modules.php?name=Newsnew_topic=15"Lawyer2Lawyer/a as the best legal podcast...

Lawyer2Lawyer: Brockovich and Girardi on Gardasil

Posted on December 18, 2008
Erin Brockovich of film fame and noted plaintiffs' lawyer Tom Girardi are our guests on this week's episode of the legal-affairs podcast a href="http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=334"Lawyer2Lawyer/a. Here the description of the show:blockquoteYou may have heard about the Gardasil vaccine for teenage girls, but you may not have heard about the serious side effects allegedly affecting some young women...

Top 10 Expert Witness Cases of 2008

Posted on December 12, 2008
I wrote this for IMS ExpertServices: a href="http://www.ims-expertservices.com/newsletters/dec/top-10-expert-witness-cases-of-2008-120908.asp"Top 10 Expert Witness Cases of 2008/a. I read a lot of cases and heard from a variety of sources. Let me know if you agree with my picks or if there are others you would add.

Lawyer2Lawyer: Diversity in the Legal Profession

Posted on December 11, 2008
This week on the legal-affairs podcast a href="http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=333"Lawyer2Lawyer/a, we look at the state of diversity within the legal profession. Here is the show description:blockquotePeople are making a difference in the legal community...

The Most Important Vote You Can Cast ...

Posted on December 10, 2008
... is not this one. But our Lawyer2Lawyer podcast is neck and neck for first place in the readers' choice balloting for best podcast in the ABA Journal's a href="http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/blawg100_2008/podcasts"Blawg 100/a. We're up against a podcast from some company called LexisNexis...

Sixteen Reasons to Tweet on Twitter

Posted on December 05, 2008
Law.com today published my article, a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202426490041"Sixteen Reasons to Tweet on Twitter/a. This is the same article I mentioned last week, a href="http://www.legaline.com/2008/12/tweet-16-16-ways-lawyers-can-use...

Lawyer2Lawyer: The Economy's Effect on UK Law Firms

Posted on December 04, 2008
This week on the legal-affairs podcast a href="http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=331"Lawyer2Lawyer/a:br /blockquoteThe failing economy is having an impact on law firms, and not just in the U.S. Firms are cutting staff and scrapping bonuses -- and some law firms are even collapsing...

ABA Launches (Buggy) Networking Site

Posted on December 02, 2008
The a href="http://www.abanet.org/"American Bar Association/a has jumped on the social-networking bandwagon with a networking site of its own, a href="http://legallyminded.com/"Legally Minded/a. I wrote about it earlier today at a href="http://legalblogwatch...

Two Awards from ABA Blawg 100

Posted on December 01, 2008
Two projects of mine, a blog and a podcast, are included on the ABA Journal's second annual listing of a href="http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/blawg_100_2008/"The Blawg 100/a, the editors' picks of the best legal blogs. a href="http://legalblogwatch...

Tweet 16: 16 Ways Lawyers Can Use Twitter

Posted on December 01, 2008
Law Technology News has posted my latest column, a href="http://www.lawtechnews.com/r5/showkiosk.asp?listing_id=2807641"Tweet Sixteen: 16 Ways Lawyers Can Use Twitter/a. (LTN requires registration to read articles, but it is free. blockquoteWhen it comes to social media, I tend to be an evangelist...

First Look: Martindale-Hubbell Connected

Posted on November 24, 2008
span style="font-style: italic;"[The following column originally appeared in print in span style="font-weight: bold;"August 2008/span. I am republishing it as part of my continuing effort to maintain an a href="http://www.legaline.com/articles.html"archive of my published columns/a...

10 Essential Podcasts for Lawyers

Posted on November 24, 2008
span style="font-style: italic;"[The following column originally appeared in print in span style="font-weight: bold;"September 2008/span. I am republishing it as part of my continuing effort to maintain an a href="http://www.legaline.com/articles.html"archive of my published columns/a...

Lawyer2Lawyer: Legal Issues in the Auto Bailout

Posted on November 20, 2008
Bailout or bankruptcy for U.S. automakers? On this week's legal-affairs podcast a href="http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/modules.php?name=Newsamp;new_topic=15"Lawyer2Lawyer/a, we discuss the legal and policy issues surrounding a bailout or bankruptcy for the Big Three automakers...

JD Supra Launches Facebook App

Posted on November 20, 2008
The document-sharing site a href="http://www.jdsupra.com/"JD Supra/a is launching a href="http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=26217609291"an application/a for a href="http://www.facebook.com/"Facebook/a today that lets its members stream their documents and professional profile information into their Facebook profiles...

My Blog Turns Six

Posted on November 19, 2008
It was six years ago today that I a href="http://www.legaline.com/2002/11/welcome.html"launched this blog/a. Right from the start, the best part about blogging has been the people it has helped me meet and the friends it has helped me make. Thanks to all who follow along.

Firm's Site Highlights its Twitter Feeds

Posted on November 17, 2008
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