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By Lisa Stone

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 17:07:51

Federal Judge an Unlikely Blogger

Posted on May 27, 2008
When the online magazine Slate launched its legal blog, Convictions, in March, a key feature was the blog's array of notable contributors drawn from all corners of the legal world. One in particular who stood out was Nancy Gertner, a...

ABA Announces Silver Gavel Awards

Posted on May 27, 2008
The American Bar Association has announced the winners of its 2008 Silver Gavel Awards for Media & The Arts, which honor "communications media that have been exemplary in helping to foster the American public's understanding of the law and the...

Barack Obama: The BlogHer Interview

Posted on May 23, 2008
Back in February 2006, the founding author of this blog, Lisa Stone, turned over the reins to Carolyn Elefant and me so that she could focus on her other "little project," BlogHer, the "community for women who blog." Since then,...

Folos: Med-Mal Crisis; Judicial Uncertainty

Posted on May 23, 2008
A post here last week, Study Debunks Med-Mal Crisis, discussed a new study conducted by researchers at Suffolk University Law School in Boston and published in the journal Health Affairs that questioned claims of a medical-malpractice premium crisis in Massachusetts...

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How Do You Make a Lawyer Cry?

Posted on May 23, 2008
How do you make a lawyer cry? That's the teaser the blog Grits for Breakfast uses to introduce a San Angelo Standard-Times report that begins, "Attorneys and mothers alike wept on the Tom Green County Courthouse lawn, rejoicing in the...

Lawyer Seeks $108 Million From Ponzi Scheme

Posted on May 23, 2008
That dollar amount from a news report in the Jamaica Observer sure grabbed my attention, until I realized it was $108 million in Jamaican dollars. Still, even when converted to U.S. money, that is $1.5 million -- not hay by...

More on Gender Differences in the Legal Profession

Posted on May 22, 2008
Today, my news aggregator delivered two stories concerning gender differences in the legal profession. First up is this Bloomberg story, which reports that male lawyers in the U.K. earn $38,000 -- or 32 percent -- more than female lawyers. As...

Texas Went Too Far in Polygamy Case, Court Rules

Posted on May 22, 2008
As my co-blogger Robert Ambrogi pointed out here, law bloggers did indeed miss a fairly big story when they, generally, failed to address the significant legal questions raised by Texas officials' removal of 416 children from a polygamist sect's compound...

Should Employers Love 'Love Contracts?'

Posted on May 22, 2008
As employees spend more time at the office, the number of inter-office romances has increased and so too, has the need of employers to protect themselves against any liability for sexual harassment claims that often result from a love affair...

Why Lawyers Need a Good Psychology Class to Succeed

Posted on May 22, 2008
Maybe lawyers need more than just skills training to succeed in a law firm job. If these two recent articles are any indication, law students might benefit from a healthy dose of psychology courses as well. Both suggest that lawyers'...

Liveblogging INTA

Posted on May 21, 2008
The International Trademark Association wraps up its annual meeting in Berlin today. J. Brian Beckham, a lawyer with the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, has been liveblogging the meeting at Internet Cases, providing live coverage of sessions along...

Cream of the Crop in Lit Support

Posted on May 21, 2008
Hat tip to Monica Bay at The Common Scold for pointing out Litigation Support Today magazine's presentation of its first-ever awards for excellence in litigation support. The four winners were: Corporate Legal Department category: Beth Kellermann, litigation e-discovery manager for...

ACLU Launches 'Blog of Rights'

Posted on May 21, 2008
It is only fitting that an organization dedicated to upholding the Bill of Rights should launch the Blog of Rights, because, as the blog's tag line says, "freedom can't blog itself." The American Civil Liberties Union envisions its new blog...

In-House Lawyers to the Rescue

Posted on May 21, 2008
An underdog came out on top in Corporate Counsel magazine's selection of best legal department of 2008. The in-house team at Qwest Communications won for "a classic job of making lemonade when they were dealt lemons," writes editor Anthony Paonita....

Somma: On the Bench or Off?

Posted on May 21, 2008
When last we left U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Somma of Massachusetts, he was reconsidering his resignation from the bench. As you will recall, after news broke in February of Somma's DUI arrest while crossdressing, the judge, anticipating a "media frenzy,"...

Law Firms Fighting Over Contingency Spoils

Posted on May 20, 2008
To the victor go the spoils in contingency cases, to paraphrase a famous quote. But real life isn't always as simple and as the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports, lawyers sometimes find themselves fighting over division of the spoils rather than...

D.C. Circuit Rules That Paper Money Discriminates Against the Blind

Posted on May 20, 2008
The Blog of the Legal Times reports that the D.C. Circuit, by a 2-1 decision, affirmed the ruling of the lower court that paper money discriminates against the blind in violation of Section 504 of the Americans With Disabilities Act....

Message to Gen Y: It's Your Problem, Not Mine

Posted on May 20, 2008
Let's just say that Dan Hull of What About Clients? doesn't mince words. In response to a marketing e-mail touting a 1-day seminar designed to help companies "attract and retain a generation of workers whose commitment seems more temporary than...

Blawg Review #160

Posted on May 20, 2008
Blawg Review #160 takes the form of a diary entry by hostess Ruthie's Law, who shares a behind-the-scenes look at preparing a blawg review. Ruthie writes that at the outset, she begged the pseudonymous Ed. to allow her to call...

The Trickle-Down Effect of Wall Street Job Losses on Law Firms

Posted on May 20, 2008
When Wall Street goes, so goes New York City law firms. At least that's what a recent report by New York City's Independent Budget Office suggests, reports Reuters. According to the IBO, an imminent local recession is expected to cause...

A Second Chance for Judges to Comment?

Posted on May 19, 2008
What limits should be placed on a judge's freedom to speak to the news media and to defend his or her opinions in the court of public opinion? That question is very much in debate in Massachusetts, where a proposed...

BC Law Readies for Mukasey's Visit

Posted on May 19, 2008
This is the week in which Attorney General Michael Mukasey makes his controversial visit to Boston College Law School to speak at its commencement. I've had several previous posts (here, here and here) about the student and faculty dissent resulting....

The Courtship of Jonathan Zittrain

Posted on May 19, 2008
Harvard Law School's conference Thursday and Friday was ostensibly about celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Berkman Center for Internet & Society. But as it kicked off Thursday morning, it seemed more like an elaborate Ivy League courtship ritual aimed...

Other News from Harvard's Berkman

Posted on May 19, 2008
In another post today, I wrote about the courtship of Jonathan Zittrain during Harvard Law School's two-day Berkman@10 Conference to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Berkman Center for Internet & Society. In addition to revealing the law school's offer...

Two More Law Firms Shorten Their Names

Posted on May 16, 2008
The firms formerly known as Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan and Pillsbury, Winthrop Shaw Pittman have re-branded themselves with shorter names, reports the Fulton County Daily Report, via Blog of the Legal Times. Not only have the firms truncated their names...

LA U.S. Attorney Indicts Missouri Woman for Role in MySpace Suicide

Posted on May 16, 2008
The U.S. Attorneys' Office in Los Angeles indicted Missouri woman Lori Drew for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on MySpace that lead to a thirteen year old neighbor's suicide, reports Law.com. Drew created a fake MySpace account and...

Lawyers Rank 17th on List of Best and Worst Paying Jobs

Posted on May 16, 2008
Forbes Magazine just released the latest list that should capture the attention of rankings-obsessed lawyers -- "The Best and Worst Paying Jobs List." With an average salary of $118,280, lawyers place 17th, below most medical specialists, CEOs and airline pilots...

Twittering From the Courtroom

Posted on May 15, 2008
"There's a new kind of journalism coming from a Kansas courtroom this week," writes Anne Reed at her blog Deliberations. She calls it "Twitter journalism." Whereas blogging a trial already seems old-hat, Wichita Eagle reporter and multimedia producer Ron Sylvester...

WIPO Elects Next Director General

Posted on May 15, 2008
In a hard-fought election decided by a one-vote margin, the World Intellectual Property Organization elected Australian lawyer Francis Gurry to be its next director general. Gurry has worked for WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1985, most recently as deputy director...

Not All Quiet on the John Yoo Front

Posted on May 15, 2008
My, how the blogosphere buzz over John Yoo has quieted. Just a month ago, I posted here about the debate among legal and academic bloggers over whether the co-author of Bush Administration memoranda condoning torture should be allowed to retain...

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