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Microblog Roundup 12/20/08

By D. Todd Smith

pA sample of my microblog entries thus far in Decembernbsp;appears below. To receive all of my updates, follow me on Twitter at at a href="http://twitter.com/dtoddsmith"@dtoddsmith/a./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Thanks to @glambert for including me as nos. 32, 45, 65 amp; 125 in the quot;'Must Read' Blog Posts of 2008quot; at a href="http://is.gd/cv74"http://is.gd/cv74/a.nbsp;A great list./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Texas Lawyer says the intermediate appellate courts are hearing more oral arguments. I link and add a few thoughts at a href="http://is.gd/bYTl"http://is.gd/bYTl/a./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Yet another appellate law blog closes down, a href="http://is.gd/bHlk"http://is.gd/bHlk/a.nbsp;Good reason (entering public service), but I don't like the trend./p p style="margin-left: 40px"WSJ.com picked up my post on the 2010 judicial races in Austin, a href="http://is.gd/bnc2"http://is.gd/bnc2/a.nbsp;Always a good feeling./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Reading quot;Texas Appeals Court Does About-Face in Vioxx Case,quot; a href="http://is.gd/bkqG"http://is.gd/bkqG/a./p p style="margin-left: 40px"3rd CA Justice Patterson confirms candidacy for district bench, Kurt Kuhn to run for her spot, both in 2010: a href="http://is.gd/bhPI"http://is.gd/bhPI/a./p p style="margin-left: 40px"New 3rd Court of Appeals Chief Justice Woodie Jones to preside over oral arguments starting January 14, a href="http://is.gd/bdEl"http://is.gd/bdEl/a./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Hate to see another appellate blogger hanging it up: a href="http://is.gd/b52l"http://is.gd/b52l/a.nbsp;Farewell Appellate Law amp; Practice. Thanks for the inspiration./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Just filed a motion for new trial in a case in the Rio Grande Valley. Ah, technology!/p p style="margin-left: 40px"Reading quot;How to Build a Better Law Blog,quot; a href="http://is.gd/aGxs"http://is.gd/aGxs/a.nbsp;@kevinokeefe quoted./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Had lunch with another Austin appellate lawyer. Enjoyed the visit, even though he's technically a competitor. Keeping up referral sources./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Appellate counsel, wasting the court's time could cost you $6,000, per a href="http://is.gd/a5vc"http://is.gd/a5vc/anbsp;(HT @publicrecords)./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Reading quot;Boutique Firms Well-Positioned in Current Economy,quot; a href="http://is.gd/a23g"http://is.gd/a23g/a./p p style="margin-left: 40px"I'm in one of those places where I've been too busy to blog, but able to take 30 seconds to string together 140 characters periodically./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Note to self: If you want to make the ABA Top 100, don't write a blog covering a niche practice area in a specific jurisdiction./p p style="margin-left: 40px"New ABA Blawg 100 is out at a href="http://is.gd/9MeG"http://is.gd/9MeG/a.nbsp;Lots of familar names on the list. Only half were repeats from last year. HT @startuplawyer./p p style="margin-left: 40px"After mildly criticizing TexasBarCircle, I've been asked to join the SBOT Web Services Committee, which oversees it. Thanks @johnsirman./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Reading quot;UT fraternity will get new trial in wrongful death case,quot; a href="http://is.gd/9cLR"http://is.gd/9cLR/a.nbsp;Judge John Dietz set default judgment aside./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Signed up two new appeals today, one 5th Circuit and one 13th CA, and I'm not even in the office. Technology is wonderful./p p style="margin-left: 40px"Reading quot;Boutique firms well-positioned to ride it out,quot; a href="http://is.gd/96Lb"http://is.gd/96Lb/a./pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?a=cHOAO"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?i=cHOAO" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?a=OGZIO"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?i=OGZIO" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?a=9sAYO"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/talblog?i=9sAYO" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/talblog/~4/490886215" height="1" width="1"/

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on December 20, 2008 (boomark / email).