The ABA Law Practice Management Section is holding its fall meeting this week on beautiful Cape Cod. I am speaking Friday at 9:15 a.m. on the topic, “Web Site 201: Ditch the Tired (and Ineffective) Old Web Site.” Friday features a line-up of…
A New Twist in my Content Theft Saga
[Update: The example links below no longer work because the site removed my content as I requested that they do. ]
I wrote a few days ago about having discovered that a lawyer was grabbing all my blog posts and republishing them wholesale on his website. He was also doing this to several…
Learn a Lesson in Copyright from a Copyright Lawyer Who Can’t Get it Right
Copyright law 101: If you make a wholesale copy of someone else’s entire blog post and publish it on your blog without permission, you are violating that person’s copyright. It’s not fair use. There’s no implied license. It’s simply wrong.
Imagine my surprise earlier this week when I discovered that a lawyer — a lawyer…
Pentagon Website Covers Guantanamo Trials
The Department of Defense has launched a website, Military Commissions, devoted to coverage of trials by the military courts in operation at Guantanamo to try accused terrorists. Notably, the site allows users to view and download documents and court filings from the commission cases against specific individuals and to obtain summaries of the charges…
For Third Birthday, Clio Unveils New Features, Cleaner Design
The Web-based practice-management application Clio marked its third year of business Oct. 1. Today, to mark the occasion, it announced new features and unveiled a cleaner design.
The most significant changes announced today are that Clio users can now integrate their accounts with three of the leading cloud-based document management applications:
Lawyer2Lawyer: Supreme Court Preview
This week on the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we look ahead to what is on the docket for the Supreme Court’s 2011-2012 term. Joining us to share their insights into some of the term’s key cases are Amy Howe, editor of SCOTUSblog and partner with the appellate boutique
And Now for the Rest of the SCOTUSblog Story
I feel a bit like long-time radio commentator Paul Harvey with this post. On Friday, I reported here that SCOTUSblog would unveil a new look and new features on Monday. Well, now we get the rest of the story. Along with the new look…
Coming Monday, A New Look for SCOTUSblog
Supreme Court watchers usually set their sights on the first Monday in October. This year, however, they might want to pay attention to the last Monday in September. On Monday, the preeminent Supreme Court blog, SCOTUSblog, will unveil a new look and some new features.
SCOTUSblog has long stood…
The Lawyer2Lawyer 6th Anniversary Podcast: Bloopers, Cameos and More
Craig Williams and I had a lot of fun yesterday recording the Lawyer2Lawyer Sixth Anniversary show. Not only do we have some bloopers and outtakes from past shows, but we have cameos from such blogosphere (and podosphere) notables as Monica Bay, Dennis Kennedy, Sharon Nelson and John Simek, and Lynne DeVenny and Vicki…
Widget Lets Clients Schedule and Pay for Meetings With You
A Web-based service called vCita launched yesterday that allows you to easily add a widget to your blog or website through which clients and potential clients can schedule a meeting with you and arrange payment in advance. Once the meeting is set, you can meet with the client in a vCita-hosted video-conference…
My Remembrance of New York City on 9/11
I was in New York City on 9/11. Five years ago on this blog, I posted my remembrance of that horrible day. And, as I wrote last year, I also will never forget the days that followed, as desperate family members searched for loved ones and the faces of everyone in that usually vital…
2L Tests Ethical Limits by Blogging About Client
A second-year student at Boston College Law School is intentionally doing something that most legal bloggers know better not to do: blog about a client. A key difference here is that the student, Anusia Hirsch, is doing this with the full consent and cooperation of the client, who reads…