New Web sites and blogs of note:…
New Sites Offer Help for Laid Of Lawyers
The two major U.S. legal research companies, West and LexisNexis, both separately announced new initiatives and new Web sites to help laid off lawyers as they make the transition to new jobs. I have more details in a post I published today at Legal Blog Watch, West, Lexis Offer Help for Hard Times.…
Head-to-Head Review: Casemaker vs. Fastcase
Two legal research services are in a head-to-head competition to win the loyalty of America’s lawyers. If you think I’m talking about Westlaw and LexisNexis, think again. This battle is between Casemaker and Fastcase. For my monthly Web Watch column in Law Technology News, I offer a head-to-head review of the two services:…
I Am Now a COLPM Fellow-Elect
I am extremely honored to announce that I have been elected as a fellow in the College of Law Practice Management. The letter I received from COLPM President Edward Flitton explains:
…“The COLPM is an honorary organization, unassociated with any bar association, which formally recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the
Podcast: Air France Crash Legal Issues
On May 31, Air France flight 447, out of Rio de Janeiro bound for Paris, seemed to vanish into thin air. A frantic search for passengers and the black boxes turned up some of the bodies and scattered parts, but no black boxes.
This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we examine the lega…
How Facebook Fueled My Birthday Karma
Yesterday was one of my most memorable birthdays ever. And it was all thanks to social networking — and some amazingly thoughtful and generous people. I was going to write a lengthy blog post all about it, but then Molly McDonough at the ABA Journal did it for me.
Read her piece and you…
MA Lawyers: Free Guides to Data Privacy Compliance
As of Jan. 1, 2010, Massachusetts lawyers will be required to comply with the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, a strict new law requiring businesses to encrypt personal data and adopt written policies for data and file storage. The Massachusetts Bar Association, the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program and Catuogno…
Top 10 Innovative Twitterers
Thanks for Jay Shepherd for including me on his list of top 10 Twitterers for innovative lawyers. And sorry for it taking me two months to realize I was named. How did I find out? Twitter, of course.…
L2L: College Athletes vs. EA Sports and the NCAA
This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we consider the class-action lawsuit filed by college football and basketball players against EA Sports and the NCAA. The lawsuit claims that electronic games unlawfully appropriate the likenesses of these student athletes.
Our guests to discuss this issue are Peter Goplerud, dean and…
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I will be speaking at two events in the next month:
On Thursday, June 11, I will be on a panel at the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Solo & Small Firm Law Practice Management Symposium. I am on the 3 p.m. panel, “45 Tips in 45 Minutes,” together with Rodney Dowell and Alan…
A Different Business Model for Newspapers?
My cellphone pic of this 1843 newspaper is too blurry to read. But in the upper-left hand corner, it bears this notice regarding forms of payment: “Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for the paper.”
This old newspaper was on exhibit at the Cape Ann Museum as…