Robert Ambrogi

LexisNexis has launched a beta version of its own Web search tool, called Lexis Web. Unlike general search sites such as Google, Lexis Web searches a more limited sphere of legal-oriented Web sites. The user guide says that the sites it searches have been selected and validated by the LexisNexis editorial staff, so…

Will the Supreme Court dismiss a class action suit brought by smokers in Maine, who say they were misled into believing that “low tar” and “light” cigarettes are a healthier alternative to regular cigarettes? The case argued before before the high court this week, Altria Group v. Good,…

Law.com has my column, Ten Legal Podcasts to Keep You Informed, which updates my 2005 column, 10 Essential Podcasts for Lawyers.…

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This is part of the Legal Channels series, produced by the Legal Talk Network in cooperation with Law.com.…

FindLaw has added RSS feeds for case summaries from the Supreme Court, the federal circuit courts and state appellate courts in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas. It has also introduced practice-area feeds that provide case summaries for 16 practice areas, from bankruptcy to tax. The feeds provide summaries of the opinions…

The New York Legal Marketing Association has posted the slides from our Sept. 17 panel on social and professional networking (pdf). As I had noted in an earlier post, the other panelists were Doug Cornelius, a lawyer and frequent speaker and writer on the legal profession’s use of knowledge management, enterprise…

This week’s episode of Lawyer2Lawyer marks our 150th podcast and third anniversary! For this special show, my cohost J. Craig Williams and I revisit some highlights from the past three years and welcome two special return guests, Eugene Volokh, professor at UCLA School of Law…

Peter Schilling, IT director at Amherst College, surveyed this year’s incoming first-year class of 438 students about their technology use. He has posted the results, in the form of the Harper’s Index, as the IT Index. For anyone wondering about the future of social networking, the numbers speak volumes. Consider:…

The TechnoLawyer Blog recently launched a regular feature it calls YouLaw, which reviews law firm advertising videos that are posted to YouTube. New York medical malpractice lawyer Gerald Oginski writes the
reviews. At the end of each review is a section called “Back Bench,” in which other experts add their nutshell opinions.…

Today we recorded the 150th episode of our weekly legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. The show is not yet ready to post, but as we were recording, our favorite lawyer/recording artist Larry Savell of LawTunes surprised and honored us with our very own Lawyer2Lawyer song that he composed and recorded to mark our third…

The Law Library of Congress has converted its Global Legal Monitor from a static, monthly PDF to a dynamic and regularly updated Web site. The monitor tracks legal news and developments worldwide, drawing on information from the Global Legal Information Network and other sources.

From the announcement:

The Law Library

The official Web site of the U.S. court system has finally enabled RSS feeds for news and rulemaking. There are five feeds:

Find them all on this page.…