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I attended the Berkshires wedding this weekend of a former ALM colleague, Jonathan Barrett (right). I hitched a ride from Boston to Stockbridge with another former ALM colleague, Iain Murray and his wife Candice. Ever the Scotsman, Iain wore his kilt.…
Robert Ambrogi
Is a Massachusetts lawyer, writer and media consultant. He also writes the blog Media Law and cohosts the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer
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All U.S. Trial Transcripts to Go Online
All transcripts of federal district and bankruptcy court proceedings will be available online through the federal judiciary’s PACER system, the Judicial Conference announced today. Transcripts will be posted to PACER 90 days after they are submitted to the court and will cost eight cents a page to view, download or print.
The…
On Blogging, Copyright and Transparency
Allow me to mount my high horse for this post and complain about a practice I see with increasing frequency among legal bloggers. Just this week, I have come across several law-related blogs that consist entirely or almost entirely of posts taken from other sources. Of itself, that is not objectionable. But what bothers me…
Lawyers2Lawyer: Human Rights Lawyers
Lawyers who devote substantial time to promoting international human rights are our focus this week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. Joining my cohost J. Craig Williams and me to discuss their work in this field are:…
Recruiting Sites That Get Thumbs Down
Law.com today published part two of my two-part column on the best and worst recruiting sites of the AmLaw 100 firms. This one looks at recruiting sites that draw thumbs down. Last month’s first part surveyed the best recruiting sites. Both originally appeared in Law Technology News.…
New Site Tracks 9/11 Health Issues
The city of New York this week launched 9/11 Health, a Web site devoted to providing the latest information about scientific research and services regarding health problems resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. As described in this press release:
…“It consolidates the latest information about
My Memories of 9/11
Six years ago today, I was in a New York that forever changed. Last year on this day, I posted my own remembrance of 9/11. Three years ago today, the sky near my house lit up as if nature herself was remembering. On this day this year, I will observe a personal moment…
Wikiscanner and Law: From Althouse to Spitzer
Someone in the Texas office of BCG Attorney Search is no fan of musician Prince, it appears. Wikiscanner — the tool that lets you track the origins of anonymous edits to Wikipedia entries — shows that someone from a Plano, Texas, IP address registered to BCG made dozens of edits to entries…
Internet 1993: Modulated Anarchy
That is how the CBC reporter describes it in this 1993 broadcast. All these years later, it is still the anarchy that appeals most.
[Hat tip to WXPNews.]
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Mac v. PC: The Debate Continues
In an article I wrote in 2002, Web Resources for the Macintosh Lawyer, I noted that my then-colleague at American Lawyer Media, Mark Voorhees, had set off a virtual maelstrom of angry e-mail by declaring in the National Law Journal, “In the legal market, now and forever more, the Mac is…
Schooners Racing off Gloucester
Yesterday’s schooner races off Gloucester, Mass. In the top photo, the one in the center is, I think, the Friendship out of Salem, Mass. In the bottom photo, I believe the one in the center is the Virginia out of Norfolk.…
Gifts for Attorneys — and their Kids
The Florida attorney who writes the blogs Redhead Esq. and New Mommy, Esq. has launched an online store, also called Redhead Esq, featuring items she designed for lawyers’ children. Treat your tot to a T-shirt labeled “Little Litigator” or buy your kid a hoodie with the…