Robert Ambrogi

Is a Massachusetts lawyer, writer and media consultant. He also writes the blog Media Law and cohosts the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer

Mass. OKs Limited Counsel to Pro Se Clients

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Massachusetts’ highest court has approved a pilot project starting Nov. 1 under which lawyers may provide limited assistance to pro se clients without obligating themselves to take on the clients’ full representation. The project, recommended by the Supreme Judicial Court’s Steering Committee on Self-Represented Litigants, will run for 18 months in the Probate and Family…

C2C: Phil Beck discusses Vioxx defense

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As I noted earlier this week at Legal Blog Watch, the tally of Vioxx-related lawsuits filed against Merck is now at 23,800 and rising. Yet Merck maintains it will continue its litigation strategy of examining each case on its own merits. Is Merck’s strategy viable for the long haul? What do a recent jury…

First look: IE7 final release

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Prerelease versions have been available for some time, but Microsoft made it official this week with the final release of Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft’s long-overdue great leap forward in the browser wars looks suprising familiar to users of the Firefox browser. New features in IE — tabbed browsing, RSS support and integrated…