Robert Ambrogi

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

Wiki site promotes public review of patents

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A Web site launched today, WikiPatents, aims to improve the quality of U.S. patents by encouraging large-scale public comment on issued patents and, eventually, pending applications.

A statement announcing the site says:

“WikiPatents is a free-access web site and database containing millions of patents that allows the interested public to discuss, rate,

Legal technology guru launches blog

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Lawyer and consultant Ross Kodner is rightly known as the guru of legal technology. He and his colleagues at MicroLaw Inc. have been dishing out sound technology advice to legal professionals for two decades. Ross is well known internationally as a speaker and writer on legal technology and has been generous in donating…

Summer Associates = Big Bucks

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Amazing numbers from New York Lawyer:

“The 276 summer associates class at Latham & Watkins outnumbered the total staff of 195 lawyers at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. At Latham, summer associates made more than $2,650 a week on average, costing the firm about $8.5 million in salaries alone.”…

7th Circuit add RSS feeds, podcasts

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The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals now offers an RSS feed for its opinions and a podcast feed for its oral arguments. Find them both at the court’s RSS page. According to The Third Branch, the federal courts newsletter, it is the first federal appeals court to offer RSS feeds.

Circuit Executive…