American Lawyer Media yesterday introduced a redesigned IP Law & Business magazine, and, along with it, a redesigned IP Law & Business Web site, both targeted to in-house legal professionals and outside attorneys responsible for protecting and managing corporate intellectual property assets. The magazine is a streamlined version of the magazine formerly titled…
Founders of new site say they are fed up with lawyers
Citizens for Reducing the Impact of Lawyers on America, which describes itself as “a group of ordinary citizens that is fed up with the destructive and self-serving work of so much of the legal profession in America,” launched its Web site today. CFRILA is dedicated to the proposition that “the legal system has, over…
DocuLex reorganizes its site by industries
DocuLex, developer and marketer of document imaging software, announced the creation of what it calls an online document-imaging resource center. This is a bit misleading, because the site remains primarily devoted to marketing DocuLex products. Now, however, the site is organized by industry. Select “Legal” and jump to a page describing the company’s…
RealLegal launches new company Web site
RealLegal, a Denver-based provider of litigation and practice-management software for lawyers, today announced the launch of its redesigned company Web site. A company announcement says the new site includes more informative content and product documentation, improved navigation, new product demos, a directory of court reporting firms using leading technology, a reseller locator, a…
Webby Awards law nominees lack sizzle
I was disappointed to see this year’s Webby Awards nominees for government and law. All good sites in their own ways, but none an exemplary or even notable site for law.…
New Web resource targets physicians, attorneys
A new Web site, LAWprn.com, aims to serve as a comprehensive legal resource for physicians, attorneys and health care professionals. The site promises an array of medical-legal resources, including 200 articles exploring significant legal and regulatory issues such as Medicare payment policy, medical liability, professional ethics, and the new privacy standards. A subscription-based service,…
European Commission launches eBusiness Legal Portal
The European Commission’s Enterprise Directorate General today launched eBusiness Lex – The eBusiness Legal Portal, a 12-language Web portal containing information on the legal aspects of e-business, aimed specifically at small and medium sized European companies. The site contains information and resources on a range of issues, including contracts, online payments, privacy and data…
Investigators conclude D.C. lawyer was Deep Throat
After a four-year investigation, students at the University of Illinois have concluded that Deep Throat, the anonymous source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal, was Fred Fielding, deputy counsel to former President Nixon and now a litigator with the Washington, D.C., firm Morgan, Lewis and Bockius. In the past,…
New tool monitors news groups for key words, names
Lawyers who need to track when a company, Web site, product or name is discussed in Usenet newsgroups have a new tool they can use. NetNews Tracker is a bot that searches newsgroups twice each day for the phrases that you choose, then delivers new hits to you via e-mail. Each hit includes an…
Police can now create facial composites over the Web
Smith & Wesson Advanced Technologies, a corporate cousin of the 151-year-old handgun maker Smith & Wesson, today launched the first Web-based facial composite sketch tool for law enforcement agencies. Called Identi-Kit.NET, it gives law enforcement agencies the ability to produce a sketch instantly and transmit it immediately to other law enforcement agencies anywhere in…
Site offers info on Weyerhaeuser siding class action
A new Web site launched Wednesday, Weyerhaeuser Hardboard Siding Class Action Settlement, as part of a court-ordered supplemental notice program in the court-approved settlement involving Weyerhaeuser brand hardboard siding. The site is part of a series of notices intended to inform those who own or previously owned properties with the siding that if they…
Does size matter for Asian law firms?
This month’s Asian Legal Business magazine asks, “Does size really matter?” as it posts its rankings of the 50 largest law firms in Asia. Topping the list are Australian firms Minter Ellison, with a total lawyer headcount of 1476; Mallesons Stephen Jaques; and Allens Arthur Robinson. The highest ranking U.S. firm…