Legal Commentary

Joe Howie reports that the latest edition of the Association of Litigation Support Professionals' ALSP Update newsletter is available here. It includes an overview of ARMA Int'l (records/info mgmt), and an advisory about new North Carolina regulations for forensics folks (e.g., licensing requires that you've been a licensed PI for 3 years). The group is also developing an EDD checklist.

* Seattle's Kevin O'Keefe has released his "State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere Report," which notes significant growth in blogging. Last year, says O'Keefe, only 39 firms were blogging. Today, he sez,  more than 25% have jumped on the bandwagon, and 10% have multiple blogs. Special thanks, also, to KOK, for including moi in his series of Q&As, by Rob La Gatta.

* Maureen Richmond, of NorthLich,  wants to be sure you know about the Diversity "Call to Action" Summit that will be held April 24-23 in Scottsdale. It will bring together about 100 managing partners, GC and chief legal officers to address this challenge. Among the speakers is  Supreme Ct. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. 411 here.

* Aloha: Ed Jorcyzk, global director of tech for Morrison & Foerster, has hung up his hat... opting for the lure of balmy waves. He's debating a new lifestyle in either Hawaii or Ft. Lauderdale, so we'll letcha know when he next checks in. In the meantime, CIO Jo Haraf has stalled her pending departure for a few months. Never a dull moment at MoFo.

* Only in NoLa: Tom O'Connor brings us news of the "Stella-Yella-Thon," that was part of the annual Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans. Toooooo kewl. I'm headed to NoLa shortly to join Tom and the Crescent City gang for the Louisiana Bar's Solo and Small Firm Conference. May 8-9. Can't wait.

* JoAnna Forshee, of Envision Agency, reports that Legal Marketing News has been retired, and replaced with www.InsideLegal.com newsletter. It covers U.S. and U.K. legal events, marketing tips, PR practices, etc.

* Stephanie Peck Hall, of CompuLaw, is raising money to fight pancreatic cancer -- which also took the life of our ALM colleague Jim Giordano last year. To help her reach her goal, visit her website here.

* Bruce Marcus checks in with a reminder that his latest "Bruce Marcus Letter on Professional Services" is available here. The current issue includes a downloadable white paper, "Productivity: A Primer for the Competitive Firm."

* Kraft Kennedy's Michael Kraft spotted this BBC video about a car that runs on air. Now that's going green! 

* And speaking of green, Carrie Brown offers info about the Green Event Summit, scheduled for (of course) San Francisco, June 12-13.

* David Lat notes that it's not a good idea to try to board a plane with bomb-making materials. (Hat tip to "Ed Post" of Blawg Review.)

* Speaking of Ed, he wants you to know about BlawgReview #152 (TechnoLawyer!) Check it out here.

* Annie Martel, webmaster of Templateswise invites you to visit her site which offers free templates for Microsoft Corp. PowerPoint presentations.

* Chicago's Ron Stevens forwards this lament on behalf of all Cubs fans: Download cubs-futility-20080323.doc