Miscellaneous

When What Happens Online Ends Up in Court

Posted on September 17, 2009
An article I wrote for the e-newsletter of IMS ExpertServices, <a href="http://www.ims-expertservices.com/newsletters/sept/when-what-happens-online-ends-up-in-court-091509.asp">When What Happens Online Ends Up in Court</a>, discusses 10 cases where involvement in social media came back to haunt lawyers, judges, jurors or witnesses...

Lawyer2Lawyer: The Legal Rebels Project

Posted on September 17, 2009
This week on the legal-affairs podcast <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2009/09/inside-the-aba-journals-legal-rebels-project/">Lawyer2Lawyer</a>, we discuss the ABA Journal's <a href="http://www.legalrebels...

Reminder: Discount on Social Media Conference

Posted on September 16, 2009
In a post here <a href="http://www.legaline.com/2009/09/discount-on-social-media-conference.html">earlier this month</a>, I told you how you can get a discount off the registration for a stellar conference coming up on Monday, Sept. 21, <a href="http://www...

Resources on Death Penalty Cases

Posted on September 15, 2009
As part of its programming to help judges better manage death-penalty cases, the <a href="http://www.judges.org/">National Judicial College</a> has developed a Web site, <a href="http://www.capitalcasesresources.org/">Capital Cases Resources</a>...

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Our Interview with the Legal Rebels Tour

Posted on September 15, 2009
The folks from the ABA Journal's <a href="http://www.legalrebels.com/tour">Legal Rebels Tour</a> stopped by the <a href="http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/">Legal Talk Network</a> studio today to record an episode of our podcast <a href="http://legaltalknetwork...

Discount on QuickJump Final Release

Posted on September 15, 2009
In a post here in May, <a href="http://www.legaline.com/2009/05/new-tool-jumps-to-right-windows-folder.html">New Tool Jumps to Right Windows Folder</a>, I told you about <a href="http://www.techhit.com/QuickJump/">QuickJump</a>, a simple but clever little utility for Windows that lets you quickly find the right folder with just a few key strokes...

Free Site Enables Document Assembly

Posted on September 14, 2009
The document-assembly site <a href="http://www.whichdraft.com/">WhichDraft.com</a> enables automatic assembly of contracts and other legal documents. Users start by finding the type of document they want and then they fill them out by answering a series of simple questions...

SJC Hears Fair Report Case

Posted on September 09, 2009
The Supreme Judicial Court today heard oral arguments in Howell v. The Enterprise Publishing Co., a defamation case arising out of a series of newspaper articles regarding a town's termination of an employee. The case is particularly important because it could define the scope of the fair report privilege in Massachusetts...

Bing Hasn't Heard of Jerry Lewis

Posted on September 08, 2009
Microsoft's new search engine, <a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a>, has an xRank feature that shows the day's most popular searches. So with it being Labor Day weekend and comedian Jerry Lewis hosting the <a href="http://www.mda.org/telethon/">Muscular Dystrophy telethon</a> as he has for as long as I can remember, it makes sense that the name Jerry Lewis is at the top of the day's most popular searches...

Casemaker Previews New Digest Service

Posted on September 08, 2009
The legal research service <a href="http://www.lawriter.net/">Casemaker</a> has launched a new case-digest service providing summaries of the most recent cases decided by the courts. Called <a href="http://www.casemakerdigest.com/">CASEMAKERdigest</a>, this initial roll-out of the service covers only state and federal courts in Texas...

Plaxo's New Terms of Service

Posted on September 08, 2009
Logged on to <a href="http://www.plaxo.com/">Plaxo</a> today to find this notice regarding its new terms of service: <br /><blockquote>On October 6, 2009, we will move to a common Privacy Policy and Terms of Service across Plaxo and several other Comcast properties...

New Jersey Courts Employ Social Media

Posted on September 08, 2009
Thanks to the blog <a href="http://socialmedialawstudent.com/twitter/new-jersey-judiciary-now-tweeting/">Social Media Law Student</a> for the heads-up about <a href="http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/pressrel/pr090818a.htm">the announcement</a> from the New Jersey judiciary that it is adopting an array of social-media tools to keep lawyers, litigants and the public better informed of court developments...

Weekend Special: Free iPhone Law School App

Posted on September 04, 2009
A few weeks ago in a post at <a href="http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2009/08/picking-a-law-school-theres-an-app-for-that.html">Legal Blog Watch</a>, I wrote about the new iPhone and iPod Touch app that ranks the 100 best law schools in the United States...

New Site for Sharing Legal Documents

Posted on September 04, 2009
I received an e-mail yesterday informing me of the launch of <a href="http://www.examplemotion.com/">ExampleMotion</a>, a Web site where lawyers can share -- or even sell -- pleadings, motions and other legal documents. Here is what the e-mail says:<br /><blockquote>ExampleMotion...

One Town's 'Secret Government'

Posted on September 03, 2009
In all my years of tracking open meeting cases in Massachusetts, this one is clearly in the running for the prize for most outrageous. Reporting in The Salem News, writer Steve Landwehr describes the selectmen in the town of Hamilton as operating "a near 'secret government,' with selectmen privately discussing a wide range of personnel and policy issues that are not exempt from the requirements of the Open Meeting Law...

Discount on Social Media Conference

Posted on September 02, 2009
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Three New Web Sites Target Legal Pros

Posted on September 01, 2009
<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/index.jsp">Law.com Legal Technology</a> features my article, <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202433476930">Three New Web Sites Target Legal Pros</a>...

Watch Your Phone Bill Carefully

Posted on September 01, 2009
When I received my most recent Verizon phone bill, I was surprised to see a charge of $14.95 to <a href="http://www.ildteleservices.com/">ILD Teleservices Inc.</a> I had no idea what the company was or what the charge was for. I looked back over my recent bills...

Guest on Law Technology Now Podcast

Posted on August 31, 2009
Thanks to Monica Bay for inviting me to be a guest on her podcast, <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/law-technology-now/2009/08/sea-of-possibility-new-%e2%80%9cuber-search-tools-sneak-preview-of-%e2%80%9csocial-media-risks-rewards%e2%80%9d/">Law Technology Now</a>...

Lawyer2Lawyer: Credit Card Consumers and Arbitration

Posted on August 31, 2009
This week on the legal-affairs podcast <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2009/08/credit-card-consumers-arbitration/">Lawyer2Lawyer</a>, we look at the controversy over mandatory arbitration of consumer credit-card disputes...

Editorial: Pension board violates Open Meeting Law

Posted on August 31, 2009
Editorial: Pension board violates Open Meeting Law — again - EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MAPosted using ShareThis

iPhone App Tests Bar Exam Readiness

Posted on August 26, 2009
Earlier this month at <a href="http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2009/08/picking-a-law-school-theres-an-app-for-that.html">Legal Blog Watch</a>, I wrote about the <a href="http://www.lawschool.biz/">Law School 100</a>, an iPhone app for aspiring law students that ranks the 100 best law schools in the United States...

Lawyer2Lawyer: 101 Year Old Lawyer Jack Borden

Posted on August 21, 2009
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Test, ignore

Posted on August 20, 2009
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Lawyer2Lawyer: 'Crowdsourcing' Patent Reviews

Posted on August 20, 2009
The <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/">U.S. Patent and Trademark Office</a> is understaffed and overwhelmed. Could the answer to its problems lie in crowdsourcing the patent-review process? Could crowdsourcing result in better patents?<br /><br />This week on the legal-affairs podcast <a href="http://legaltalknetwork...

Scholar Considers Lessons Learned from Gates-gate

Posted on July 30, 2009
We are honored to have <a href="http://www.law.columbia.edu/fac/Jack_Greenberg">Jack Greenberg</a> as our guest this week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer to share his thoughts on the lessons to be learned from last week's arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr...

Text of New Open Meeting Law

Posted on July 30, 2009
Contained within Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2009, signed into law by Gov. Patrick July 1, is a major overhaul of the Massachusetts open meeting law. Because the full bill is massive and addresses a range of matters relating to ethics and lobbying, I have extracted the portions relating to open meetings for ease of reference...

An Egregious Open Meeting Violation

Posted on July 28, 2009
I constantly hear the refrain that government officials never intentionally violate the open meeting law. When they do violate the law, these people say, it is only because of an innocent mistake. I urge any who believes that to read this report by The Salem News about the Essex Regional Retirement Board...

New Sites of Note, 7.23.09

Posted on July 24, 2009
<li><a href="http://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/index.php">The Soldier in later Medieval England.</a> This one has only the slightest to do with law but it is immensely cool nonetheless. This new British database provides access to the detailed service records of some 250,000 medieval soldiers who served between 1369 and 1453...

Legal Issues in Health Care Reform

Posted on July 23, 2009
As President Obama pushes Congress to reform our nation's health care system, this week's edition of the legal-affairs podcast <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2009/07/the-great-debate-over-health-care-reform/">Lawyer2Lawyer</a> considers the legal issues raised by the reform proposals...

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