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By Lisa Stone

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 17:07:51

Is Faxing Dead? No, Just Different

Posted on March 18, 2010
The rollout of the fax machine in the 1980s was revolutionary. Instantly sending pieces of paper through the ether to another person on the other side of the country or the globe? It blew our minds for a while, and then became an indispensable part of every office...

Calif. AG Candidate Ruffles Feathers With His Designated 'Occupation'

Posted on March 18, 2010
Yesterday, an attorney named John Eastman formally filed his candidacy for the elected position of State Attorney General in California. FlashReport reports in this post that Eastman had been the Dean of Chapman University's School of Law, but recently stepped down from that role...

Singlepayerlegal.org: Humor or Insanity?

Posted on March 17, 2010
Overlawyered linked today to a site called singlepayerlegal.org. And it's amusing. So I sure hope that Overlawyered's determination that it must be nothing more than parody/satire is correct. The premise is the flip side of the argument for a single-payer health care system...

Drawing the Line Between Lawyering and Lobbying

Posted on March 17, 2010
The recent hubbub about the "Al Qaeda 7" -- Department of Justice lawyers who, while in private practice, represented Guantanamo detainees -- spurred a massive debate, nominally about legal ethics and national security. The legal community seems to have come down largely on the side of the attorneys, ripping Liz Cheney and others who question the loyalty of these now-public servants...

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Coming Soon to a Computer Near You: More Free PACER Documents

Posted on March 17, 2010
Top o' the mornin' LBW readers. I thought it appropriate to start off St. Paddy's Day (no, it's not "St. Patty's Day") by bringing you all some news that might make you want to raise a glass. Or a coffee mug, whatever. Tony Mauro reports in The National Law Journal that the U...

Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on March 16, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I took my eyes off of my son for 2 seconds at this restaurant and now I see he has climbed into the "claw grabber" machine filled with lollipops...

LBW Follow-Up Edition: Giraffe Gaffes, Potent Perfumes and Baby Einstein

Posted on March 16, 2010
Possibly spurred on by the looming threat of Judge Carton ruling in their cases, three matters recently discussed on Legal Blog Watch have come to interesting conclusions. 1. Fake Killer Giraffes: Earlier this month, a Louisiana judge issued a TRO requiring a publisher to take down a clearly satirical story about fictional killer giraffes...

C-Span Gives Political Junkies 160,000 Hours of Video to Explore

Posted on March 16, 2010
Via this post on Computational Legal Studies I learned today that C-Span has placed virtually every minute of its 23 years of video archives on the Internet. The New York Times reports that the "C-Span Video Library," which goes back to 1987, is now available to the public...

NCAA Tournament Detrimental to Academic Research, Study Finds

Posted on March 15, 2010
And someone's tuition dollars likely funded the study to figure this out! Drexel Law School professor Dan Filler reports on a Duke University study showing a precipitous decline in academic research in the weeks following the announcement of the "March Madness" college basketball tournament field...

2nd Circuit Says OK to 'Heavy Hitter' Attorney Ads

Posted on March 15, 2010
On Friday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected attorney advertising restrictions put in place in 2007 by the State of New York. The opinion can be found here. Among the prohibitions that the court struck down as First Amendment no-nos were those barring "portrayals of judges" and "trade names or nicknames that imply an ability to get results...

An FCPA Exemption for Dealings in Haiti -- Good Idea?

Posted on March 15, 2010
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act must be much on the minds of in-house lawyers nationwide these days, what with the DOJ's announcement that it intends to beef up its enforcement unit "substantially." At Marginal Revolution, economist Tyler Cowen suggests that the FCPA may be standing in the way of U...

Keeping Clients Happy by Doing Everything Wrong

Posted on March 15, 2010
Is it ever OK to rant and rave, arms flailing, during a court appearance? Or to cite to an irrelevant -- or worse, overruled -- case in your briefs? Apparently, it depends on who you're trying to impress. At his My Law License blog, Miami lawyer Brian Tannenbaum writes that some of the most popular lawyers -- at least measured by client satisfaction -- are those that don't necessarily conduct themselves professionally, or even get the best results...

Observations After Six Months on Legal Blog Watch

Posted on March 12, 2010
As I approach the six-month anniversary of the day I started writing for Legal Blog Watch, it has struck me several times lately that there were so many things I simply did not appreciate about the legal system and the blogosphere before I started watching it intently every (other) day...

LexBlog Delivers 'State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere'

Posted on March 12, 2010
LexBlog CEO Kevin O'Keefe offers some excellent research in a post on his Real Lawyers Have Blogs blog on the "State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere." LexBlog has been publishing this report since 2007, and is beginning to have a good set of data on the growth in the number of big law firms that are blogging...

Law Firm Quinn Emanuel and Kathleen Sullivan Make History

Posted on March 12, 2010
Please pause a second from what you are doing to reflect on this bit of news: Yesterday, law firm Quinn Emanuel changed its name to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. The newly-added "Sullivan" is Kathleen Sullivan. And Sullivan is ... a female! Sullivan's gender doesn't seem so earth-shattering until you learn that yesterday's name change marks the first time in history that a woman's name is on the door of an Am Law 100 firm, the Am Law Litigation Daily reports here...

Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on March 12, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm trying to save up to get a new baseball bat and a Lebron James jersey. Any ideas on how I can make some money quickly, maybe in the $10/hour range? Answer: Let's see...

A Lawyer's Thoughts on a Layman's Analysis of a Securities Fraud Complaint

Posted on March 11, 2010
Getting a non-attorney's perspective on lawsuits filed in the nation's courts is not a radical idea, is it? After all, in theory it's your average Joes and Janes who, many years and tens of thousands of dollars down the road, will be asked to decide which party is in the right, right? At the D&O Diary, Kevin LaCroix, himself an attorney who has clearly read his share of securities fraud complaints, took some time to reflect on the first blush reaction of a non-law blogger to this complaint (PDF) brought against pharma company Medivation...

2nd Circuit Says Alternative Strip Club Sites Must Be Evaluated at Time of Suit

Posted on March 11, 2010
Meeting the Sin Laws had a post yesterday linking to a 2nd Circuit opinion in which the court ruled that, in determining the constitutionality of zoning ordinances affecting "adult entertainment" businesses, the availability of alternate sites must be evaluated not just as of the time the questioned ordinance is passed, but at the time it is challenged...

Hiram Monserrate's Golden Arc -- Defensible From an IP Perspective?

Posted on March 11, 2010
Former New York State Sen. Hiram Monserrate is anything but a quitter. Despite being booted from the Senate after he was convicted of assault -- though sentenced only to probation -- for slashing his girlfriend with a broken glass and dragging her around a bit, Monserrate announced that he was going to run for his old seat again...

I Am Not Your Lawyer: The Non-Engagement Letter

Posted on March 11, 2010
Lawyerist has a reminder this morning about how important it is to avoid inadvertently picking up clients. More specifically, advising on the use of a non-engagement letter in situations where, for one reason or another, after a mutual testing of the waters, you're just not that into each other and decide not to consummate the attorney-client relationship...

Judge Carton Rules: Four-Digit Prison Sentences and One-Named 'Milk-o-holics'

Posted on March 10, 2010
Welcome back to Judge Carton Rules, where a fake judge issues rulings to spare the parties to cases in which the outcome is obvious the time and expense of further litigation. Here is today's docket: Case 1: In the awesome commercial below, the toddler girlfriend of the E-Trade baby demands to know if "that milk-o-holic Lindsay was over" at her boyfriend's house...

The 'Four Voices' Lawyers Can Use When Speaking to Reporters

Posted on March 10, 2010
One of the reasons lawyers blog is to "get their name out there" as experts in their areas of expertise. With a little luck and persistence, this can lead to calls from reporters asking for a lawyer's take on a particular issue that the reporter is writing about...

The Four People (and Counting) Lawyers Won't Meet in Solo Practice

Posted on March 10, 2010
Paul Schorn, a solo practitioner in Texas, has written an interesting article, published in Texas Lawyer, on "The 4 People Lawyers Won't Meet in Solo Practice." Flipping the idea of Mitch Albom's "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" on its head, Schorn writes that while his solo practice is risky and demanding, he knows that he will never be stuck with the types of big firm people who can drain all the fun out of practicing law...

Wednesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on March 10, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I work for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and we're trying to warn motorists against distracted driving on Distraction...

I'll Take One with Mustard, Sauerkraut and an Alibi Witness

Posted on March 09, 2010
Lawyer advertising the old fashioned way -- sort of -- is alive and well in Houston. Via my biggest fan, Scott Greenfield of Simple Justice, comes this story from the Houston Chronicle about a hot dog vendor selling prime ad space on his golf cart, which he parks right outside the courthouse on a daily basis...

Billing On the Go -- Of Course There's an App for That

Posted on March 09, 2010
Jeff Richardson at iPhone J.D. has the news that there is now an iPhone billing app, iSlips, that will sync with the popular non-mobile timekeeping program Timeslips. The demo video does make it look like a pretty simple app to use, once you set up your defaults and get your client/matter list downloaded...

How to Be Resented Twice: Be a Sports Agent and a Lawyer

Posted on March 09, 2010
Show me the money! Then sign this 43-page agreement, inter alia, releasing me and all my heirs, assigns, agents and employees from any claims arising out of the acceptance of said money from the beginning of time through and including the date of execution...

Lawyers: Clear Your Calendars and Your Chambers

Posted on March 09, 2010
If you, like me, need a few dozen CLE credits in the next couple of months, pack your bags ... and your heat. We're going to Charlotte, N.C., for the 13th Annual National Firearms Law Seminar! The event is sponsored by the NRA Foundation, and is just one part of the festivities occurring around the NRA's annual meeting...

Twin Brother of Woman's Lover Seeks New Trial in 'Mistake Sex' Case

Posted on March 08, 2010
?Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God,? she said, grabbing her clothes. ?I thought you were your brother.? Straight out of what looks like a bad criminal law final exam comes this story from the Toronto Star (via Bad Lawyer) about a woman who claims she unwittingly had sex with the twin brother of her "occasional lover...

Old Law Books Are Not Garbage, They're Art

Posted on March 08, 2010
With each passing year, the relevance and need for physical law books seems to diminish a bit more. I haven't spent enough time in law firms lately to know where we are in this slow spiral into obsolescence, but I know the day is coming and books are slowly being disposed of...

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