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Blawg of the Day -- Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation

Posted on September 17, 2008
Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation is brought to you by Patti Spencer, a Pennsylvania trusts and estates lawyer and expert witness. She's discussing such topics as business succession, disinheritance, powers of attorney, pre-nuptial agreements, scrivener liability, and more.

Blawg of the Day -- Florida Special Needs Law Blog

Posted on September 16, 2008
Here's a nice niche blog -- the Florida Special Needs Law Blog provides insight and commentary on SSI benefits, special needs trusts and Medicaid. It's published by David Lillesand, a parter in the Miami/Gainesville firm of Lillesand & Wolasky.

Blawg of the Day -- Ohio Practical Business Law

Posted on September 15, 2008
Here's a blog for business owners and lawyers in Ohio: titled Ohio Practical Business Law, it offers "practical guidance for making legally informed business decisions." It's published by Teri Rasmussen, an attorney at the Columbus-based firm of Lane, Alton & Horst. The blog is "intended to provide information sufficiently detailed to be useful while remaining accessible to intelligent businessmen and women who may not be lawyers, but still find they need to make decisions affected by legal issues."

Blawg of the Day -- The DUI Lawyer Blog Watch

Posted on September 12, 2008
Today's offering is not technically a blog; rather, it's an aggregation of posts by DUI bloggers all over the internet. The DUI Lawyer Blog Watch is the latest offering by Steve Matthews of Stem Legal in Canada. It features the 50 most recent posts from 54+ DUI law blog feeds. If you're a DUI lawyer or interested in the subject, this is a must-have resource.

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Blawg of the Day -- Connecticut Sports Law

Posted on September 11, 2008
Connecticut Sports Law bills itself as "Connecticut's first blog covering the intersection of sports and law." It's published by Dan Fitzgerald, an associate at the Connecticut firm of Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, where he practices in the areas of sports and entertainment law, litigation and insurance. He's interested in the business and legal issues inherent in most amateur, collegiate and professional athletics, and he hopes to outline these issues on the blog, especially as they pertain to Connecticut.

Blawg of the Day -- Chicago Nursing Home Lawyer Blog

Posted on September 10, 2008
Jonathan Rosenfeld authors the Chicago Nursing Home Lawyer Blog, featuring issues regarding nursing home abuse. He's discussing topics such as bedsores, burns, infections, medication errors, neglect, nutrition, picking a facility, among others. Jonathan works for the Chicago firm of Strellis & Field.

Blawg of the Day -- Federal Evidence Review

Posted on September 09, 2008
In a recent issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly, I mentioned Federal Evidence Review, a journal on recent opinions regarding the federal rules of evidence. The site also has a companion blog, appropriately titled the Federal Evidence Blog, where they are highlighting recent cases and issues involving the Federal Rules of Evidence and other topical evidence matters.

Blawg of the Day -- China Law Insight

Posted on September 08, 2008
I really like english-language blogs that cover a particular aspect of international law. One such blog is China Law Insight, published by King & Wood, a law firm in Beijing. They're discussing topics such as foreign investment, real estate, finance, intellectual property, international trade, and more -- all from a Chinese perspective. The blogs are bilingual, in both English and Chinese.

Links for 2008-09-07 [del.icio.us]

Posted on September 08, 2008
Qualcomm's Appeal and Sanctioned Attorneys' Cross-Appeals Dismissed by Federal Circuit Court of Appeals : Electronic Discovery Law Harvard Medicine Legislative Assembly of Alberta Map Collections Home Page NAELA - National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade®

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Posted on September 06, 2008
Straightening Out Cloud Computing - Columns by PC Magazine

Blawg of the Day -- Neinstein & Associates

Posted on September 05, 2008
The firm of Neinstein & Associates is a personal injury firm based in based in Toronto, Canada. At their Legal Blog, they're discussing motor vehicle accident deductibles, medical glossaries, disabilities, and much more.

5 Blogs and 5 Blawgers

Posted on September 04, 2008
Well, I've been tagged. The latest chain-post making its way around the legal blogosphere is "5 Blogs and 5 Blawgers" -- wherein those who are tagged must pony up their favorite 5 non-law blogs for consideration -- and then subject five more victims to the process. When it comes to my favorite non-law blogs, I tend to favor the practical over the philosophical. Find me a blog that provides some quick, helpful tips on my subjects of interest, and those are the feeds that get stuck in my newsreader. Here are 5 of my favorite blogs, or types of blogs: -- Lifehacker continues to be my favorite blog for learning how to do things better, faster, and smarter. Whether it's learning how to install hard drive in a Macbook, learning about new software, or finding out what to do when a store sells you a box of crap and won't take it back, I find more than one helpful post every day...

Blawg of the Day -- Austin DWI Lawyer

Posted on September 04, 2008
Austin lawyer Jamie Spencer is not content to have only one criminal defense weblog -- in addition to his Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer blog, he's also blogging at Austin DWI Lawyer. He's discussing Texas DWI laws and the defense of DWI charges.

Blawg of the Day Hall of Fame -- Robert Ambrogi's LawSites

Posted on September 03, 2008
I first covered Bob Ambrogi's LawSites back on December 5, 2002, and it's still going strong today. Bob regularly updates his blog with the latest new and intriguing websites for the legal profession. He'll also post about recent episodes of his online radio show, Lawyer2Lawyer. If you want to keep up with new and interesting internet sites and services, subscribe to Bob's blog.

Links for 2008-09-01 [del.icio.us]

Posted on September 02, 2008
Reducing Risk, Cost with Early Case Assessment - InsideCounsel

Blawg of the Day -- Federal Securities Law Blog

Posted on September 02, 2008
Another day, another blog from the Ohio firm of Porter Wright: this one is the Federal Securities Law Blog, which is primarily written by Jack Gravelle. He's discussing compensation matters, FINRA, PCAOB news, and news from the SEC.

Get Yer Legal Tech Reviews Right Here!

Posted on September 01, 2008
Lexbe is an interesting, versatile company. Their core business is the sale of a web-based litigation management application that provides case analytics and document management tools. But like all good Web companies, they also give away some great stuff for free. First it was Litilaw, a fully-searchable online collection of more than 900 recent legal articles from lawyers and firms around the country. Now they're providing a different type of document collection: litiReviews offers links to more than one hundred free legal and litigation software reviews collected on the Internet. Even better, they've categorized the reviews so you can browse by a particular type of software. I'm not sure how quickly the articles are added to the collection, and I hope they are doing something to make sure the reviews don't get outdated by new releases of software, but I sure appreciate a resource like this.

Blawg of the Day -- Nanotechnology Law Report

Posted on September 01, 2008
Here's a blog on a really small niche, so to speak: the Nanotechnology Law Report features legal issues surrounding nanotechnology and general news and events on the subject. It's published by the primarily Ohio-based firm of PorterWright.

Links for 2008-08-30 [del.icio.us]

Posted on August 31, 2008
CBA.ORG - The Canadian Bar Association / L'Association du Barreau canadien Law in Singapore LawVantage: download legal documents, agreements, and contracts Librarians' Internet Index

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Posted on August 30, 2008
New York Technology & New Media Lawyer & Attorney : Proskauer Rose Law Firm : Manhattan Los Angeles Probate, Wills & Trusts Lawyer & Attorney : Schomer Law Firm : Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, California Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer & Attorney : Peter C. Amuso Law Firm : Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware County Pennsylvania The “Wicked Quadrants” - Thoughts on a Possible Theoretical Construct to Understand Unethical Behavior in e-Discovery « e-Discovery Team

The latest issue of...

Posted on August 30, 2008
...the Internet Legal Research Weekly is available for your review.

Blawg of the Day -- Florida Employment & Immigration Law Blog

Posted on August 29, 2008
The Florida Employment & Immigration Law Blog is published by Richard Tuschman and Hector Chichoni, of Epstein Becker & Green's Miami office. They're providing news, analysis and trends on these issues for Florida employers.

Blawg of the Day Hall of Fame -- Ernie the Attorney

Posted on August 28, 2008
One of the best things about blogging is finally getting to meet some of the people who previously you only knew from their blogs. One such person is Ernie Svenson, whose blog Ernie the Attorney is one of the oldest and most popular law blogs around. I first mentioned it on November 4, 2002. Ernie has one of the most approachable blogs around -- he spends a lot of time talking about the technology he uses in his practice, but he also talks about the law, culture, politics, and his home of New Orleans. We've had the opportunity to meet and present together on several occasions, and he's really a great guy to know.

Blawg of the Day -- Solo in Ontario: Criminal Practice

Posted on August 27, 2008
Solo in Ontario: Criminal Practice is brought to you by Bo Arfai, a 2008 "call" living in Toronto. He's finishing his articles at an insurance defense firm, after which he'll start a criminal defense practice. As he puts it in his tag line, "learn from his successes and mistakes."

Blawg of the Day -- Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer

Posted on August 26, 2008
Jamie Spencer is a criminal defense lawyer in Austin, so it's only natural that his blog be titled the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer. He's discussing the usual criminal defense topics -- DWI, controlled substances, the Penal Code, Theft/Shoplifting, Evidence/Criminal Procedure, and more -- all from a Texas perspective.

Blawg of the Day -- World of Work

Posted on August 25, 2008
Dennis Westlind practices in the Portland office of Stoel Rives, and he's providing insight and commentary on labor and employment law at the firm's World of Work blog. He's talking about a lot of interesting employment law subjects, including discrimination, harassment, Title VII, the ADEA, ERISA, FEHA and FMLA, among others.

Blawg of the Day Hall of Fame -- Votelaw

Posted on August 22, 2008
I first mentioned Ed Still's blog Votelaw back on October 24, 2002, and the Alabama lawyer's still going strong. Ed's blog is "at the intersection of politics and law; redistricting, campaign finance, the right to vote, election law and administration, and politics in trouble. It's a great blog to follow, especially during an election year.

Blawg of the Day -- FMLA Blog

Posted on August 21, 2008
Those lawyers at Fox Rothschild sure are prolific bloggers -- one of their latest is the FMLA Blog, which provides information on the Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 and how it affects your human resources. Designed primarily for HR departments and employers in general, the blog is authored by Catherine Barbieri of the firm.

Blawgof the Day -- The Insurance Lawyer

Posted on August 20, 2008
A few months ago I mentioned one of the blogs maintained by Nova Scotia lawyer Franco Tarulli, The Ethical Lawyer. His other blog is called The Insurance Lawyer, and features "thoughtful commentary on insurance law." He hasn't posted in awhile -- hopefully he'll be back.

Blawg of The Day Hall of Fame -- SCOTUSblog

Posted on August 19, 2008
I first covered SCOTUSblog on October 2, 2002, in a post titled A New, Promising Blog. Guess I hit the nail on the head, eh? Since 2002, SCOTUSblog has become the authority on the U.S. Supreme Court, and author Tom Goldstein has now been joined by 10 other reporters. You won't find better commentary and coverage on the Supremes anywhere else on the Internet. While you're visiting SCOTUSblog, make sure you also check out SCOTUSWiki, a brilliantly comprehensive wiki that covers everything the Supreme Court is handling each term. You'll find links to pleadings, briefs, transcripts, commentary, and a whole lot more.

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