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LTWC 2008: Live From the Show Floor

Posted on June 26, 2008
Rob Robinson from Orange Legal Technologies has done us one better on the legal tech blogging front. He's got a live webcam at the Orange booth right now, and he'll be interviewing many of the show's usual suspects today and...

LTWC 2008: Chevron GC's Keynote Address

Posted on June 26, 2008
Chevron GC and former Jones Day antitrust partner Charles James proclaimed himself a Fred Flintstone when it comes to technology during this morning's LegalTech West Coast keynote address. So how did he get picked to open the show? "I am...

LTWC 2008: Top Picks

Posted on June 26, 2008
LegalTech West Coast is just getting started, and a look through the schedule reveals some don?t-miss events: ?Practice Management Defined,? Thursday June 26, 10:30-12:00. George Rudoy of Shearman & Sterling (and LTN?s editorial advisory board) will lead a discussion on...

LTWC 2008: LegalTech West Coast Trivia Answers!

Posted on June 26, 2008
1. Keynote speaker, Today! 9 a.m.: Charles James, VP and GC, Chevron 2. The Los Angeles Convention Center is the venue for LegalTech West Coast 3. The third panel of the "Law Technology News presents FutureTech" track is called "TomorrowLand,"...

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LegalTech West Coast Trivia

Posted on June 25, 2008
As we gear up for the first day of LegalTech West Coast tomorrow, here's a little test of your conference knowledge -- past, present and future: 1. Who is the keynote speaker opening LegalTech West Coast '08 on Thursday June...

Labor Department Questions Law Firm About Immigration Advice to Clients

Posted on June 25, 2008
Exactly a year ago we wrote about law firm Cohen & Grigsby, which came under fire when its seminar -- on how U.S. employers can skirt federal requirements that they seek qualified American workers before applying for a green card...

DOJ Honors Program Contaminated by Cronyism

Posted on June 25, 2008
Does the politicization of Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Bush Administration have no bounds? Sure, perhaps former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but none of us would dispute that the President has the....

LegalTech West Coast 2008

Posted on June 24, 2008
LegalTech West Coast 2008 kicks off this Thursday in Los Angeles, and the Legal Blog Watch is going all LegalTech all the time for the two-day show. I'll be reporting here live from the show floor, and using the blog...

Hustler, Mugs and Parodies

Posted on June 24, 2008
Hustler, "the name you trust, the sexual erotica you desire," demonstrated today just how desirable the publication is -- to work with. LFP, Inc., the adult entertainment company that owns Hustler trademarks, and CafePress, a user-generated commerce Web site, announced...

What Do You Get When You Google 'Obscene?'

Posted on June 24, 2008
In the decades since Miller v. California established a test for obscenity, courts have still not managed to establish a hard definition. While Miller's three-prong test is slightly more illuminating than Justice Stewart?s infamous ?I-know-it-when-I-see-it? standard, its third prong --...

Rothgery Wins at the Supreme Court... or Does He?

Posted on June 23, 2008
After reading the Supreme Court's ruling in Rothergy v. Gillespie County, I'm left with one simple question: Did Rothgery win the case or not? By way of background, Rothgery was arrested and jailed for possession of a firearm because his...

Lawyers Put One Woman's Intuition to Work

Posted on June 23, 2008
Whether you call her intuitive or just plain psychic, Laura Day, a corporate psychic consultant is in hot demand by Hollywood movie producers, high tech companies and yes... even lawyers. As described by Newsweek, companies use Day's services -- at...

Introducing LexMonitor

Posted on June 23, 2008
With nearly 2,000 law related blogs -- and counting -- how can lawyers track them all? Up until recently, news aggregators or readers such as Bloglines or Google Reader, offered the most effective tool to efficiently monitor blog postings by...

Foreclosure Cases Making Big Money for Small Firms

Posted on June 23, 2008
Okay, so they're not in the Am Law 100 or even the Am Law Second Hundred, but two relatively small Hartford firms, Hunt, Leibert and Jacobson and Reiner, Reiner and Bendett are reaping millions from their busy foreclosure practices, reports...

More on 'Velvel v. Bush'

Posted on June 20, 2008
Our post here Monday on plans by Massachusetts School of Law dean Lawrence Velvel to convene a conference to prepare for the war crimes prosecutions of President Bush and other administration officials drew comments from several bloggers and a correction...

Now You Can Brush Up on British Law

Posted on June 20, 2008
First-year law students know that they have England to blame for so much of their misery, thanks to our reliance here on its many centuries of common law. Without the Duke of Norfolk's Case in 1682, we might have no...

The Top 10 Law Songs

Posted on June 20, 2008
Just in time to load up your iPod for listening on the beach, the blog Above the Law has come out with its list of the Top Ten Law Songs. There was a fierce battle for first place between The...

Trademark Tidbits: Mister Softee and Super Duck

Posted on June 20, 2008
Mister Softee is back. We're not talking about the summer return of the ice cream truck to neighborhood streets, but the brand owner's return to federal court. Back in 2005, the New York Times reported on Mister Softee's legal efforts...

Celtics Win a Loss for Legal Services

Posted on June 20, 2008
There was joy in Boston this week as the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA championship, the team's first since 1986. But the joy begot misery for Greater Boston Legal Services, as post-game revelers vandalized its office, located just a...

Lawyer Blurbs: Razor Blades, Rock Bands and TV Shows

Posted on June 19, 2008
? If you're thinking about buying the hugely popular blog, How Appealing, be prepared to pay a pretty penny. According to Howard Bashman, "it would take a lot more than one million dollars to cause me to walk away from...

LinkedIn Valued At $1 Billion: What It Means for Lawyers

Posted on June 19, 2008
Social networking is growing up. The latest evidence: LinkedIn, a more staid, career-oriented networking site for professional advancement and interaction just closed a round of funding that values the company at $1 billion. Though still a fraction of the $15...

Report Gives Thumb Drive Thumbs Down for Security

Posted on June 19, 2008
One of the biggest security threats to corporate data comes from the smallest of sources -- the ubiquitous USB flash drive, also known as the thumb drive. According to this report released by the European Union Agency for European Network...

GCs May Grouse About Cost, But Do They Really Want Change?

Posted on June 19, 2008
Every few months, the blawgosphere ignites over a provocative post lobbed by a corporate insider bashing law firms for overlawyering and sky-high rates, and predicting their eventual demise just like the mastodon or medieval guilds. Yet for all of the...

Judge to IRS: Fulfill 34-year-old FOIA Request

Posted on June 18, 2008
The IRS has flouted three court orders enforcing a 1974 FOIA request, a federal judge has ruled. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle gave the IRS 30 days to produce the requested information, The Reporters Committee for...

Another Ethics Ruling on Metadata

Posted on June 18, 2008
Is it ethical to search for metadata in a document you receive from opposing counsel? As we've reported here in the past, the American Bar Association says yes but the New York County Lawyers' Association says no. Maryland and the...

ABA Recognizes Lawyer's Pro Bono Work

Posted on June 18, 2008
Victor J. Garo, the Massachusetts lawyer who devoted nearly three decades of pro bono work to help clear his client's name, will be honored by the American Bar Association with its Edmund S. Muskie Pro Bono Service Award. Garo represented...

Associated Press Clashes With Bloggers

Posted on June 17, 2008
You'd think that more than anyone else, the Associated Press would follow the news. If it did, it might have realized from stories like this or this, that sending a takedown notice to a blogger is not necessarily the wisest...

Roundup of Advice for Summer and Permanent Associates

Posted on June 17, 2008
Summer may be here, but school isn't out for law students by a long shot. As summer associates, law students still have plenty to learn about marketing, the business of law and the importance of feedback. Fortunately, an abundance of...

Economic Downturn Means More Malpractice Suits

Posted on June 17, 2008
With the economy down, look for legal malpractice suits to increase, says a bulletin by Marsh Inc., a global insurance broker and strategic adviser. The bulletin, summarized in The Insurance Journal, identifies several new risks that may arise due to...

The Am Law School 200 -- Too Many Law Schools?

Posted on June 17, 2008
We've all heard of the Am Law 200. Well now, welcome to a new version: the Am Law School 200. The Associated Press reports that the American Bar Association last week granted provisional approval to two North Carolina law schools,...

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