Articles Posted in January, 2003

Law Technology News has an article I wrote on the growing popularity of online legal compliance training in the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley. The article also appears in the January issue of Corporate Counsel.…

Boston law librarian David Goldman launched kfsource.com, a blog for law librarians, legal researchers and other information professionals. While focusing primarily on law, research and technology, David also reports on search engine news, online free speech issues and decisions of note. A nice touch is his use of graphical icons to show the topic…

Since 1997, lawyer Neil J. Squillante has been helping inform legal professionals about technology through The TechnoLawyer Community, a series of free electronic newsletters. What makes the TechnoLawyer newsletters unique is their commitment to “peer-written content,” meaning that they consist almost entirely of contributions written by their subscribers. The idea, as Squillante puts it,…

Think you can predict how the Supreme Court will decide the cases that come before it this term? If so, go for the $2,500 grand prize at FantasyCourt.Com. Compete against lawyers from across the U.S. to predict the outcome of the court’s cases this term. The lawyer with the most points when the Supreme…

Peter wants you to sue spammers, so much so that he has set up a Web site to help, called, of course, Sue Spammers. He won a judgment for $580 against Printpal.com, the “80% off Inkjet Cartridges” spammer. (Although Printpal’s lawyers say they will attack the judgment.) Peter tells you step-by-step how…

Blawg is a newly launched directory of law- and legal-related Web logs. It organizes blogs by topic, in the style of the Yahoo and FindLaw directories, and also can be searched. A news section posts updates and changes. The news section included a report that Broc Romanek has retired his Real Corporate…

I lay claim to having started back in 1995 the first Internet newsletter for lawyers, which was called legal.online. One of the most engaging aspects of that was convening a panel of Internet experts each year to pick the “Best of the Web for Lawyers.” Back in those relatively early days of the Web, a…

For lawyers, encrypting e-mail should be simple and routine. In Pretty Good Update for E-Mail Privacy, Washington Post writer Kevin Savetz reports on the December release of a new version of Pretty Good Privacy, once the standard for e-mail encryption until Network Associates bought it in 1997 and let it languish. You can download…

In 1951, America’s Community Bankers first published The Federal Guide, a compilation of the most important federal laws, regulations, rulings and interpretations affecting the operation of savings institutions and co-operative banks. Over the years, it expanded from one volume to four, plus supplements and ancillary materials. Several years ago, it became available on CD-ROM. This…

Ernie and others have been debating when a blog written by a lawyer should be considered a law blog. My most recent column, Many ‘Blawgs’ Provide Practical Information, comes at this question from a slightly different angle, attempting to highlight some of the Web logs of greatest practical value to lawyers. My focus…

Launched Nov. 25, KidsnCommon.com seeks to help bridge the communication gap between divorced parents and enable them to address more constructively issues involving their children. Among its features are an interactive calendar accessible to both parents, a component for sharing documents, a bill sharing and payment service, access to free family and credit counselors,…

Few lawyers know more about the Internet than Jerry Lawson. His Internet Tools for Lawyers Web site has long been a premier resource for practical information about how lawyers can make the most effective use of the Internet. His book, The Complete Internet Handbook for Lawyers, published by the American Bar Association Law…