Articles Posted in February, 2005

A new Web site has been launched as a companion to the first Sunshine Week, a March 13-19 national event aimed at promoting awareness of the importance of open government and freedom of information laws. Sunshine Week is spearheaded by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and supported by the Newspaper Association…

You know when you know there’s a word, but you can’t for the life of you think of it? I give you the OneLook Reverse Dictionary.

Here’s the description:

“OneLook’s reverse dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can

If you like Web logs with a distinct point of view, then check out PointofLaw.com. Sponsored by the Manhattan Institute and edited by the person who also brings you Overlawyered.com, the point of view here is decidedly anti-ATLA. As an unabashed believer that tort lawyers wear white hats, I find much…

Off-topic, but interesting: Analysis by the Berkshire Eagle of the biographies of all 197 sitting members of the Massachusetts legislature shows that the typical Bay State lawmaker is a middle-aged, married white male with a law degree. The review found that 33 percent of the legislators hold juris doctor degrees. That is an increase…

With new blawgs appearing virtually every day, here is one that is calling it quits. Skallawwag, a blog that was devoted to law firm gossip and comings and goings, stopped publishing Feb. 9. Explains the anonymous law librarian who wrote it:

We’ve gotten a job outside the legal world, so this is our

The folks who publish the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin last week announced that the company has added 55,000 civil jury verdicts and negotiated settlements from Illinois and Wisconsin to its online research service, AccessPlus on the Web. Access requires a paid subscription, but the announcement did not provide prices.…

Not sure when it was launched, but I have just discovered Blawg Republic, a self-described legal news and commentary search engine. It is interesting for the two vantage points it provides on the latest news and commentary from the legal blogging community. The first, Top Blawg Posts, lists the 20 most popular items…

The Trademark Blog provided this pointer to the new Technology & Marketing Law Blog, written by Eric Goldman, assistant professor at Marquette University Law School and former general counsel of Epinions Inc. Goldman also writes a second blog, Goldman’s Observations.…

So far today, I have read here, here, here, here, here and here about Reid Trautz’s new blog, Reid My Blog!. So why so much ado about yet another blog?

Reid may be new to blogging, but he long ago proved his mettle and earned his stripes…

The American Bar Association today made available on the Web a new report that says the nation’s indigent defense systems are “mired in crisis.” The report, “Gideon’s Broken Promise: America’s Continuing Quest for Equal Justice,” released today by the ABA’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, finds that 40 years…

Via Micro Persuasion comes news that CNET News.com has launched a Web-based RSS news aggregator called Newsburst. The site, now in preview, will compete with Bloglines and Rojo, notes Micro Persuasion’s Steve Rubel. Newsburst describes itself this way: “Newsburst is a personalized tool that tracks virtually any type of information…

Editor & Publisher magazine polled its readers to guess the identity of Watergate legend Deep Throat. The surprise winner: Chief Justice William Rehnquist.…