Articles Posted in November, 2005

Winners have been announced for The BOBs – Best of the Blogs, the 2005 Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards. Selected as overall best blog was A Little Respect, I’m Your Mother, a “blognovel” of more than 200 chapters. We of the Law.com blog network are proud to boast that our own

In a first-of-its-kind event, liberal bloggers from throughout Massachusetts will meet Dec. 10 for a forum being called BlogLeft Massachusetts. The event will be held at Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe in Worcester from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Speakers will include pioneering political blogger Stirling Newberry of…

Dennis Crouch rounds them up.…

The congressional research site THOMAS has a new look and several new features. According to this Library of Congress announcement Friday, new features include:…

Time flies when you’re having fun. Today marks the third anniversary of the launch of this blog. Here was my first post. Since then, I’ve launched a second blog, Media Law, a podcast, Coast to Coast, and become part of the Law.com blog network. Most importantly, through my blog, I’ve made…

With key provisions of the Patriot Act due to sunset Dec. 31 and in the wake of a frightening report by The Washington Post about the FBI’s excessive use of national security letters, this week’s Coast to Coast podcast focuses on The Patriot Act. Joining cohost J. Craig Williams and me to…

The Federal Election Commission today unanimously approved an advisory opinion finding that a blog qualifies for the “press exception” to federal campaign finance law. I have more information on my Media Law blog.…

When it comes to the intersection of legal ethics and legal advertising, there is no more authoritative source than Will Hornsby, staff counsel to the American Bar Association Commission on Advertising for more than a decade. Given this, I am happy to see that Will has just launched a blog, The Boundaries of Legal…

Garlo Ward, an Austin, Texas, law firm representing long-term health care providers, recently redesigned its Web site and launched its front page as a blog providing legal updates and news affecting the long-term health care industry.

The blog will discuss legal issues, such as how to deal with investigations of abuse and neglect in…

Where might you find romantic attorneys? Well, according to the Romantic Attorneys map, there is only one, and he appears to be in Arlington, Va.

But thanks to Google Maps and APIs such as Frappr! (for “friend mapper), any group can create a map that shows the whereabouts of its members. And…

The November 2005 Harvard Law Review looks at the Supreme Court’s 2004 term.…

Yesterday I updated my headcount of law-related bloggers in Massachusetts. At a conference today I met another, then returned to an e-mail from Brandy Karl pointing out two others. So here are my adds:…