Articles Posted in October, 2008

I have long been a fan of the legal research service VersusLaw, which provides federal and state legal research for just $13.95 a month. Now VersusLaw is taking a giant step backward in price, all the way to zero, with the launch of its free legal research service,…

Tired of law practice? Looking for a change of career? Then here is the Web site for you: Alternative Lawyer Jobs. This new site posts job listings that offer lawyers a way out from their ruts. Listings include those posted directly by employers and others collected from elsewhere on the Web. Jobs listed here…

I am extremely honored to announce that I have been elected a trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the premiere legal charity in Massachusetts working to increase access to justice for all people in the state. The MBF is the philanthropic partner of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is one of three…

Every year, the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approves more than 100,000 labels for beer, wine and spirts, according to Robert C. Lehrman, founder of the law firm Lehrman Beverage Law in Oakton, Va. “In these approvals you can see the bursting efflorescence of the American (and the world) economy,”…

The final slate of nominees was announced today for the PodCast Awards. I am disappointed to report that Lawyer2Lawyer did not make the cut. At the same time, I am happy to report that one law-related podcast did make the final list, in the education category, Life of Law Student. Voting on…

As I recently mentioned, I’ve joined the “Back Bench” for a feature at the TechnoLawyer Blog it calls YouLaw, in which New York medical malpractice lawyer Gerald Oginski reviews law firm advertising videos that are posted to YouTube. At the end of each review, the Back Bench-ers weigh in with their…

The new Federal Rule of Evidence 502 is aimed at reducing the cost of discovery — e-discovery in particular — by clarifying the rules applicable to disclosures of information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work-product doctrine. On this week’s episode of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, J. Craig Williams and I discuss the…

I received an e-mail this morning informing me that I’ve been nominated to be a 2008 Outstanding Attorney in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, says the e-mail, my candidacy has so far received only three votes. That leaves me quite a bit behind Goodwin Procter chair Regina Pisa with 395 votes, Wilmer Cutler co-managing partner

Or is is “tweeting”? In any event, I’m on Twitter, with all of one tweet so far.…

It can be difficult to keep up with the folks at Public.Resource.Org and their efforts to put as much law as possible into the public domain. I’ve written before about their successes in putting caselaw in the public domain. The latest release, Codes.gov, publishes critical state and municipal public safety codes from all…

LexisNexis has launched a beta version of its own Web search tool, called Lexis Web. Unlike general search sites such as Google, Lexis Web searches a more limited sphere of legal-oriented Web sites. The user guide says that the sites it searches have been selected and validated by the LexisNexis editorial staff, so…

Will the Supreme Court dismiss a class action suit brought by smokers in Maine, who say they were misled into believing that “low tar” and “light” cigarettes are a healthier alternative to regular cigarettes? The case argued before before the high court this week, Altria Group v. Good,…