Robert Ambrogi

I am on the “back bench” for this Technolawyer review of a law firm marketing video by traffic-ticket lawyer Jason Diamond: YouLaw: Compelling Screenplay Deserves a Reshoot. My comments along with those of other back benchers are at the end of the review.…

It’s true. LexisNexis today announced the release of its application for the iPhone. It is called “Get Cases and Shepardize” and it lets you, well, get cases and Shepardize them simply by entering a citation.

The good news is that the app is free to download from Apple’s iTunes store. The bad news…

Does the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures extend to e-mail and data stored in “the cloud”? Surprisingly, the question remains unsettled in the courts. On this week’s legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss the extent to which e-mail and other online data are protected in both the criminal and civil contexts. Joining…

Lawyer-rating site Avvo will introduce a premium version next week that will enhance lawyers ability to customize their profiles, enhance their visibility in other Avvo sections, and provide them with more detailed analytics. Called Avvo Pro, it will be available starting Nov. 6 for a monthly subscription of $49.95. (An initial promotion will offer…

Many government documents are designated “public” but are not easily available to the public. MassINC, publisher of CommonWealth magazine, has launched an initiative, Full Disclosure, to publish on its Web site a variety of state and local government records in order to make it easier for the public to see them.…

As a follow-up to my post earlier today on the ABA Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference, I am now able to offer readers of this blog a special “friends and colleagues” discount off the registration price. If you are interested, e-mail me at ambrogi-at-gmail.com or DM me on Twitter for the form…

Sorry that I will not be able to attend, because the ABA Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference looks like it will be a great program. Check out the schedule and list of speakers. The conference is Nov. 12 and 13 in Philadelphia. Cost of the program ranges from $795 to $995 depending…

The seminal annual event in online dispute resolution, ODR Cyberweek, kicks off today and continues through Friday. This free-of-charge and entirely online event features an array of discussions, simulations, demonstrations and other activities related to ODR. It is sponsored by the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution.

Here is a program…

Remember former state senator James Marzilli? He resigned from the senate in the wake of his arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting women he approached walking on the streets in Lowell. Three of those women went to court seeking an injunction to prevent Marzilli from ever getting anywhere near them again.

More notably, the women…

After publishing my head-to-head review comparing Casemaker and Fastcase, I noted in a follow-up post earlier this month the Oregon State Bar Association’s decision to switch from Casemaker to Fastcase and Casemaker’s response to that decision.

Now, Laura Orr at Oregon Legal Research offers another perspective on the Casemaker vs.…

Today I received two separate e-mails, each purporting to congratulate me for having my blog selected as a top 100 legal blog. Each came from a company that operates a network of legal Web sites that includes Laws.com, NewLawyer.com, Attorney.org, LawSchool.org and Docket.com.

Each asked me to display a Top Legal Blog award button on…

Both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched significantly redesigned Web sites, each with nods to Web 2.0 and social media. Around the same time, the Government Printing Office relaunched the Federal Register in an updated format.

The Justice Department site was launched Oct. 1 and is…