Law Technology News yesterday announced the winners of its third annual legal technology awards, recognizing the best uses — and users — of technology in the legal profession.
Winners in the four law firm categories are: Matt Kesner, chief technology officer, Fenwick & West LLP; Kirkland & Ellis LLP/Jeffer, Magels, Butler &…
I wrote in July that Wisconsin was mulling bills that would allow divorced parents to visit their children “virtually” — through computer videoconferencing and other electronic means. Yesterday, the bill was passed into law. Michael Gough of InternetVisitation.org says this makes Wisconsin the second state to enact a virtual visitation law.…
John D. Conry may not be the first lawyer to launch a blog as he also launches his own firm. I suspect he is the first, however, to create the blog in order to chronicle “my mistakes as I go through the process of establishing this firm.” As Ernie the Attorney suggests,…
Harvard University’s Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute today launched what they call a “neighborhood watch” initiative against spyware and other malicious software programs. StopBadware.org will spotlight companies that trick Internet users to download malicious spyware, adware and malware programs.
The multiyear initiative is being supported by Google,
With the federal criminal trial of former Enron Corp. CEO Kenneth Lay set to begin Jan. 30, he and his defense team have launched a Web site designed to enhance his public image and present his side of the story: Ken Lay Information. The site includes the texts of his court filings, biographies of…
I’ve been attempting to track law bloggers in Massachusetts. I’ve posted about them before here, here and here. Now here is another: Massachusetts Campaign for Open Government, a blog by lawyer Karla J. de Steuben that is part of a larger site devoted to open government in the state.…
Notice anything new on the Google News page? It no longer says “beta,” as it has since its launch in September 2002. The company announced yesterday that it was taking Google News out of beta. It also announced the addition of “Personalized Search” for news (beta, of course). If you sign up for…
According to this report, Jan. 19 was the 20th anniversary of the first PC virus, a 1986 boot-sector virus called “Brain” that infected computers via floppy disks.…
Sadly, the magazine Legal Affairs will cease publishing after its next issue reaches subscribers in February. Editor/publisher Lincoln Caplan explains:
…“As many start-ups do, Legal Affairs has run out of time for realizing our dream of creating a self-sustaining print magazine without breaking stride. We’ve been unable to attract a second round
New York lawyer and writer Marisa DiMattia says her strict Greek father would not be happy with the site, but that does not keep her from sticking with Needled, a fascinating blog devoted to the fine art and culture of tattoos. Today’s post, for example, is about a collection of vintage circus sideshow…
Suddenly it seems that everyone in the e-discovery world is putting Enron’s e-mail on display, offering the public a window into one of the most notorious corporate scandals of our times.
It started when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published its Enron investigation database in cooperation with Aspen Systems Corporation. This…
News this week that the Justice Department is asking a federal court to compel Google to turn over records of millions of its users’ search queries is shocking and disturbing. Worse yet, America Online, Yahoo and MSN have already complied with the subpoena.
For anyone who would rather not leave behind a…
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