Robert Ambrogi

I lay claim to having started back in 1995 the first Internet newsletter for lawyers, which was called legal.online. One of the most engaging aspects of that was convening a panel of Internet experts each year to pick the “Best of the Web for Lawyers.” Back in those relatively early days of the Web, a…

For lawyers, encrypting e-mail should be simple and routine. In Pretty Good Update for E-Mail Privacy, Washington Post writer Kevin Savetz reports on the December release of a new version of Pretty Good Privacy, once the standard for e-mail encryption until Network Associates bought it in 1997 and let it languish. You can download…

In 1951, America’s Community Bankers first published The Federal Guide, a compilation of the most important federal laws, regulations, rulings and interpretations affecting the operation of savings institutions and co-operative banks. Over the years, it expanded from one volume to four, plus supplements and ancillary materials. Several years ago, it became available on CD-ROM. This…

Ernie and others have been debating when a blog written by a lawyer should be considered a law blog. My most recent column, Many ‘Blawgs’ Provide Practical Information, comes at this question from a slightly different angle, attempting to highlight some of the Web logs of greatest practical value to lawyers. My focus…

Launched Nov. 25, KidsnCommon.com seeks to help bridge the communication gap between divorced parents and enable them to address more constructively issues involving their children. Among its features are an interactive calendar accessible to both parents, a component for sharing documents, a bill sharing and payment service, access to free family and credit counselors,…

Few lawyers know more about the Internet than Jerry Lawson. His Internet Tools for Lawyers Web site has long been a premier resource for practical information about how lawyers can make the most effective use of the Internet. His book, The Complete Internet Handbook for Lawyers, published by the American Bar Association Law…

Madeleine Begun Kane joins Lawrence Savell in noting that my “laudable launches” article omitted legal humor sites. She makes up for my omission — a “travesty of justice,” she calls it — by naming her list of The Top Law Humor Sites for 2002.…

Cribcard Inc. is publisher specializing in legal reference books for PDAs using either the Palm or Pocket PC operating systems. I recently came across the Web site for its Pocket Litigator series, featuring federal rules for the PDA. It just released its 2003 editions, which include the Federal Rules of Evidence, Civil Procedure, Criminal…

Among the many e-mails I received from readers who saw my article on Law.com was one from Lawrence Savell, counsel with New York’s Chadbourne & Parke, expressing disappointment over my failure to include legal-humor sites. Savell operates an enjoyable site I somehow had never seen before, LawHumor.com, featuring legal humor articles he has…

The “laudable launches” article I mention below is featured today on Law.com.…

In the annals of Internet history, 2002 may go down as the year of the blog. Twelve months ago, few of us had ever heard the term, even though blogs had existed in one form or another since at least 1997. Today, their number is estimated to be anywhere from 200,000 to more than half…

Lawyers in a range of practice areas — from tort to IP to biotech and beyond — can attest that scientific research is often an important aspect of law practice. Such research is now a bit easier thanks to a new federal government gateway to science and technology information on the Internet, science.gov. The…