The Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School has announced the full slate of speakers and presentations for the 2012 Law via the Internet Conference, to be held Oct. 7-9, 2012, at Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. It is an amazing line-up of speakers from all over the world, capped by legal technology innovator Richard…

Back in January 2010, this blog had an exclusive first look as Fastcase was about to launch its app to let iPhone users research cases and statutes for free, directly on their devices. Later,…

When California is so beautiful?

Back from a visit to San Francisco and environs to attend my son’s college graduation and tour with him north of the city. We covered a lot of ground, savoring the wine country, camping in a redwood forest, mellowing-out in Mendocino, and hiking at Point Reyes, among other things.…

Believe it or not, I’m going to jail and I need your help. It’s not a real jail (I hope), but I’m raising bail to help children and adults with muscular dystrophy in my community who are supported by the vital work of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

I’ll be participating in the Cape Ann…

In the continuing battle between Fastcase and Casemaker to win over the hearts (and business) of state bar associations, score one for Fastcase. And a big one, at that.

Today, the North Carolina Bar Association announced that, effective June 1, Fastcase will replace Casemaker as the legal-research service it offers its members.

Making that particularly…

Leana Fisher was an associate in the financial restructuring practice group at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius the first time a partner asked her to draft a reorganization plan for a debtor. Uncertain of what to do, she dove into PACER in search of examples and burned the midnight oil cobbling together a plan. When she…

Warning: You might just go ape over ContactMonkey. It lets you provide your contact information to others in a way that makes it easy for them to add you to their contacts — no matter what program they use for their contacts and no matter what device or operating system they are…

I will admit that I have been among those who wonder why some lawyers adhere so loyally to WordPerfect. I was once one of them, but I  went with the tide and made the switch to Microsoft Word long ago. Today, however, as I read the announcement of the all-new WordPerfect Office X6…

Do you encrypt confidential client email? You should, of course. But do you? The problem with encryption is that it can be cumbersome. In fact, both encryption and decryption can be a hassle.

Now there is a free application that makes encrypting and decrypting emails so easy that, well, even a lawyer can do it.…

In January, I wrote here about MyPocketAttorney, a website that lets lawyers build their own smartphone apps using templates designed for law offices and legal professionals. Now there is another company offering something similar through its website, but this new entry, called 

Well this is interesting. For as long as I’ve been a lawyer, the name ALI-ABA has been synonymous with high-quality continuing legal education. Now, after 65 years together, ALI and ABA are going their separate ways. ALI gets custody of the kids.

Here’s the announcement that went out this week from…

Members of Congress and their staffers who travel at the expense of private organizations must follow a long list of legal restrictions and requirements.  However, a little-known law, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, allows the same federal employees to travel with virtually no accountability and very little transparency.

In his recent report,…