News of Amazon’s plans to use delivery drones surprised many, but the fact is that a number of companies are developing drones for commercial uses. However, before any of these commercial drones can take flight, they need to clear a series of legal hurdles, from winning FAA approval to sorting out liability and privacy issues.…

Today brought the launch of the Journal of Open Access to Law, an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to promoting international research on the topic of open access to law.

According to the journal’s home page, topics it plans to address include:…

I have been playing around with a handy little device called the HoverCam Mini 5.  Billed as a pocket-sized scanner, it is actually a 5.0 megapixel autofocus camera that functions as both an overhead scanner and a video projector. You can use it on your desktop, but it is even better suited to use on…

In January, I am slated to become president of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the premier legal charity supporting access to justice and civil legal services in Massachusetts.

I am particularly honored because 2014 is a momentous year for the MBF — its 50th anniversary. This milestone will be marked by…

Transporter, a device that lets lawyers set up their own private cloud for secure file storage, has been named as the year’s top new product for lawyers in TechnoLawyer’s listing of the top 25 new products and…

Here is a surprising story that I missed earlier this week while I was off at a conference: Thomson Reuters Legal is getting a new president. Out goes Mike Suchsland, president since 2011. In comes Susan Taylor Martin, currently the managing director of Thomson Reuters Legal in the UK and Ireland.

Susan Taylor…

It’s silly season again, when 100 or so legal bloggers begin beating the bushes for your votes as a readers’ favorite in the annual ABA Journal Blawg 100. With this blog having been retired last year to the Blawg 100 Hall of…

The web-based practice-management platform Rocket Matter announced improvements this week to its time-and-billing capabilities. The improvements include:…

The “hero” label is much abused these days. The tendency of the TV news to call anyone who commits an act of compassion or humanity a hero threatens to water down the word. Nelson Mandela was a hero — a man who came out of three decades of imprisonment and played…

Here are a few items from the week that are worthy of note:

Elvis law. The ABA has published The Little Book of Elvis Law. The King’s legacy inspired not only generations of fans, but also generations of litigation. This book reports on some of those…

In response to this blog’s 11th birthday yesterday, a couple of people asked me what other law blogs were around way back then. The question reminded me of a post I’d written in 2007 for Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch, Who Was the First Legal Blogger?.

After searching through the archives of some…

Earlier this year, I wrote about the launch of Esqspot, a professional networking site for lawyers that offers a twist from other such sites — it aims to promote not only online networking, but also good old-fashioned live networking.

So far, it has hosted its live networking events only in…